ComEd Recruits More Than 250 Chicagoland Students for Summer Internships
July 05 2016 - 2:46PM
Business Wire
Company aims to build its workforce of the
future – summer program provides high school students with
training, guidance, and mentorship
ComEd launched its annual summer internship program, providing
local teen students with opportunities to learn more about the
energy industry through hands-on job training and career
experience.
This year, more than 250 Chicagoland-area college and high
school students will be assigned to various departments across the
company and some will be trained to serve as ComEd youth
ambassadors attending local community events, teaching others about
energy efficiency and how to take advantage of smart meter
technology.
“Technology continues to change our world and we need a
workforce that will help us meet the challenges of the future. Our
summer internship program is an effort to engage the young people
in our communities and expose them to career opportunities,” said
Anne Pramaggiore, president and CEO of ComEd.
ComEd summer internships are paid job opportunities, which are
available on the careers section of the company’s website. ComEd
also partners with community organizations like After School
Matters Youth Ambassador Program to recruit student interns for the
summer program.
"We are excited about the perspective our interns bring to
ComEd," said Terence R. Donnelly, Executive Vice-President and
Chief Operating Officer, ComEd. "Because they are such great users
of technology, they help us see improved opportunities to benefit
our customers.”
“This program helped me come out of my shell,” said Marlen G.,
ComEd Youth Ambassador who participated in the program in 2015.
“Having people stop to listen to me made me realize my voice
matters.”
Since its start in 2012, ComEd’s summer internship program has
provided workforce training to more than 1,000 students. For more
information about ComEd careers and Afterschool Matters, please
visit the following websites
https://www.comed.com/AboutUs/Pages/Careers.aspx and
http://www.afterschoolmatters.org/teens/apply/.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with approximately 10 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 connect with the company on
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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