2009-09-22T18:59:37Z 20 2009-06-12 The Florida Times-Union

By Timothy J. Gibbons Jacksonville is a good place, employers figure, for companies looking to hire veterans. For military veterans looking for work, though, sticking around the area doesn’t seem to be in the cards. About 30 companies showed up at a military-focused job fair Thursday looking for veterans who had worked on ship engines, guarded perimeters or were just used to showing up on time for work. “The quality of our military hires tend to be a tick up,” said Josh Renick, a staff manager with Bank of America. The event at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium was the largest nonmilitary-affiliated, veterans-focused job fair held in the city this year. Unlike several of the smaller ones, Thursday’s fair had employers looking to fill specific positions as well as find possible workers for openings down the road...

2009-09-22T19:00:09Z http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-06-11/story/employers_eye_vets_but_not_for_many_first_coast_jobs