Louisville Veterans Job Fair
This event took place on July 25, 2019 at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, KY.
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.”
Veterans, spouses head to stadium in hopes of scoring jobs
“LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Papa John's Cardinal Stadium was home to a special kind of job fair Thursday. With more than 35 companies present, Recruit Military put on a job fair just for military veterans, those transitioning out of the military and military spouses.”
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 Louisville 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 |
---|---|---|
Government | 102 | 41% |
Management/Supervision | 80 | 32% |
Human Resources | 60 | 24% |
Quality Assurance / Safety | 60 | 24% |
Project / Program Management | 57 | 23% |
Law Enforcement / Security | 55 | 22% |
Logistics / Transportation / Warehouse | 52 | 21% |
Education / Training | 52 | 21% |
Manufacturing / Operations | 52 | 21% |
Business / Strategic Management | 52 | 21% |
Customer Support / Client Care | 46 | 18% |
Administrative / Clerical | 41 | 16% |
Marketing / Product Management | 34 | 13% |
Maintenance / Installation / Repair | 29 | 11% |
Sales / Business Development | 27 | 11% |
Medical / Health | 27 | 11% |
IT / Software Development | 26 | 10% |
Aviation / Aerospace | 26 | 10% |
Field Service | 25 | 10% |
Creative / Design | 23 | 9% |
Part-time | 22 | 9% |
Construction / Trades | 22 | 9% |
Editorial / Writing | 21 | 8% |
Other | 19 | 7% |
Electronics | 19 | 7% |
Food Services / Hospitality | 19 | 7% |
Banking / Real Estate / Mortgage | 18 | 7% |
Engineering | 18 | 7% |
Biotech / R&D / Science | 17 | 6% |
Retail | 17 | 6% |
Accounting / Finance / Insurance | 15 | 6% |
Legal | 10 | 4% |