MIDDLETOWN — Brookdale Community College will host a Veterans Job Fair Monday, Aug. 27 in the Warner Student Life Center. The job fair is also open to friends, family and community members seeking employment. The event will take place 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Navesink rooms at the Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road. Parking is most convenient in lots 6 and 7.
Organizing the event is Jerry Russell, a Brookdale operations administrator and U.S. Army retiree. Some 100 vendors have already signed on.
Partnering with the college are sponsors Jersey Shore Jewish War Veterans Post 125 – Ocean Township, Monmouth County One Stop Career Center of Neptune, the Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board, and the New Jersey Small Business Development Center at Brookdale.
The NJSBDC will be presenting workshops on how to start a small business and how to apply for small business loans. NJVet Biz will be conducting the workshop, “Business Assistance for Veterans – Facts vs. Fiction.” The Veteran’s Administration will offer free health screenings and present information about the latest education benefit program, the Veterans Education Assistance Program (VRAP).
More information is available by contacting Russell at 732-224-2068 or [email protected].