Veterans Job Fair Coming to Ocean City on Oct. 11

A Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) job fair will be held 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Ocean City Music Pier.

The job fair is part of a nationwide effort to help veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment.

Veterans and their spouses are encouraged to take advantage of this Hiring Our Heroes event, which will also have counselors and representatives available from a number of agencies to provide veterans with information regarding their state and federal entitlements.

Representatives from the N.J. State Library and Ocean City Free Public Library will be on hand to explain and demonstrate all the free resources veterans have available to search for jobs, design and write resumes, and apply for jobs at their local library.  

This hiring event is being sponsored by The American Legion, Cape May County, hosted and co-sponsored by Morvay/Miley Post 524 in Ocean City.  It will be conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The American Legion, the N.J. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, the N.J. State Library, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, the N.J. Department of Labor and Workforce Development, NBC News, the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce and other local partners.

Veteran job-seekers and employers may go to HoH.GreatJob.net to register. Employers must have current job openings, and must register.  If you need assistance registering, contact hiringourheroes@uschamber.com.

Hiring Our Heroes has job fairs in 400 communities across the U.S. The fairs have helped more than 10,000 veterans and their spouses get hired.

Toyota recently partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes job fairs and Sgt. Dakota Meyer, a veteran Marine sniper who served in Afghanistan, to help returning troops and veterans make the transition from military to civilian jobs.

Meyer, the first living Marine in three decades to receive the Medal of Honor, will be on hand at certain job fairs around the country to meet veterans and address the challenges they are currently facing. Toyota will back a “Personal Branding Initiative” to help translate veterans' military skills into terms that employers will recognize on a professional resume.

“The U.S. is currently facing an unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans of more than 12 percent, which has the potential to increase as troops return home from overseas," said Don Esmond, a former Marine and senior advisor for Toyota Motor Sales, Inc. "We believe the Personal Branding Initiative is an important step forward in addressing this challenge because it helps veterans translate their military experience into marketable skills." 

Besides being a resource for career guidance and advice, the job fairs are a great way for veterans to meet other veterans in their towns and discuss their skills and prospects together.

To see if there is Hiring Our Heroes job fair coming to any town outside Ocean City, check out this complete list of cities.

September 21, 2012 – Nashville, TN

September 25, 2012 – West Palm Beach, FL

September 25, 2012 – Baton Rouge, LA

September 26, 2012 – Casper, WY

September 27, 2012 – Tucson, AZ

September 27, 2012 – Chester, WV

September 27, 2012 – Chicago, IL

September 27, 2012 – Spartanburg, SC

September 27, 2012 – Nogales, AZ

September 27, 2012 – Sierra Vista, AZ

September 27, 2012 – Yuma, AZ

September 27, 2012 – Shreveport, LA