Goodwill Southern Rivers hosts third annual veterans hiring event at National Infantry Museum

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Goodwill Southern Rivers hosted its third annual veterans hiring event Thursday at the National Infantry Museum.Officials said events like this make the transition out of the military easier for veterans.Career fair for veterans and spousesGoodwill Southern Rivers and several military service organizations held the hiring event for veterans transitioning out of the military. The career fair was open to veterans and their spouses.The event gives them the opportunity to find work that translates skills from their military jobs to mainstream employment. That work can provide a steady income for themselves and their families.Julio Beaz, Goodwill veterans service manager, said the transition can be difficult.“I did 30 years in the Army and it was very difficult for me to transition my military acronyms, military way of life to the civilian way of life, so we help bridge that,” Beaz said.Veterans describe the transitionRoderick Mumpfield, a transition patient advocate