Hiring event breaks barriers to get jobs for Fort Eisenhower spouses
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The unemployment statistic for military spouses is 21%, and the Department of Defense has been working to get that number down.
One opportunity to get that number down was held on Thursday at Fort Eisenhower.
It was a hiring fair primarily intended for military spouses, but it was open to anyone from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Eisenhower Conference and Catering Center.
“They’re underserved and underemployed and unemployed,” said Alayna Robbins, Senior Program Manager for Spouse Hiring Events with Hiring our Heroes.
The job fair looked to get this number down.
Garrison Commander Reginald Evans said: “Our military spouses are extremely talented, and that’s the population that we want to tap into.”
The free Hiring Our Heroes military spouse hiring event brought dozens of national and local employers together.
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If you’d told Nomi Stanton 20 or 30 years ago about what was happening at Fort Eisenhower, she wouldn’t believe it, but now shifting family dynamics are pushing for soldiers’ spouses to be employed.
“20 years ago, opportunities were just volunteer opportunities, which is incredible. But now you can take all of the skills that you have and put them into a new profession,” said Stanton, who has been a military spouse for more than 30 years.
These families move often, so amid all the craziness going on, more and more spouses want to set up roots in the different areas they’re in when they’re there.
Jessica Zieran, a military spouse said: “You come to a new installation you would find that there were lack of opportunities. It was difficult to have a streamlined, continuous growth of your professional development.”
The people at Thursday’s Hiring Our Heroes military spouse hiring event know that.
Stanton said: “Everybody deserves a cheerleader. If this is your first hiring event, you have nerves and it takes guts to put yourself out there.”
Even if you’re a spouse who’s on the fence, there will be human resources representatives on hand to help guide you through this process and provide resume help and free headshots.
There will be another hiring event on June 27 at Fort Eisenhower.
Evans said: “It’s growing each and every time this will absolutely continue.”
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