Some of our local veterans and their spouses are being put back to work, all thanks to a job fair held Friday afternoon.
It's called the Hiring Our Heroes job fair, and was hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's National Chamber Foundation.
The government has hosted job fairs like this in 260 cities across the country since March of last year. Along the way, they've helped more than 10,000 veterans and their spouses find work.
Friday afternoon hundreds of veterans looking for employment filled the Joe Crowley Student Union at the University of Nevada.
Many of them say they can get discouraged quickly, not knowing what jobs they even qualify for.
"So having people there face to face to talk to and not have to get through the first step of having somebody call you back," says Mike Phillips, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. "I think it's huge."
The veterans had plenty of options to choose from. They were joined by roughly 50 employers from around the country all looking to hire. West Corporation is one local company that was at the job fair.
One of their recruiters says they found some future employees.
"We've also taken quite a lot of resumes and we're had quite a few people sign in as well looking for work," says A.J. Jackson.
Folks with "Hiring Our Heroes" say right now we still have about 1 million unemployed veterans nationwide.
Written by Adam Rasmussen
