Submitted by U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will host the Hiring Our Heroes – Joint Base Lewis-McChord Transition Summit, a one-day hiring event for veterans and military spouses. The transition summit is a collaborative effort to connect transitioning service members and military spouses to meaningful employment opportunities by bringing together key federal and state agencies, military leaders, business innovators, and local community leaders to participate in panel discussions, workshops, and a hiring fair.
More than 100 employers including Airstreams, Amazon, Ammonia Refrigeration Foundation, Boeing, CarMax, Comcast NBCUniversal, FedEx, Hilton, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Starbucks, Toyota, Troops Into Transportation, and the USO are expected to participate and have jobs available for veterans and military spouses of all ranks and experience levels. Companies participating in the event range from America’s largest employers to dozens of smaller companies from across the region.
The transition summit will include a series of industry-specific education briefs, veteran-focused resume and digital networking workshops, a town hall-style panel discussion with employers from a cross section of fields, and a hiring fair.
WHAT: Hiring Our Heroes – Joint Base Lewis-McChord Transition Summit
WHEN: Tuesday, September 25 and Wednesday, September 26
WHERE: American Lake Conference Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
RSVP: Interested job seekers should pre-register online at www.hiringourheroes.org/events. Credential media interested in covering this event are invited to attend but MUST follow all Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Affairs Office protocols.
For more information about this event or Hiring Our Heroes, please contact Andrea Hutchins at ahutchins@uschamber.com
Launched in 2011, Hiring Our Heroes is a nationwide initiative to help veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses find meaningful employment. Working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s vast network of state and local chambers and other strategic partners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Hiring Our Heroes has helped hundreds of thousands of veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment through more than 950 job fairs in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and on military installations overseas; a suite of free online career-based resources; and the Hiring 500,000 Heroes campaign.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is dedicated to strengthening America’s long-term competitiveness. We educate the public on the conditions necessary for business and communities to thrive, how business positively impacts communities, and emerging issues and creative solutions that will shape the future.
