For Immediate Release
March 26, 2018
NOTE: Submitted for inclusion on community calendars.
Contact:
Frederick Badlissi
(424) 646-5260
(Los Angeles, CA)The “Edge4Vets” veterans job readiness seminar is returning to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Tuesday, April 24. This unique program, which prepares veterans to be job-ready ahead of face-to-face meetings with managers and hiring companies, will be hosted at the LAX Hyatt Regency, and will feature over 20 hiring companies that operate in around LAX. Registration for the seminar is currently open, and participation and attendance is free of charge.
“When it comes to honoring commitments and getting the job done, there are few who are better at both than a United States veteran,” said Paula Adams, LAWA Director of Airports Administration. “With hundreds of vacancies ready to fill at LAWA and companies serving the airport community, we’re excited to partner once again with Edge4Vets to connect veterans to what can become promising careers.”
“Edge4Vets gives vets what business leaders say they need most; that is, support to translate their military skills before we connect them to jobs that can lead to life-long careers in aviation,” said Tom Murphy, Founder of Edge4Vets.
The Edge4Vets program focuses on two facets of job-readiness: preparing veterans by helping them identify their abilities and skills ahead of job interviews or meetings, and ultimately connecting them with hiring managers, HR professionals, and other job opportunities through seminars and other events. The program is being offered this spring in advance of the busy summer hiring season when employers need high quality workers.
The LAX program features a unique online preparation module that helps vets translate their military experience into a “Plan4Success,” which they can use to identify and highlight their skillsets. The module, which is accessible after online registration, is also free of charge.
Once complete, vets take that Plan4Success to the seminar, where they will connect face-to-face with HR professionals and managers from airport companies (e.g., LAWA, LAX air carriers, airport service providers, etc.) interested in finding their next great hire. These HR professionals and managers will serve as “mentors,” who will sit with the veterans in small discussion groups and provide feedback and advice. These discussions help veterans tap into their military values and skills, and help them learn how to present them in ways that make them “job ready.”
The Edge4Vets program began its partnership with LAWA last year, and led to fulfilling jobs for a number of veterans who completed the module and attended the seminar. The program is offered by the Human Resiliency Institute at Fordham University in New York in partnership with Airports Council International-North America, and is collaborating with schools and veterans organizations throughout Southern California to raise awareness of the workshop.
Interested veterans can register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edge4vets-at-airports-registration-tickets-40693837363. Click on the green “Registration” button, and select “LAX” under the “Other Information” section. For questions about the program, please contact Tom Murphy at (360) 731-0603 or via email at tom@reclaimingthesky.com.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fourth busiest airport in the world, second in the United States, and was named Skytrax’s 2017 Top 10 Most Improved Airports.LAX served more than 84.56 million passengers in 2017.LAX offers 737 daily nonstop flights to 100 cities in the U.S. and 1,386 weekly nonstop flights to 88 cities in 44 countries on 73 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.2 million tons of air cargo valued at over $101.4 billion.LAX handled 697,138 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2016.
An economic study based on 2014 operations reported LAX generated 620,600 jobs in Southern California with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than $126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state revenues and $8.7 billion in federal tax revenues. The study also reported that LAX’s ongoing capital-improvement program creates an additional 121,640 annual jobs with labor income of $7.6 billion and economic output of $20.3 billion, $966 million in state and local taxes, and $1.6 billion in federal tax revenues.
LAX is also the second most popular airport in the world to appear on Instagram according to wego.com. LAX is part of a system of two Southern California airports – along with Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
For more information about LAX, please visit www.flyLAX.com or follow on Twitter @flyLAXAirport, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LAInternationalAirport, and on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/laxairport1.
As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Alternative formats in large print, braille, audio, and other forms (if possible) will be provided upon request.
