TAMPA, Fla. — RecruitMilitary wants to make sure veterans and active duty military members can find good paying civilian jobs.
The organization is teaming up with Disabled American Veterans to host a job fair at Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa on Thursday, January 16. Hundreds of veterans, military members, guardsmen, reservists and their spouses are expected to attend the event.
Hundreds of people who participated previous RecruitMilitary job fairs in Tampa ended up receiving job offers.
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Some recruiters are looking to fill immediate openings while other are searching for candidates for jobs that are not available right now, but will be opening up soon.
It is important to remember an employer’s primary industry or company name does not necessarily indicate what openings they are trying to fill.
Thursday's job fair runs from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information or to pre-register, visit www.recruitmilitary.com.
Forty-eight companies and agencies are sending representatives to the job fair:
- Airstreams Renewables, Inc.
- Ajax Paving Industries, Inc.
- Alion Science and Technology
- Allied Universal Security Services
- BayCare Health System
- Brink's, Inc.
- CAE
- Catalent Pharma Solutions
- City of Orlando
- Florida Technical College
- FireMaster
- First Command Financial Services, Inc.
- First Communities
- G4S Secure Solutions
- Grand Canyon University
- Harper Limbach LLC
- Hearst Television, Inc.
- Heavy Equipment Colleges of America
- Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
- JP Morgan Chase
- Keller Foundations LLC
- Leica Biosystems
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Moffitt Cancer Center
- Morgan Auto Group
- MyComputerCareer
- National Aviation Academy
- National Louis University
- New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
- NextEra Energy, Inc.
- Orange County Fire and Rescue
- Paychex, Inc.
- Piper Aircraft, Inc.
- Preferred Materials, Inc.
- Raymond James Financial, Inc.
- Saint Leo University
- Sarasota County Sheriff's Office
- Sperry Rail Service
- Sutter Roofing
- Trane - American Standard
- Troops to Teachers
- USAA
- Valet Living
- Veterans Florida
- Vinnell Arabia
- Vistra Communications LLC
- Warriors to Workforce
- Woodruff & Sons
