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

    NEW YORK, NY, November 04, 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 the final roster of employers that will be recruiting veterans and their families during its 2011 Veterans' Career Expo, themed "Be a Hero, Hire a Hero," scheduled for November 7th aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City. Over fifty (50) companies, federal agencies, organizations and universities will be recruiting onsite, as well as during the Virtual Career Expo, which will also run virtually online simultaneously and for 30 days thereafter spanning military bases around the globe.

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.

"Veterans and their families seeking meaningful employment opportunities are encouraged by the strong corporate commitment that will be on display aboard the Intrepid on November 7th," said Jeff Klare, HireDS President & CEO. "HireDS is pleased to partner with these companies, universities, government agencies and service providers to build a stronger workforce...a workforce that taps into our intelligent, industrious, and productive job candidates."

The final roster of employers includes Verizon as a Hero Sponsor; Corporate Resource Services as a Meritorious Sponsor; Colgate World of Care and Tyco as Salute Sponsors; Global Diversity and Seyfarth Shaw as a Veteran Sponsors; Accenture, ADP, AIG, Bloomberg, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CDW, Cornell University, CSC, CUNY, FedEx, GE, HBO, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Jet-Hot, JMA Services, Long Island University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Saint Mary College, Novartis Oncology, Port Authority of NY & NJ, RBC Capital Markets, Summit Security Services, State Street, Teq, UIL Holdings, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives Wounded Warrior Program, United Technologies, Verizon Wireless, Wyndham Worldwide as Soldier Exhibitors; and ASCO Valve, Comcast, conEdison, Moog, Monster, PSEG, United Water as Enlist Exhibitors (virtual only).

Other supporters include Association of the United States Army, Dress for Success, Hope for the Warriors, Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America, New York State Department of Labor, TA Online, The Program, Warrior Gateway.

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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