In 2018, T-Mobile unveiled an expansive, companywide initiative to hire 10,000 veterans and military spouses over a five-year time period. By the end of 2023, the goal was achieved.
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Regions Financial Recognized as an Employer Honoree by the American Opportunity Index
By Evelyn Mitchell
Regions Financial has been recognized as an Employer Honoree by the 2024 American Opportunity Index – a ranking that measures how effective companies are at developing talent to drive business performance and advance individual employees’ careers.
From Childhood Dream to Reality: DICK'S Sporting Goods’ Teammate Wins Flag Football World Championship
Originally published on DICK'S Sporting Goods Sideline Report
Seven-year-old Izzy Geraci was the only girl on her flag football team. Seventeen years later, Geraci was shining on the sport’s grandest stage, fighting to help the U.S. National Women’s Flag Football Team defend their world title! But her journey there took some unexpected turns along the way.
Cybersecurity Is Protecting Grid Modernization
A digital virus behaves similarly to a biological virus; it accesses a vulnerable host, replicates itself, and searches to infect other vulnerable hosts. However, protecting against a digital virus is quite disparate with a biological one. Digital systems, especially ones as crucial as the energy grid, require rigorous cybersecurity measures to protect against unwanted intrusion and to ensure operation continues. Integrating cybersecurity is critical to grid modernization as this shift is reshaping how the world generates, distributes, and consumes electricity.
Air Force Veteran’s War Injuries Lead to a Career in Banking
Originally published on U.S. Bank company blog
When Anthony Winfield was in high school, he was offered something many teenage boys dream about, a college scholarship to play baseball. But Winfield, who is now a U.S. Bank branch manager, had something else in mind.
Winfield and Maizy recently completed training to be certified as a service dog team.
Wesco Employees Volunteer at the 38th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project
Habitat for Humanity’s 38th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project kicked off recently in East St. Paul. This year's weeklong event took place at The Heights, where Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity plans to build 147 units, its largest development to date.
Teddy Mendoza: When Crisis Hits Home
Originally published on HBISustains.com
As I watch the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated parts of our home state of North Carolina, I am reminded of what it feels like when crisis hits your own backyard. It’s personal. It shakes the foundation of your communities impacting your neighbors, your co-workers, and your family. In these moments, the true resilience and character of a community emerge to rebuild and take care of one another in the process.
Supporting Our Veterans at PotlatchDeltic
At PotlatchDeltic, one of our core values is inclusion and respect. To live up to this value, it is important that we focus on the needs of all team members and ensure they feel respected, supported, and valued. In 2023, we introduced a Veterans Employee Resource Group, Salute, whose purpose is to recognize and support PotlatchDeltic veterans and military families. PotlatchDeltic employed 88 veteran Team Members who bring a unique set of skills developed through their service1.
Purpose Alignment: Dave Bender's Story
Dave Bender’s 23 years at Griffith Foods have been a journey of transformation and growth. During this time, he has witnessed a remarkable shift in the company’s focus towards sustainability and the articulation of its purpose – a value that deeply resonates with him.
However, embedding ESG principles into Griffith Foods’ existing portfolio and new product development has been anything but easy.
