Fort Hood hosting hiring event for soldiers

Post set to host hiring events
Mar. 4 2012

By Colleen Flaherty
Killeen Daily Herald

Leading military talent management firm Orion International, in conjunction with the White House's Joining Forces veterans employment initiative, is kicking off a series of hiring events at Fort Hood this week.

The event, to be held Thursday and Friday on post, is not just another job fair, said David Coe, a senior partner with Orion and a former Marine.

"This is not a job fair where we are bringing in dozens and dozens of employers who are interested in hiring veterans but are not really sure what they're going to do with them or are where they're going to place them," said Coe.

"The employers working with Orion coming to the event actually already have identified specific jobs openings for both (noncommissioned officers) and junior officers."

Junior-enlisted soldiers also are invited to the event, he said, and those attendees who pre-register have the opportunity to interview one-on-one with employers on the spot.

About 60 jobs will be offered as a direct result of the hiring fair, he said.
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