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Career Fair for Military Veterans and Military Spouses Coming to Pittsburgh on September 25

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Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) September 3, 2008 -- The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in Pittsburgh on Thursday, September 25, 2008. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. RecruitMilitary urges all job seekers who have military backgrounds to attend--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, and military spouses.

The event will be the 79th of 104 RecruitMilitary Career Fairs scheduled for 2008. RecruitMilitary will produce two additional events on the same day--at Prudential Center, home of the New Jersey Devils, in Newark; and at Nauticus - Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Center in Norfolk, Virginia.

In Pittsburgh, an all-star team 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, educational institutions, franchisors, veterans service agencies, and veterans associations. Already in the line-up are AFLAC, Allegheny General Hospital, Comdoc, Consol Energy, DeVry University, Domino's Pizza, Eat'n Park Hospitality Group, Elliott Company, Highmark, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network, Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System, Roto Rooter, Snap-On Tool Company, The Dwyer Group, UPMC Health System, the United States Border Patrol, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the Veterans Business Outreach Center.

RecruitMilitary will produce the career fair in cooperation with The American Legion; HireVetsFirst, a unit of the United States Department of Labor; and the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network (MSCCN).

More than 500 organizations attended 45 RecruitMilitary Career Fairs in 2007. At those events, an average of 30-plus organizations interviewed an average of over 325 job seekers. RecruitMilitary Career Fairs conducted in 2006 and 2007 generated television coverage by CNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN; radio coverage by ESPN and numerous regional stations; and articles in metropolitan and local newspapers.

The American Legion is an association of veterans who served during times of war. The Legion has 2.7 million members in nearly 15,000 posts throughout the world. The National Commander of The American Legion is Dave Rehbein, an Army veteran, of Ames, Iowa. The Commander of the Department of Pennsylvania is W. J. "Sandy" Sandell, a Navy veteran, of Erie. Congress chartered The American Legion in 1919. HireVetsFirst was created by Congress in 2002 to develop awareness among employers of the outstanding attributes of men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life. The Military Spouse Corporate Career Network was founded in 2004 to provide career opportunities and job portability for military spouses. The organization is made up of military spouses, caregivers to war wounded, and retired military personnel.

RecruitMilitary, based in Cincinnati, connects employers with job seekers who have military backgrounds. All of the company's account executives and retained search consultants are either veterans or active or former reservists. The President of RecruitMilitary is Drew Myers, formerly a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. The company was founded in 1998. In August 2008, RecruitMilitary acquired Landmark Destiny Group (LDG), a military-to-civilian recruiting firm based in Norfolk.

In addition to participation in career fairs, RecruitMilitary offers subscriptions to two databases of self-registered job seekers who have military backgrounds. The database at www.recruitmilitary.com currently numbers more than 229,000, and the database at www.destinygroup.com numbers over 300,000.

RecruitMilitary also offers retained hiring services as well as advertising space in online and print media. The company obtained Search & Employ, a bimonthly print magazine, in the LDG acquisition. In October, RecruitMilitary will mail more than 32,000 copies of the magazine to over 230 military bases throughout the world for distribution to transitioning personnel. Employers, educational institutions, and franchisors advertise in Search & Employ.