Less than a handful of U.S. military veterans showed up for the morning session of a daylong job fair held at Radley Run Country Club. There were more businesses on hand than job seekers during the Sept. 6 event.
Among the 18 organizations that signed up to collect resumés and talk with men and women who served the country was Krapf Bus Co.
Cindy Fisher, of Krapf, said job fairs such as this one are about “finding a diamond in the rough. We can find a lot of great employees that you wouldn’t necessarily expect to find or don’t come to you from the general public because they don’t know that you’re hiring…We’re always looking to help out the veterans as much as we can.”
Also on hand was Alex Archawski, a former U.S. Navy diver, who is now the founder and director of the Greater Philadelphia Veterans Network. He said GPVN is a nonprofit organization that helps veterans make the transition from military to civilian life. One way to help that transition is to help vets learn how to get a job.
He said a lot of veterans who are now getting out are not sure of their career objective and that many jobs in the civilian world don’t exist in the military.
“They don’t understand what sales does,” he said. “They don’t know what marketing does. What we do is help them, guide them to the career objectives that they’re looking for by matching them with veterans who are already working professionally.”
Archawski said it is the networking that helps younger vets get through the tough transition.
Linda Mathiason is the membership director at the country club. She explained the reason for the event saying, “Radley Run likes to open its doors to the community several times each year for charitable events…We decided we wanted to do something for the veterans. We had a tribute to the WWII veterans and now we wanted to extend the service to younger veterans.”
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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