Philadelphia Veterans Job Fair

Philadelphia Veterans Job Fair

August 1, 2024

11:00 AM
August 1, 2024 3:00 PM Eastern

Employer Packages

for

Career fair in Philadelphia

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For multiple event discounts, call 800-226-0841

  • Exhibitor

    $1,495

    • Exhibition booth
    • 2 Representatives
    • Listing in exhibitor list
    • Unlimited manual job postings on RecruitMilitary job board for up to 30 days
    • * $960 special for certified small-businesses
      (50 or fewer employees)
    • * $960 special for veteran-owned small-businesses
      (50 or fewer employees)
    • * $960 special for local public safety organizations
    • * $960 special for US Government Entities
  • Targeted

    $2,295

    • Exhibition booth
    • 2 Representatives
    • Listing in exhibitor list
    • Unlimited manual job postings on RecruitMilitary job board for up to 30 days
    • Pre-event Targeted Email ($1,295 value)

Educator Packages

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For multiple event discounts, call 800-226-0841

  • Educator

    $2,195

    • Exhibition Booth
    • 2 Representatives
    • Listing in Exhibitors Guide

At a Veteran Job Fair, you can begin the selection process with what is normally one of the final stages of a face-to-face meeting with the candidate. We present these events in cooperation with leading corporations, news media, industry associations, veterans organizations, and government agencies. All Veteran Job Fairs take place in major military markets. To attract job candidates to the fairs, we promote the events intensively to our huge database of registered candidates, and we run display ads in major newspapers in the areas where they will take place.

Why Hire Veterans?

If you are not familiar with hiring veterans, we would like to share three reasons why military personnel will make great employees for your organization:

  • Well-trained. Veterans possess skills that are critical for an organization to succeed. They are trained to be mission-oriented and to work as a team. They possess critical skills for organizational success including discipline, responsibility, respect, and unparalleled work ethic.
  • Skills that overlap. Veterans have been trained in specific skills that greatly overlap civilian work. Whether driving an 18-wheel tractor-trailer or leading an organization in an executive position, the military provides people with the training to be successful in trades, as well as the experience and conditioning required for management positions.
  • Diverse backgrounds. The military employs a highly diverse workforce. Approximately 45% of our candidates are women and/or ethnic minorities, enabling you to connect with skilled and diverse candidates through our events.

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Eagles Host Career Fair For Veterans

“PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Eagles opened their doors on Thursday for a career fair, where veterans are helping other veterans. Many veterans struggle to enter the corporate world after military life. Sometimes, they don’t know how to properly sell their skills and talents to employers.”

The Hire More Heroes Act is misguided. There is no veterans’ unemployment crisis.

“Americans may be shocked to learn that there is no veterans’ unemployment crisis. The unemployment rate in 2014 for post-9/11 veterans was 7.2 percent, the lowest level in seven years of tracking these veterans. ”

What Government Should Actually Do To Support Veterans' Employment

“The latest crisis at the Department of Veterans Affairs has called into question again the proper role of government in the care of our veterans. Whereas healthcare is clearly in shambles, veterans’ employment is another realm in which well-meaning government involvement has been inefficient at best and ineffective or counterproductive at worst. ”

Employment and Returning Veterans

“Peter Gudmundsson talked about the availability of jobs for returning service members.”

Beyond Altruism

“Among the fondest memories Peter Gudmundsson ’85 has of his three years as an active-duty U.S. Marine officer was the time in 1987 when, off the coast of Vietnam, he stood on the deck of a U.S. Navy ship looking up at the Soviet planes flying overhead. What was particularly memorable, he says, was not the plane flying overhead, but the reaction of the men in his platoon”

Money For Lunch

“Money for Lunch host Bert Martinez interviewed Peter Gudmundsson. Discussed veteran hiring.”

Hundreds Attend Job Fair As Veterans Battle Unemployment At Home

“Veterans come together at Lincoln Financial Field hoping to chart the next step in their lives — post-military service. They had the chance to connect with 64 employers looking to hire. For Catie Hughes who served in the Navy, its not easy being unemployed after a long career in real estate, and having to go to a career fair for a job. ”

Helping veterans overcome job search challenges

“Mike Rollins is featured on America Now. Recently, America Now visited a RecruitMilitary job fair held at the Hurst Conference Center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. ”

KYW 1060 News Radio (CBS): Another Veterans’ Job Fair Held at Lincoln Financial Field

“A “Hire Our Heroes” job fair was being held today at Lincoln Financial Field in South Philadelphia, designed to help US military veterans find employment.”

NBC 10 (WCUA): Hiring Heroes Looks to Help Veterans

“NBC10's Tracy Davidson is at Lincoln Financial Field where a job fair is being held to help veterans with gaining employment opportunities.”

Time Magazine - Vets Lost in Translation: From the Battlefield to the Office

““A veteran doesn’t know how to talk to the companies, and the companies don’t know how to talk to the veterans, and neither one knows how to find each other in a constructive matching mechanism.” ”

Job Fair in South Philadelphia Aims To Put Unemployed Veterans To Work

“The event was hosted by RecruitMilitary.com at Lincoln Financial Field. And even though the job market is tough, some companies were welcoming vets with open arms. ”

Veterans Bring Resumes, Special Skills To Job Fair

“By Steve Tawa Military veterans got some leads on jobs today during a “Recruit Military” expo at Lincoln Financial Field. There were about 40 veteran-friendly employers with local, regional and national opportunities, according to Recruit Military Chief Operating Officer Matt Murphy, “What Recruit Military does is connect corporate America with veterans.” He said it’s not onl...”

Military Expo at Lincoln Financial Field

“John Lundberg discusses job opportunities for veterans during the RecruitMilitary Expo....”

TN veterans face tough battle to find employment

“By Naomi Snyder Terry Pack was an aircraft mechanic serving in the Army in Iraq, spending two of the last six years in combat overseas. Now that he's done his service for the country, he can't even get a job doing oil changes at Sears. "It's tough,'' said the unemployed Clarksville veteran, who was honorably discharged in January. "I've been looking for any job." A congressional hea...”

Job Fair Held in South Philadelphia for Area Veterans

“By Steve Tawa Military veterans from around the region were at the Phillies' ballpark on Thursday. There's no baseball yet, though. It was a job fair dedicated to former members of the armed services. When they entered Citizens Bank Park, attendees picked up a copy of the exhibitors' list. Reviewing the ads in the "Search & Employ" section gave them an idea of some of the positions th...”

Veterans and Jobs

“Matt Murphy, RecruitMilitary's Senior VP of Business Development and Sales is a guest on Washington Journal to talk about a recent report that shows the jobless rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is over eleven percent. He talks about connecting employers, educational institutions, and franchisors to veterans because of their character, skills and training, diversity, and securi...”

Philly job fair for soldiers back from Iraq

“by Joseph N. DiStefano An Ohio firm called RecruitMilitary LLC plans a job fair oriented to armed forces veterans on Thursday, 11 am - 3 pm, at Citizens Bank Park, with 35 government and private-sector employers, including Amtrak, the Border Patrol, Coca-Cola Bottling, the Defense Supply Center, Eaton Corp., the FBI, and Nixon Uniform Service, among others. Recruit Military is owned and r...”

When attendees registered for the Philadelphia Veterans Job Fair, we asked them to let us know what fields they are interested in. The table below is a breakdown of those interests.

Interest Attendee Count Percentage

Who’s Registered?

Very well organized. RM staff helped us find interview space and were very supportive. It's worth the money.
Philadelphia -- Information Technology recruiter
There was a wide variety of opportunities available. This made it valuable to me, due to having a very specific, technical skill set.
Philadelphia -- Navy E-6)
This is a great experience. I may have as many as 5 interviews from this!!!
Philadelphia -- Army, Navy, and National Guard E-5
If you need to hire a veteran, show up at the Philadelphia RecruitMilitary job fair. This one is the best veterans job fair that comes to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia -- Non-profit recruiter
10/10. You get out what you put in. We had a good booth and interviewed on site. We sent out 2 offer letters and are waiting on a response. It took dozens of scheduled interviews and no-shows to get that from a web site.
Philadelphia -- Manufacturing recruiter
This was my first job fair and I attended because of emails from RecruitMilitary about it. I was very pleased. I received an interview and it played out exactly as the organizers described. A company looked for a candidate with skills from the military, but not necessarily the direct market that the job was in. I talked to the company despite it being in a field unrelated to what I envisioned an opportunity to be.
Philadelphia -- Navy E-6
The Philadelphia job fair was an excellent event. The organizers showed great professionalism as they guided all participants through the job fair. This is a top notch event that I will absolutely attend again.
Philadelphia -- Army W-4

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