Hiring Our Heroes Celebrates One-Year Anniversary by Hosting ...

In the Headlines | April 2012Hiring Our Heroes CelebratesOne-Year Anniversary by HostingFive Hiring Fairs in Five Separate CitiesThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring OurHeroes program marked its one-year anniversarywith a series of concurrent hiring fairs for veteransand military spouses across the nation. Thecenterpiece was a huge fair on board theUSS Intrepid in New York City—broadcast by theTODAY show and NBC News—attended byDr. Jill Biden, Admiral and Mrs. Winnefeld, andMayor Michael Bloomberg. We also held largescaleevents in Chicago—the site of our very firsthiring fair—and in Fort Hood, Texas, with a hiringfair exclusively for military spouses. In additionto 4,500 military job seekers meeting with morethan 300 employers in those three cities, another15,000 connected with recruiters through a virtualonline hiring fair with our partner Military.comWhen we launched Hiring Our Heroes, our visionwas to create a movement across the country.With your help, these events served not only asan exclamation point for our first year but as astatement of intent for our second. Thank youfor everything you have done to help Hiring OurHeroes achieve this vision.New York City, USS IntrepidHiring Our Heroes | www.uschamber.com

New York City | Chicago | Fort HoodChicagoLeft to right: Noreen O’Neil, Hiring Our Heroes; Darin Cline,Capital One; and Laura Dempsey, Hiring Our HeroesFort Hood, TexasGov. Pat Quinn (IL)ChicagoChicagowww.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes | 2

Left to right: Gen. Stanley McChrystal (USA Ret.), Tom Brokaw, and Ann CurryLeft to right: Kevin Schmiegel, Admiral and Mrs. Winnefeld, Dr. Jill Biden,Mayor Michael Bloomberg (NY), and John FinnermanLeft to right: Ann Curry, Kevin Schmiegel, and John FinnermanUSS Intrepidwww.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes | 3

Military Spouse Business AllianceThe National ChamberFoundation And Capital OneAre Honored to Announcea Coordinated, NationwideEffort on Behalf ofWorking Military SpousesThe goal of the Military Spouse BusinessAlliance (MSBA) is simple: allow spouses topursue their dreams, instead of spendingtheir lives trying to catch up to their peers.The MSBA brings together 10 of the topnonprofits in the country dedicated tolifting spouses out of unemployment andunderemployment.On January 13, Hiring Our Heroes launchedits military spouse employment programswith the largest career and hiring fairexclusively for military spouses ever held.More than 1,000 spouses registered for theevent, which included resume and interviewworkshops, mentoring sessions with Fortune500 female executives, image makeovers,and more than 100 employers looking to hiremilitary spouses.The MSBA’s goal is to retain more of ourmilitary’s best and brightest families byhelping military spouses plan a career whiletheir servicemembers defend our country.Left to right: Kevin Schmiegel, Executive Director, Hiring Our HeroesPatty Shinseki, wife of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric ShinsekiMary Jane Currier, wife of Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral John CurrierEllyn Dunford, wife of Vice Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General Joseph DunfordMary Winnefeld, wife of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James WinnefeldSusie Schwartz, wife of Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Norton SchwartzBonnie Amos, wife of Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General James AmosLaura Dempsey, Director, Military Spouse Program, Hiring Our HeroesRoss Cohen, Senior Director of Programs and Operations, Hiring Our HeroesWhite HouseJanuary 30, 2012The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’snewly formed Military SpouseBusiness Alliance (MSBA) hascommitted to hosting a careerforum and hiring fair that focuseson wounded warrior spouses andcaregivers. The event will take placeat Bethesda/Walter Reed hospital onMay 18, 2012.Additionally, spouses and caregiversof wounded warriors will be includedin the 20 hiring fairs for militaryspouses that the MSBA will conductat military installations across thecountry during 2012.www.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes | 4

Military Spouse Career ForumWalter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C.January 13, 2012www.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes | 5

U.S. Chamber Hiring Our HeroesVeterans Initiative Announces Expansionfrom 100 to 400 Hiring Fairs NationwideLos AngelesLeft to right: Gov. Mitch Daniels (IN); Patrick Beharelle, CEO of PeopleScout;Kevin Schmiegel, executive director, Hiring Our Heroes;and Bill Cowher, former NFL coachBostonLeft to right: Maj. Gen. Milano; Kathy Poynton, Hiring Our Heroes;Gov. Nikki Haley (SC); Ross Cohen, Hiring Our Heroes; and Ike McLeeseAs of April 27, we have conducted 156 hiringfairs—344 to go through March 2013!www.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes | 6

In the PressHiring Our Heroes, in partnership withNBCUniversal, launched a sustainedmedia campaign to spread the wordabout our grassroots initiative. Inaddition to covering a vast majority ofour 100 hiring fairs through its localaffiliates, NBC News dedicated anentire year’s worth of programmingto a new series called Making aDifference on the Homefront. Theseries, an extension of Nightly Newswith Brian Williams’ award-winningfranchise, is an effort to shine a lighton veterans, military families, andthe issues affecting them acrossthe country.www.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes | 9

In Local Communities Across AmericaKISS Wants toHire a VetThe Right Set of Skills,Values for the JobHelping vets get jobs through‘Hiring Our Heroes’You’re Hired! Employers SetTo Hire Our Heroes TodayBusiness Forum: Hiring a veteranmakes good business senseVeterans’ new battle front:Job marketwww.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes | 11

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