[MILRETVET-INFO] Vets Everywhere Can Log On To Virtual Job Fair

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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:27:33 -0500
Vets everywhere can log on to virtual job fair

Aug. 11, 2014 - 06:58PM   |   

By  <mailto:lshane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Leo Shane III 
Staff writer

Hiring Our Heroes wants to take its veterans job fairs beyond major cities to
small towns across the country.

And cities overseas.

And veterans living rooms.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation program on Tuesday (today) will launch
its first online job fair, in conjunction with its massive Fort Bragg, North
Carolina, job events this week. Organizers said the move comes not only at the
request of job seekers but from their employers as well, many of whom run small
businesses and cant afford to travel long distances to fill a position or two.

The new Virtual Job Scout  available at  <http://www.virtualjobscout.org/>
www.virtualjobscout.org  is designed to bring the meet-and-greet experience of
the live event to veterans and spouses on their computers.

During active online events, candidates and hiring managers will be able to chat
in real time. After hours, the site will function as a veterans-specific jobs
board, where the parties can trade résumés and open positions.

One thing weve learned over the years is that theres no one size fits all
approach to hiring veterans, said Eric Eversole, executive director of Hiring
Our Heroes. This is a tool that helps us explore other opportunities, and
tailor offerings to both our veterans and employers needs.

The program isnt the first to offer virtual jobs fairs, but organizers are
hopeful that the Chambers membership will help give it broader reach than any
other existing options.

Virtual Job Scout requires registration with Hiring Our Heroes but is free.
Chamber officials said many small- and medium-size businesses have not been able
to afford similar tools in the past to specifically target veterans, making it
difficult to recruit that population.

Eversole said he has seen a growing awareness among hiring managers of the value
of employing veterans, but not always a consistent way to target them outside of
military-specific job fairs.

The site is also open to military spouses and troops on active duty looking at
an upcoming separation.

To date, Hiring Our Heroes has hosted more than 750 jobs fairs in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. More than 24,000 veterans and spouses
have been hired by more than 1,500 businesses through the events.

SOURCE:  Military Times article at
http://www.militarytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014308110039

 

 

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