Fort Stewart Job Fair

This event took place on August 9, 2018 at Club Stewart in Fort Stewart, GA.

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.”

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. ”

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...”

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...”

When attendees registered for the Fort Stewart 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
Government 207 34%
Management/Supervision 153 25%
Administrative / Clerical 151 25%
Logistics / Transportation / Warehouse 140 23%
Human Resources 126 21%
Customer Support / Client Care 116 19%
Law Enforcement / Security 105 17%
Education / Training 90 15%
Medical / Health 82 13%
Project / Program Management 77 12%
Business / Strategic Management 73 12%
Quality Assurance / Safety 73 12%
Maintenance / Installation / Repair 67 11%
Banking / Real Estate / Mortgage 66 11%
Manufacturing / Operations 65 10%
Retail 64 10%
Construction / Trades 63 10%
IT / Software Development 62 10%
Part-time 62 10%
Sales / Business Development 58 9%
Accounting / Finance / Insurance 53 8%
Field Service 51 8%
Electronics 51 8%
Aviation / Aerospace 51 8%
Other 50 8%
Food Services / Hospitality 43 7%
Marketing / Product Management 40 6%
Engineering 35 5%
Creative / Design 31 5%
Legal 30 5%
Editorial / Writing 21 3%
Biotech / R&D / Science 20 3%

Who Attended?

  • 600 Registered Attendees
  • 419 Soldiers
  • 83 Spouses
  • 17 Sailors
  • 16 Airmen
  • 8 Others
  • 6 Marines
  • 4 DoD Civilians
  • 1 Coast Guardsman
Larger scale with more employers than other job fairs, which then attracted greater participation. Great events with many leads to potential candidates for employment.
Fort Stewart -- Defense recruiter
Everyone I spoke to was super professional and up front and honest about the position(s) available, especially the time-line in which jobs and positions would be available.
Fort Stewart -- Army E-4
Very good event. It was very well organized in very nice/spacious facility. It was well attended by service men/women and their family members.
Fort Stewart -- Law Enforcement and Security recruiter
Good variety of vendors with valuable information ready to hire immediately.
Fort Stewart -- Army E-7
Venue was much nicer than other job fairs. Amount and quality of candidates much better too. Worth your while!
Fort Stewart -- Manufacturing recruiter
Turnout was fantastic and the quality of candidates was higher than I've seen in a good while. Excellent event.
Fort Stewart -- Telecommunications recruiter
Continue to encourage veterans to come out to the job fairs because it allows them to see that there are lot of opportunities out there and it opens up many avenues from which they can choose from.
Fort Stewart -- Army E-7
The event was great. The pre-session was informative.
Fort Stewart -- Air Force E-8

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