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Fortune 500 Companies Recruit Talent at CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine’s Career Expo July 14 in NYC

Free, one-day event provides opportunities for job seekers.

Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc., (EOP), the leading publisher of diversity recruitment print and online magazines, announces registration is open for its CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine’s Career Expo for People with Disabilities and Wounded Warriors on July 14 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Job seekers attending this free event will have the chance to meet with a host of various recruiters from Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. The Career Expo’s corporate bronze sponsor are Deloitte and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, and the American Sign Language Sponsor is L-3 Technologies.

In addition to those top-notch firms, the list of exhibitors recruiting at the event includes Capital One, National Grid, U.S. Department of State, Skaden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, U.S. Army Civilian Corps, H.O. Penn Machinery, Voya Financial, JPMorgan Chase, New York State Department of Civil Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Hostra University, Northwell Health and many more.

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Attendees should pre-register online, free of charge, at www.eop.com/expo to attend the event, where they can also view more exhibitors. On the day of the event, attendees should bring copies of their resume, and be dressed in business or military attire. Attendees must be 18 years or older, with requisite proof.

“The U.S. Department of Labor’s passage of Section 503 establishes a nationwide utilization goal of seven percent for qualified Individuals with disABILITIES,” says John R. Miller III, EOP chairman, and CEO and publisher of CAREERS & the disABLED magazine.

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“This has galvanized industry and government to take action toward reaching and recruiting people with disABILITIES, with the result of an increase in the number of recruiters participating in our career fairs,” Miller adds.

New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania is located at 401 Seventh Avenue and 33rd Street in Manhattan, New York. To register for free online, visit www.eop.com/expo. For attendee information please contact Annette Cora at acora@eop.com. For information about how to exhibit, please contact Dan Castellano at dcastellano@eop.com.

The next CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine’s Career Expo will be held on November 18 in Washington, DC.

About Equal Opportunity Publications
Founded in 1968 and located in Melville, NY, Equal Opportunity Publications (EOP) publishes seven diversity career magazines in print and digital editions: Equal Opportunity, Minority Engineer, Woman Engineer, STEM Workforce Diversity, Hispanic Career World, African-American Career World and CAREERS & the disABLED. EOP hosts diversity career expos, including CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine’s Career Expos and STEM Diversity Career Expos, plus a Diversity and Inclusion Job Board on its website at www.eop.com. Follow Equal Opportunity Publications (EOP) on Facebook and LinkedIn, and on Twitter @EOPublications.

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