Less than 15 months ago, Hiring Our Heroes was launched with the goal of making a difference in the lives of veterans and military spouses by helping thousands of them find meaningful employment. Through the efforts of many, we are seeing a vision become reality.
Today, we hosted our 200th hiring fair since the program began, and our fair in the naval community of Lemoore, CA is number 100 toward the aggressive goal of 400 that we set for our second year.
To date, nearly 10,000 veterans and military spouses have been hired as a result of our fairs. And we couldn’t put on all these events without the help of the private sector--companies that made financial commitments to support Hiring Our Heroes nationally, and initiated their own corporate programs to help tackle the issue of veterans’ unemployment.