There will be a special career fair hiring event for veterans and military spouses at Safeco Field in Seattle from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3.

This Hiring Our Heroes/RecruitMilitary Veteran Opportunity Expo is part of a nationwide initiative to increase the hiring of veterans.

There will be representatives from Amazon, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, G4S Secure Solutions (USA), the Internal Revenue Service, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Military to Medicine, Northrup Grumman, the Transportation Security Administration, Waste Management Inc. and many more.

This event is sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary. Go to www.uschamber.com or www.recruitmilitary.com for information.