Veterans Turn Out For Job Fair

Wesley Brown Staff Writer, The Augusta Chronicle
Tue, 11/12/2013 - 4:41pm

His tie neatly knotted and his shoes polished, Joe Miles looked into a crowd of about 200 veterans that filled the Savannah Rapids Pavilion on Tuesday in Columbia County. They were all there for a veterans’ job fair, and while many were young, Miles was 45. He left the military in 2010, after spending 18 years working as an Army recruiter and another four as a Marine Corps pharmacy tech. Since then, he has attended several career expos and e-mailed countless résumés, but he has yet to land a permanent position in a tough job market. read more

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