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DAV - virtual job fair · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: Disabled American Veterans Chief Communications and Outreach Officer Dan Claire
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  Speaker 1: joins a program to help us do exactly that. Dan,
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  Speaker 1: it's a pleasure to have you on your program and
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  Speaker 1: thank you for your service to our country and your
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  Speaker 1: ongoing service helping disabled American veterans find some employment in
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  Speaker 1: this very difficult employment situation. It's good to have you
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  Speaker 1: on the show today.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, thanks Brian. You always support veterans and we really
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  Speaker 2: appreciate you.
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  Speaker 1: Least I can do. So, you have multiple things going
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  Speaker 1: on here, Dave, sponsoring nationwide job fares. Those are fast approaching.
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  Speaker 1: What are these involved in? How can my veteran friends
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  Speaker 1: out and listening audience and their families get in connection
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  Speaker 1: with this?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, Dav. We're nationally headquarter local organization. These job fairs
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  Speaker 2: we pair up with recruit military. We do about ninety
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  Speaker 2: eight a year. These are job fares for spouses, for
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  Speaker 2: military members, transitioning military members, veterans. We've found veterans who
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  Speaker 2: want or we've found companies who want to hire veterans,
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  Speaker 2: and we're focused on lining them up with veterans. Our
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  Speaker 2: next career fair is November twenty fifth, so a week
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  Speaker 2: from today, you have time to sharpen up your resume
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  Speaker 2: and check it out online at jobs dot dav dot org.
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  Speaker 1: Jobs dot dav dot org. Joe's going to hook that
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  Speaker 1: website out of my blog page fifty five KC dot com.
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  Speaker 1: So great opportunity, and thank you to all those companies
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  Speaker 1: out there who recognize how great veterans are. They do
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  Speaker 1: a great work, they think out of the box, they're
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  Speaker 1: problem solvers, and they're hard workers. So you can't say
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  Speaker 1: enough about hiring the American veteran. What's the Patriot boot
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  Speaker 1: Camp all about?
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  Speaker 2: And this is a great program too that has enjoyed
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  Speaker 2: a lot of success because of our support from local
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  Speaker 2: Cincinnati and Tristate area CEOs, marketers people like that. This
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  Speaker 2: is a two and a half day experience that helps
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  Speaker 2: veterans become job creators and benefits providers. It's a fantastic event.
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  Speaker 2: We've got founders coming in. They have all these great
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  Speaker 2: different kinds of companies. We line them up with mentors,
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  Speaker 2: line them up with classes, experiences, and just kind of
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  Speaker 2: give them the building blocks they need to succeed as
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  Speaker 2: business owners.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I know you welcome all the assistants you can get.
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  Speaker 1: How can interested entrepreneurs and maybe local business leaders who
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  Speaker 1: really want to help the American veterans and give back
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  Speaker 1: to the veteran military community. How can they get involved?
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  Speaker 2: Well? Absolutely, I mean first things first, hire a veteran
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  Speaker 2: if you know, if you if you have room in
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  Speaker 2: your company to hire a veteran, please God do it
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  Speaker 2: for amen. These are great folks. They want jobs, they
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  Speaker 2: want to contribute, they want to be part of a team.
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  Speaker 2: And also, if you're a CEO, if you're if you're
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  Speaker 2: a marketing specialist, if you're in business law, we want
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  Speaker 2: you to get involved with the AV Patriot Boot Camp.
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  Speaker 2: Our next cohorts coming up in February. We're actually traveling
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  Speaker 2: out of town to Myrtle Beach for that event February
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  Speaker 2: ten through thirteen. But registrations open now. Local veteran business
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  Speaker 2: owners can get involved. Local business leaders who are mentors
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  Speaker 2: who want to get involved, please reach out to us.
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  Speaker 1: Dan Claire, who chief Communications always or an outreach officer
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  Speaker 1: for the DAV without obviously you're very interested in big
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  Speaker 1: on helping veterans get jobs. What else does the DAV
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  Speaker 1: offer to give caregivers, veterans needing transportation, and others who
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  Speaker 1: need assistance with benefits. What else are you there for?
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  Speaker 2: I mean absolutely where their benefits are a big part
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  Speaker 2: of what we do here at our office, our national
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  Speaker 2: headquarters and Erlanger. If you know a veteran who needs
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  Speaker 2: assistance with their benefits, we have veterans who have gone
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  Speaker 2: down that path before themselves. They act as attorneys in
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  Speaker 2: fact and help represent veterans, may demystify that VA bureaucracy
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  Speaker 2: to some extent, and help expedite justice for those folks.
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  Speaker 2: Caregivers is a great new program the DAV has. Everyone
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  Speaker 2: knows someone who is a caregiver, and whether you're a
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  Speaker 2: veteran who is a caregiver, or you know someone who's
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  Speaker 2: a caregiver for a veteran. That could be a parent,
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  Speaker 2: that could be a spouse, that could be children. We
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  Speaker 2: want to get those folks involved at davcaregivers dot org.
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  Speaker 2: That's a free service to the DAV offers. It's concierge
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  Speaker 2: level services, connecting people with resources with what they need
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  Speaker 2: to keep their veteran in the home longer or their
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  Speaker 2: loved one in the home longer, and ensure that they
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  Speaker 2: have a high quality of life while they're.
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  Speaker 1: Doing that, and nobody understands the specific needs of the
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  Speaker 1: American veterans like the dav So Dan Claire, I cannot
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  Speaker 1: thank you enough for helping my veteran friends and the
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  Speaker 1: listening audience get jobs at the job fair. This Patriot
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  Speaker 1: boot camp for the entrepreneurs who will hire veterans because
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  Speaker 1: they know it's the right thing to do, because they're
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  Speaker 1: going to get a great employee out of it, and
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  Speaker 1: you're going to land an American veteran in a job.
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  Speaker 1: It's a wonderful thing you're doing. Dan. I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on the program again. All this
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  Speaker 1: information Joe Strecker will add to my blog page fifty
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  Speaker 1: five care sea dot com so we can get folks jobs. Dan,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for your time and what you're doing for
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  Speaker 1: the American veterans.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Brian Todd Cassini says, Hi, God bless you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Ah ah tell him, I said hi right back college.
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  Speaker 1: Actually a lifetime, lifetime friend. I went on vacation with
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  Speaker 1: Dodd when I was about six years old and his
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  Speaker 1: dad was my pediatrician. When friends ever since, that's that's hilarious.
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  Speaker 1: You got to connection with him eight forty six, right
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