Hundreds flock to veterans' job fair in Tampa

Hundreds flock to veterans' job fair in Tampa
Tampa Bay Times
By Brittany Alana Davis, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Friday, October 5, 2012

U.S. Army veteran Curtis Duncan will do anything for a job.

Drive a truck. Operate a forklift. Work security.

"Would you like me to come dig a ditch for you?" Duncan asked business recruiters at a veterans' job fair Thursday. "Maybe fish your keys out of your car?"

The 53-year-old Plant City veteran has been out of work for two years and is upside down on his mortgage, he said. He's got a wife and an ill father-in-law.

He was one of more than 500 sharply-dressed veterans looking for work from about 30 vendors Thursday at Raymond James Stadium, where the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other sponsors hosted Hiring Our Heroes job fair for veterans and their spouses.

Walmart, CarMax, Bank of America, Home Depot, Tijuana Flats and Matco Tools —a tool store on wheels— were among the businesses recruiting veterans.
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