Job Fair For Vets To Be Held At Tampa’s Straz Center Sept. 1

Posted Aug 26, 2011 by Howard Altman

Updated Aug 25, 2011 at 11:33 AM

The Straz Center for the Performing Arts will host a job fair for veterans on Sept. 1.

The free fair will be presented by the military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary. It will offer employment, business and education opportunities for job seekers who have military backgrounds.

The RecruitMilitary Veteran Opportunity Expo will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Straz Center. It will be open to veterans who already have civilian work experience, men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, military spouses, and other military family members.

According to a media release from RecruitMilitary:

A large array of veteran-friendly organizations will conduct one-on-one interviews with the job seekers—organizations that will include corporate employers, law-enforcement agencies and other government employers, franchisors, and educational institutions. Already in the line-up are Argosy University, Chancellor University, Concrete Technologies Inc., DeVry University, FastTrain, First Command Financial Planning, Georgia School of Construction, Grand Canyon University, ICDC College, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Lockheed Martin Corporation, Military Sealift Command, Nalco Energy Services – Downstream, the National Veterans Employment Program (NVEP) of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Northrop Grumman, Plastipak Packaging Inc., Prudential Insurance Company, Quest Diagnostics, Raytheon Company, Snap-On Tools, Strayer University, T. Rowe Price, The Art Institutes, The Home Depot, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Troy University, USAA, and the United States Secret Service.

RecruitMilitary (http://www.recruitmilitary.com ) is producing the Expo in cooperation with The American Legion (http://www.legion.org), an association of veterans who served during times of war. The Legion has about 2.4 million members in 14,000 posts throughout the world. Congress chartered and incorporated the association in 1919.

RecruitMilitary has scheduled 20 additional Expos for 2011. Those events will take place in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Tacoma.

About RecruitMilitary: This Cincinnati-based company connects employers, franchisors, and educational institutions with job seekers who have military backgrounds. All of the company’s owners, officers, senior account executives, and recruiters are either veterans or former reservists.