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LIVES ON THE LINE WHILE
SERVING OUR COUNTRY. BUT
WHEN VETERANS COME BACK TO
CIVILIAN LIFE...FINDING A JOB
CAN BE CHALLENGING. BUT AS
ROB SNEED FOUND OUT NEW AT
6...THERE'S HELP RIGHT HERE IN
MIAMI VALLEY.
ORGANIZERS OF THE JOB
FAIR....AT THE NUTTER
CENTER...ARE CALLING IT A
SUCCESS. BUT FOR THE VETS
WHO BENEFITED FROM
IT.....áTHEY CALL IT LIFE
CHANGING.
YOU CAN CALL
THIS A áMASSIVE JOB INTERVIEW.
EMLOYEERS...REPRESENTING
VARIOUS COMPANIES....ALL AT
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY FOR
ONLY ONE REASON.HELPING TO GET
THESE VETERANS JOBS.WE HAVE
BEEN FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE
PAST. WE FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN
COME TO A JOB FAIR AND WALK
AWAY WITH LIKE TWO OR THREE
SOLID CANDIDATES...WE'RE
REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SOLID
CANDIDATES LIKE SENIOR AIRMAN
JONES.I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL
OUTSIDE. ONCE I WOKE UP. I
LOOKED AND IT WAS SUNNY AND
THE ELECTION IS FINALLY OVER
SO I'M EXCITED. I THINK IT'S A
GREAT DAY TO LOOK FOR A JOB.
THIS RECENT COLLEGE GRAD HOPES
TO TAKE HER MILITARY TRAINING
AND PUT IT TO WORK IN A WHITE
COLLAR JOB.I ACTUALLY LIVE IN
CINCINNATI AND I'M RELOCATING
CLOSER TO THE BASE BECAUSE I'M
A RESERVIST...SO I'M LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING IN THE FINANCE
FIELD. ALVIN DENNIS WITH
WRIGHT-PATT TELLS ME....THAT'S
A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR VETERANS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE
A LOT OF BARRIERS TO
EMPLOYMENT. A LOT OF OUR
CAREER FIELDS WE HAD IN THE
MILITARY ARE NON TRANSFERABLE
INTO THE CIVILIAN MARKET.
DENNIS KNOW'S THIS ALL TO
WELL. HE'S AS VET AND SAYS A
SMILIAR JOB FAIR LIKE THIS ...
CHANGED HIS LIFE. MORE THAN 20
YEARS AGO.IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE
WHEN YOU GO TO A JOB FAIR AND
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO AND
THAT EMPLOYER RECOGNIZES WHAT
YOU CAN OFFER YOU A
JOB..THERE'S NOTHIN MORE THAN
THAT FEELING WHEN THEY SAY
COME AND WORK FOR ME!A SIMPLE
PHRASE THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE
IMPACT TO THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
DENNIS TELLS ME THEIR NEXT
JOB FAIR WILL BE HELD IN
APRIL..WE'LL PASS THAT ALONG
TO YOU AS IT NEARS. LIVE IN
THE NEWSROOM...ROB SNEED. 2
NEWS.