Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Cisco (CSCO), AT&T (T), JPMorgan (JPM), Verizon (VZ) in Veteran Hiring Initiative

Cisco (NADAQ:CSCO), AT&T (NYSE:T), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) are among a group of eleven American companies which are pledging to hire up to 100,000 veteran and other military personal leaving active duty by the end of 2020.

Over the short term, the companies have a hiring goal of 20,000 jobs for vets by the end of 2012.

The companies aren't stopping there though, as the "100,000 Jobs Mission" is working on recruiting more companies to participate and boost the number of jobs to hire veterans into.

Frank Bisignano, JPMorgan Chase chief administrative officer, said, "We have spent a lot of time speaking with military officials and veterans lately, and over and over they say the biggest issue facing men and women from the armed services is finding good jobs when they leave active duty. Not only is this the right thing to do for veterans, but allof the companies in the 100,000 Jobs Mission recognize it's a greatthing to do for our businesses. Our nation's military and veterans represent the best this country has to offer. They are disciplined, principled and highly skilled. They will make outstanding employees."

Other companies participating at this time are Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR), Cushman & Wakefield Inc., EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC), Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE:IRM), Modis, NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR) and Universal Health Services Inc. (NYSE:UHS).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is a crock. AT&T is laying off Vets left and right, and they're joining a PR campaign about hiring Veterans?

Laughable at best