NOV13-01: NSWC Corona Hosts a NAVSEA National Hiring Event
By Troy Clarke, Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Public Affairs

NORCO, Calif. - Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona hosted a national hiring event Nov. 10 to recruit approximately 1,500 entry-level through mid-career professionals needed across the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in the coming year.

The event marked the first time NAVSEA assembled such a large exhibit at a single venue to showcase the body of work conducted by the organization's 38 field activities across the country. Nearly 1,000 people attended the event, held at John F. Kennedy Middle College High School, which sits on former Navy property adjacent to NSWC Corona.

"We were pleased to coordinate and host this national event as we look to fill the hundreds of science, engineering, business, contract, and logistics positions across NAVSEA," said Senior Executive and NSWC Corona technical director Dr. Bill Luebke,. "Corona is located at the center of Southern California's dynamic and diverse talent pool, and is at the epicenter of more than a dozen world-class colleges and universities that produce high-caliber science and engineering graduates. This was a remarkable demonstration of just how many people are interested in what NAVSEA has to offer."

Job seekers met with NAVSEA recruiters and subject matter experts to learn about the wide-ranging civilian employment opportunities with the Navy's largest systems command. The event featured "NAVSEA 101" general information sessions as well as 15 exhibits from NAVSEA headquarters; surface and undersea warfare centers; naval shipyards; Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair; and the Navy's human resources service center.

"We are taking a hard look at diversity across NAVSEA to bring in a diverse pool of candidates into the door," said NAVSEA commander Vice Adm. Kevin McCoy. "We're already seeing concrete results with our current efforts, and events like this may be transformational in the way we conduct our future recruiting events."

The event drew a pool of prospective employees with educational disciplines ranging from science/engineering (48 percent); business, finance and management (17 percent); information technology (4 percent); and other specialties (31 percent).

The integrated NAVSEA Enterprise approach showcased organizational employment opportunities matching the diverse background of those who attended.

"You have such a broad range of things you have to offer," said Mark Inocentes, a 2008 business graduate from California Polytechnic University, Pomona who drove from San Diego to attend. "The fact that you have every facet covered is really cool. I can't even imagine [NAVSEA] deals with all this on a daily basis! It's really interesting."

With 38 activities and more than 58,000 civilian and military personnel, NAVSEA, acquires, builds, and maintains the U.S. Navy's ships, submarines and combat systems. 

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