Search & Employ® Magazine

May / June 2013

Welcome to job seekers who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, veterans who already have civilian work experience, members of the National Guard and reserves, and military spouses and other family members. Our company’s mission: To change the lives of military veterans and their family members.

We help men and women who have military backgrounds connect with clients and prospects that include employers, franchisors, and educational institutions. We make the connections by means of the magazine you are reading, a nationwide schedule of hiring events called Veteran Opportunity Expos, an all-military job board, our website at www.recruitmilitary.com that carries links to client sites and career pages, our own recruiting operation, presence in social media, a monthly jobs newsletter called The VetTen, and more.

This issue’s feature articles describe job opportunities in the energy sector of the economy and discuss the advantages of continuing education. The demand for energy keeps rising, so there will always be plenty of energy jobs. And, thanks largely to recent technological advances, the petroleum industry is seeing boom times in certain parts of the country. There is an oil boom in North Dakota, and jobs are plentiful there – as those of you who are stationed at Minot Air Force Base well know. And I don’t need to tell the people at Mc-Connell AFB about the oil boom in south central Kansas and the adjoining part of Oklahoma. My advice to job seekers all over the United States: Check these out.

What about continuing education? Current statistics continue to support the old advice that you should get as much education as you can as early in life as you can. You get plenty of training and education in the military – and great opportunities await you when you become a veteran, thanks to the post-9/11 GI Bill and related benefits. It’s your mind. Feed it!

I am pleased to announce that we have extended our Expo schedule through June 2014 – see page 36 of this magazine. We schedule our Expos this far in advance mostly for the convenience of the clients and prospects that might want to exhibit at the events. Organizations can purchase our 12-month discount packages at any time of year – and fill in their own recruiters’ schedules right away.

If you have not registered with us as a job seeker, I urge you to do so. Not only are employers constantly searching our database of job seekers, but we also have a tremendous number of jobs posted on our site. In addition, active registrants receive The VetTen, as well as invitations to our Expos. Best of luck in your job search.

Drew Myers
Founder and President, RecruitMilitary
drew@recruitmilitary.com