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Job fair focused on veterans, spouses

Lima News (OH) - 4/20/2014

April 20--CELINA -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will host a job fair for veterans and military spouses Tuesday at American Legion Celina Post 210, 2510 E. state Route 703.

More than 30 employers are expected to participate with jobs available for active duty members, veterans and spouses of all ranks and levels of experience. This event is attracting employers from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Kenton, to Sidney, to Greenville. The event will also include a free Hiring Our Heroes employment workshop focusing on résumé-building, job search tools, and interview techniques for all job seekers.

Interested job seekers should register for free at http://hiringourheroes.org. Walk-in job seekers are allowed. Veterans must provide proof of service. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. The workshop begins at 8:30 a.m.

The Hiring Our Heroes event is being held in partnership with The American Legion, the U.S. Army Reserve, the Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service, Ohio Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Goodwill Industries and other local partners.

Companies committed to attending include PNC Bank, Honda, Crown Equipment, CVS, Veyance Technologies, Combined Insurance and Johnson Controls, among many others.

Since Hiring Our Heroes began in March 2011, more than 1,500 companies have hired 21,600 veterans and military spouses as a result of more than 700 hiring fairs. In March 2012, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Chamber Foundation, and Capital One launched Hiring 500,000 Heroes, a national campaign to engage the business community in committing to hire half a million veterans and military spouses by the end of 2014. Thus far, more than 1,400 businesses of all sizes have pledged to hire 411,000 heroes toward this goal. To date, 255,000 hires have been confirmed toward this goal.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is a nonprofit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce dedicated to strengthening America's long-term competitiveness by addressing developments that affect our nation, our economy, and the global business environment.

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