MilitaryStars Offers Corporate America Opportunity

From a database filled with over 11,000 military job seekers throughout the Mid-Atlantic states, MilitaryStars, the nationís largest military career expo company, is set to provide over 40 military-friendly employers the distinct opportunity to hire highly trained prior military candidates into countless positions in corporate America. Equally, with new Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations in effect, MilitaryStars announced today that it is entirely compliant with the mandates.

ìThe job seekers who come to our events and who are registered in our database are ready to go to work for civilian companies. Theyíre trained, skilled and they need quality civilian jobs,î said MilitaryStars President Todd Hecht.

Or, as one military candidate recently put it: ìItís quite difficult to find a job. Itís even harder when most of your experience is military related . . . I feel like many civilian companies view military experience as sub-par or even irrelevant. How does one get around this?î

ëGetting aroundí that issue will be the pre-registered military job seekers at the event, who will show the employers already set to attend ñ currently numbering 22 and growing daily ñ that military experience translates almost identically into the civilian employment market. The career expo, slated for June 27th at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, MD, will highlight the qualities and skill sets of hundreds of military veterans.

Companies, ranging from Penske Truck Leasing to Merrill Lynch and Merck & Co., from Lockheed Martin and KBR-Overseas to Southwest Airlines, Alban Caterpillar and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, have all registered to attend the target-rich recruiting event.

ìOur military-friendly employers at our events span all types of industries and markets, and our candidates have skill sets and backgrounds that can satisfy even the most difficult positions to fill ñ corporations, defense contractors, retail businesses and logistics companies all have success in hiring military veterans, and our one-cost-unlimited-hires policy ensures that companies can acquire all the talent they need in one place,î said Hecht.

Whatís more, that talent acquisition will come with new regulations from the OFCCP and new safeguards for acquiring online talent from the MilitaryStars candidate event database.

ìThe OFCCP mandates state that all companies bidding on federal contracts are required to collect specific applicant data online so that employers can hire in accordance with equal employment procedures,î said Hecht. ìMilitaryStars is fully compliant with the new procedures, and has been for some time. Any employers working with the government can continue to look to MilitaryStars to acquire their workforces.î