Oklahoma City Veteran Job Fair

This event took place on January 30, 2014 at Chevrolet Bricktown Events Center in Oklahoma City, OK.

RecruitMilitary job fair for veterans headed to Oklahoma City

“Recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will host a career fair for veterans in Oklahoma City. More than 30 companies are expected to attend the June 11 event at the Chevy Bricktown Events Center and could extend more than 120 job offers to veterans.”

Veterans job fair in Norman draws crowd

“ NORMAN — More than 400 veterans attended an All Veterans Job Fair, networking with veteran-friendly employers including General Electric Co., Xcel Energy, Lockheed Martin and AdvancePierre Foods, to name a few. ”

RecruitMilitary CEO: Hiring Oklahoma's veterans as employees, not charity cases

“Based on last year’s media coverage, Oklahomans would be shocked to learn that there is no veterans’ unemployment crisis. But the numbers don’t lie. The 2014 national unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans was 7.2 percent, the lowest rate recorded in the metric’s seven-year history. The overall veteran unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, lower than the national workforce unemployment rate.”

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”

Businesses hoping to hire Oklahoma veterans at expo event

“NBC 4 (KFOR) – An organization that helps find jobs for veterans is coming to Oklahoma City later this week. RecruitMilitary is hosting a Veteran Opportunity Expo for veterans and men and women with a military background.”

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...”

Oklahoma City job fair offers opportunity for ex-military personnel

“By PAULA BURKES, Business Writer Blake Eaton of Mustang is planning a search-and-employ mission this week. He’s looking for a job at the RecruitMilitary Career Fair Thursday in Bricktown... "Vets have a great work ethic,” said John Lundberg, a former Marine and director of Thursday’s RecruitMilitary career fair, for which about 300 have preregistered. Employers value veterans for ...”

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 Oklahoma City Veteran 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 320 47%
Project / Program Management 228 33%
Quality Assurance / Safety 213 31%
Aviation / Aerospace 197 29%
Education / Training 190 28%
Logistics / Transportation / Warehouse 190 28%
Manufacturing / Operations 180 26%
Business / Strategic Management 168 24%
Human Resources 152 22%
Law Enforcement / Security 151 22%
Maintenance / Installation / Repair 146 21%
Administrative / Clerical 121 17%
Electronics 119 17%
Marketing / Product Management 113 16%
Customer Support / Client Care 101 14%
Other 99 14%
IT / Software Development 98 14%
Sales / Business Development 87 12%
Engineering 86 12%
Construction / Trades 85 12%
Medical / Health 83 12%
Accounting / Finance / Insurance 62 9%
Creative / Design 56 8%
Banking / Real Estate / Mortgage 55 8%
Part-time 50 7%
Biotech / R&D / Science 50 7%
Editorial / Writing 39 5%
Legal 37 5%
Retail 37 5%
Food Services / Hospitality 31 4%

Who Attended?

  • 678 Registered Attendees
  • 298 Airmen
  • 209 Soldiers
  • 102 Sailors
  • 44 Marines
  • 16 Spouses
  • 4 DoD Civilians
  • 3 Coast Guardsmen
  • 2 Others
Great event. I was hired from the same event 2 years ago.
Oklahoma City Career Fair - Services recruiter
Great venue, well organized, excellent candidates. Can't ask for much more.
Oklahoma City -- Manufacturing recruiter
Very good quality of applicants. Better quality & more interested applicants than at other job fairs.
Oklahoma City -- Energy & Utilities recruiter
Exactly as described. Great opportunities to meet with big company reps and talk about current opportunities and how to better your chances of landing a job.
Oklahoma City -- Army E-4
Great event with a very friendly crowd that was willing to talk with you and help you out.
Oklahoma City -- Air Force E-6
If you want to hire veterans & their spouses to fill your company's vacancies, you cannot find a better platform to locate quality candidates with soft skills not found in their civilian counterparts.
Oklahoma City -- Non-Profit recruiter
An event where you are helping people, as well as exposing them to your company, is a positive thing for everyone involved.
Oklahoma City -- Education recruiter
The job fair was a great event. I would recommend it to any veteran. There were many employers with many employment opportunities and they were more than willing to engage with veterans.
Oklahoma City -- Army Reserves E-8
I was very impressed with how many companies were there. The fair helped me get a job
Oklahoma City -- Army E-3
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