Hire Disability Solutions Releases Updated Listing of Employers Recruiting Veterans During its 2011 Veterans' Career Expo on November 7th

    NEW YORK, NY, October 22, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- HireDS, LLC - a certified disabled owned company promoting the inclusion of our Veterans and people with disabilities into mainstream employment - today released an updated listing of companies, federal agencies, organizations and universities that will be recruiting Veterans and their families during its next 2011 Veterans' Career Expo. The Expo, themed "Be A Hero, Hire A Hero" Global Veterans Career Expo, is being held on November 7th in New York City aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, as well as running virtually online simultaneously and for thirty days thereafter spanning military bases around the globe.

"Momentum continues to grow toward our Veterans Career Expo on November 7th, whereby employers will demonstrate their commitment to our Veterans by recruiting them for their unique skills and talents," summarized Jeff Klare, President & CEO of HireDS. "We're pleased to see that nearly every segment of the economy is being represented at our event - including telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, staffing, legal, travel & leisure, utilities and retail."

The updated listing of employers includes Verizon as a Hero Sponsor; Corporate Resource Services as a Meritorious Sponsor; Colgate World of Care and TYCO as Salute Sponsors; Seyfarth Shaw as a Veteran Sponsor; ADP, AIG/Chartis, Bloomberg, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CDW, CUNY, FedEx, General Electric, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Jet-Hot, JMA Services, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York State Department of Veterans Affairs, Port Authority of NY & NJ, Prudential, RBC Capital Market, State Street Corporation, United Illuminating Holdings, U.S. House of Representatives, Verizon Wireless, Wyndham Worldwide as Soldier Exhibitors; and ASCO Valve, conEdison, CSC, Monster Worldwide, PSEG, United Water as Enlist Exhibitors (virtual only).

According to Klare, additional employers are still coming on line for the Veterans Career Expo.

The 2011 Veterans Career Expo is being held in partnership with No Greater Sacrifice and the New York City Business Leadership Network. This Expo represents the ongoing commitment by HireDS to link qualified Veterans and their families - including Wounded Warriors - to the employers seeking to hire them. It comes on the heels of the highly successful career expo held on May 24th at the New Yorker Hotel. Between 3,000 and 4,000 Veterans are expected to participate.

Additional information is available online at http://www.beahero-hireahero.com/sponsors-exhibitors.html.

The unemployment rate among Veterans has remained disproportionately high, staggering around 13.4% - more than 4 percentage points higher than the national average - according to the latest figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor. There are over 1 million military Veterans currently unemployed.

For more information about the "Be a Hero, Hire a Hero" 2011 Veterans' Career Expo being held on November 7th in New York City, please contact Noritza Perito at (800) 238-5373 or [email protected].

About HireDS: HireDS is an employment consulting company assisting corporations and organizations in the management of inclusion and diversity in the workplace. HireDS is a national leader in recruiting the best and brightest people for visionary companies. Since launching its "Be a Hero - Hire a Hero" initiative, HireDS has placed more than 500 service men and women who served our country so valiantly with not just jobs, but careers. HireDS is based in West Nyack, New York. For more information, please visit www.hireds.com.

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