ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- G.I. Jobs magazine has ranked Ameren tops in
St. Louis and 28th among the Top
100 Military Friendly Employers in the
United States.
G.I. Jobs analyzed the
benefits of more than 5,000 companies ranking in the top 100 on the
strength of military recruiting efforts, the percentage of new
hires with prior military service, and company policies toward
National Guard and Reserve service. The Top 100 list will be
featured in the magazine's December
2014 issue.
"Ameren has a long history of hiring veterans," said
Mark Lindgren, vice president of
Human Resources for Ameren. "Veterans bring strong skills, work
ethic and leadership to our company for the benefit of our millions
of customers in Missouri and
Illinois. We take pride in being a military friendly employer
and continue to look to former military personnel to fill key
positions throughout our company."
Ameren's military recruiting efforts include nationwide events
that include parades, base visits to career fairs and multiple
online channels. The company also supports Ameren Military Veteran
Employees (AMVE), a group that serves as a resource for military
veterans, their allies and their families.
"Ameren and AMVE are passionately committed to supporting
veterans, which includes everything from sending care packages to
deployed troops to building wheelchair ramps for disabled veterans
in Missouri and Illinois," said Darin
Hendry, an Ameren supervisor and U.S. Army veteran who also
leads AMVE. "Our ongoing efforts have placed Ameren among the top
100 for the sixth year in a row."
Since 2012, Ameren has hired 97 military veterans and spouses,
nearly half the goal of pledging to hire 200 in five years as part
of the White House's Joining Forces initiative. In addition, Ameren
is a past recipient of the Secretary of Defense Freedom Award, the
highest honor given by the U.S. government to employers for their
outstanding support of employees serving in the National Guard and
Reserves.
St. Louis-based Ameren
Corporation powers the quality of life for 2.4 million electric
customers and more than 900,000 natural gas customers in a
64,000-square-mile area through its Ameren Missouri and Ameren
Illinois rate-regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren Illinois
provides electric delivery and transmission service as well as
natural gas delivery service while Ameren Missouri provides
vertically integrated electric service, with generating capacity of
10,300 megawatts, and natural gas delivery service. Ameren
Transmission Company of Illinois
develops regional electric transmission projects. Follow the
company on Twitter @AmerenCorp. For more information, visit
Ameren.com.
SOURCE Ameren Corporation