Hire a Hero Makes Time Magazine Top 21 Ways to Serve List

The Non Profit, Web Based Community Helps Military Communities Find Meaningful Employment

Honored by making Time Magazine's Top 21, Hire A Hero provides a transition assistance program geared to service people and their families trying to obtain meaningful employment in the civilian world. Run by the Armed Forces Support Foundation organization, www.hireahero.org has over 190,000 registered members and more than 10,000 employers using the site; the organization is actively seeking corporate sponsorship.

"We are extremely excited and grateful to be in Time magazine's Top 21 Ways to Serve American," said Rob Barr, COO of Hireahero.org "The added exposure gives us the opportunity to bring awareness to our organization on a grander scale, and more importantly, helps us to engage new people who want to make a difference in the lives of those who have given so much for our freedoms."

Hire A Hero is currently looking to connect with military friendly employers that are interested in hiring dependable employees, all while assisting them to stay OFCCP compliant.

Corporate sponsorships are needed to help hire more social "net" workers that will guide, aide, and mentor returning service members until they find employment. "Our organization is interested in finding sponsors that want to help us make a difference," says Barr. "We have created a new class of Social worker that pro-actively reaches out to the military community and offers a better transition from what they currently receive prior from leaving active duty. Our goal in the next three years is to have 250,000 returning service members and over 100,000 employers registered with in our network."

To help ensure military personnel has access to rich employment opportunities; Hire a Hero currently has a bill in congress, S1971. Hire a Hero Act states the federal government should support private sector employment initiatives for military personnel to help ensure that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces have access to gainful employment.

To learn more about the Hire a Hero Act, sponsorship opportunities or ways you can actively participate, visit www.hireahero.org.

About Hire A Hero

Hire A Hero, www.hireahero.org, is a non-profit initiative created by the Armed Forces Support Foundation in January 2007. The organization brings together military job seekers and military friendly employers by utilizing web 2.0 networking tools. Hire A Hero provides the infrastructure, tools and support needed for service members to find a quality career upon their return from active duty.

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