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Military Friendly JOB FAIR Scheduled For 2/20/2013 In Virginia Beach

Meet Great Employers with Local & Nationwide Jobs! Meet face-to-face with representatives from dozens of “military friendly” employers and schools, including: National Security Agency, Sentara Healthcare, Verizon, Alion Science & Technology, Heavy Construction Academy, Norfolk Ship Support Activity, ECPI University, DeVry University, Cellular Sales / Verizon Wireless, Spivey Pavement Markings, The Art Institutes and more! Corporate Gray Job Fair for… Read more

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Homeless Veterans Stand Down Event Scheduled For April 5th – 7th, 2013

On any given night in the Big Bend area, we have several hundred Homeless Veterans, countless numbers of these veterans are homeless due to conditions resulting from combat in a foreign country while giving their all to keep our citizens safe at home. Many of these veterans have only primitive sleeping conditions, sleeping on the cold ground, often on an… Read more

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New Veterans Jobs Bill is Top Priority as Congress Begins First 2013 Session

Legislation to help veterans find jobs was introduced in a package of top-priority bills filed on January 22 which was the first legislative business day of the new 2013 session of Congress. The legislation would reauthorize training and employment services created by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act. The bill, called Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 (S.6),… Read more

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100,000 Jobs Mission Hires More than 51,000 U.S. Veterans in Two Years

Coalition Releases 4th Quarter 2012 Hiring Number Today The 100,000 Jobs Mission announced today that its coalition companies have collectively hired 51,835 veterans through 2012. Launched in March 2011 by eleven major employers, the coalition of private sector companies is already more than half of the way to its goal of hiring at least 100,000 U.S. military veterans by 2020.… Read more
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Goodwill and Bank of America Link Up to Help Veterans and Military Families with Education and Job Resources

Important Information About Jobs For Veterans With support from Bank of America’s Charitable Foundation, Goodwill Industries International is launching a new initiative to help military veterans and their families with education and job resources. The new program, called Vested in Veterans, will build on existing Goodwill programs such as Goodwill for America’s Heroes and Their Families and Community College/Career Collaboration… Read more