Job fair for veterans to be held in downtown Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has announced a Job Fair for Military Veterans will be held on Thursday, March 7th at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

This is the ninth and largest job fair put on by the Milwaukee County Veterans Service Office.

More than 70 companies including Pepsi, FedEx Express, WE Energies and the Milwaukee County Parks Department will be on hand interviewing and hiring veterans. As part of this event, the Milwaukee County Parks Department has committed to hire 100 veterans for seasonal work this year.

Additional coordination and support for the event is provided by the Zablocki VA Medical Center and veterans employment representatives of the DWD Office of Veterans Services.