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HireDS Announces Verizon as Hero Sponsor for November 7th "Be A Hero, Hire A Hero" Veterans Career Expo
Company also to host VIP Breakfast aboard the Intrepid
NEW YORK, NY, September 30, 2011 /Employment - Careers PR News/ -- HireDS, LLC - a certified disabled owned company promoting the inclusion of our Veterans and people with disabilities into mainstream employment - today announced that Verizon as a Hero Sponsor for its November 7th "Be A Hero, Hire A Hero" Global Veterans Career Expo in New York City aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, as well as run virtually online simultaneously and for thirty days thereafter spanning military bases around the globe.
The 2011 Veterans Career Expo is being held in partnership with No Greater Sacrifice and the New York City Business Leadership Network. This Expo represents the ongoing commitment by HireDS to link qualified Veterans and their families - including Wounded Warriors - to the employers seeking to hire them. It comes on the heels of the highly successful career expo held on May 24th at the New Yorker Hotel. Between 3,000 and 4,000 Veterans are expected to participate.
"We're very pleased to have Verizon as a Hero Sponsor for our November 7th Global Veterans Career Expo, as well as to be provided the opportunity to partner with an outstanding company to link it to qualified Veterans seeking employment," said Jeff Klare, President & CEO of HireDS. "The Verizon sponsorship symbolizes its strong commitment to the men and women returning from overseas trying to transition back into civilian life. Just as Verizon recognizes the potential talents that these Veterans can bring to their companies, we're honored to recognize this outstanding company as a Hero Sponsor."
Learn more online at: http://www.beahero-hireahero.com/.
The unemployment rate among Veterans has remained disproportionately high, staggering around 13.4% - more than 4 percentage points higher than the national average - according to the latest figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor. There are over 1 million military Veterans currently unemployed.
For more information about the "Be a Hero, Hire a Hero" 2011 Veterans' Career Expo being held on November 7th in New York City, please contact Noritza Perito at (800) 238-5373 or nperito@hireds.com.
About HireDS: HireDS is an employment consulting company assisting corporations
and organizations in the management of inclusion and diversity in the workplace. HireDS is a national leader in recruiting the best and brightest people for visionary companies. Since launching its "Be a Hero - Hire a Hero" initiative, HireDS has placed more than 500 service men and women who served our country so valiantly with not just jobs, but careers. HireDS is based in West Nyack, New York. For more information, please visit www.hireds.com.
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Noritza Perito
Hire Disability Solutions
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4 Pipers Glen
West Nyack, New York
USA 10994
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