ComEd Highlights Careers in the Energy Industry
October 15 2014 - 1:16PM
Business Wire
Careers in Energy Week October 13-17
In recognition of Careers in Energy Week (October 13 - 17),
ComEd is partnering with the Illinois Energy Workforce Consortium
(IEWC) and other Illinois-based energy groups to increase public
awareness of a variety of careers within the energy industry, and
to emphasize the important role these companies play in supporting
the future workforce.
“We provide a critical service to our customers and rely on a
highly skilled and tech-savvy workforce to do so. The demands for
talent will be even greater in the future as our industry
transforms and, as a result, we are devoting a great deal of effort
to identifying and developing the next generation of workers,” said
Anne Pramaggiore, President and CEO, ComEd. “To attract and empower
the future energy trailblazers and innovators, we support a number
of initiatives that promote education in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) and career opportunities in the energy
industry.”
As part of the effort, ComEd is sponsoring an awareness campaign
that includes the mailing of Careers in Energy Week informational
packages to 500 high schools in ComEd’s service territory. The
packets contain information about careers in the energy industry
and a contest opportunity that offers teachers, who demonstrate
good use of the materials, $200 classroom grants.
ComEd representatives also will visit a number of elementary and
high schools to talk to students about the many opportunities
available in the STEM fields. Those schools include St. Barnabas
Elementary School, Wendell Green Elementary School, Keller Regional
Gifted Elementary School and North Grand High School, all in
Chicago. ComEd employees also will lead a College Essay Coaching
Session at Rowe-Clark Academy and provide CPS 11th and 12th graders
from the UIC Chance Program with a tour of its Rockford, Ill.,
training center. ComEd will also host a table at the Technology
Center DuPage to showcase energy career options, and training and
recruitment opportunities.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with approximately 6.6 million customers. ComEd
provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across
northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For
more information visit ComEd.com, and
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ComEd Media Relations312-394-3500
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