Military heroes get some help

Several Sarasota-Bradenton area executives have committed to expand the payrolls at their respective firms to connect with a heart-tugging cause: unemployed military veterans.

The potential hires are part of Helping our Heroes, a nonprofit concept founded by Sarasota attorney Bill Robertson. The CEO of law firm Kirk Pinkerton, Robertson hosts Let's Talk Law, a weekly radio show Fridays at 4 p.m. on 106.9FM and 1220AM WSRQ in Sarasota. On the last Friday of each month the show is now devoted to veterans who seek work and executives who can hire them. “It's kind of like an on-air job fair,” Robertson tells Coffee Talk.

The first CEO-veteran show aired live in March with Jaime DiDomenico, president and owner of Sarasota-based CoolToday, an air conditioning, heating, energy and plumbing business. DiDomenico hired a U.S. Navy veteran on the show.