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Exelon receives national recognition for leadership and excellence in workforce development
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Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC) has been awarded the Chairman’s Award by the Center for Energy Workforce Development for its exceptional leadership in workforce development, focusing on diversity, equity, and innovation. The company operates over 75 workforce programs, helping more than 1,300 individuals secure family-supporting jobs since 2019. This year, Exelon plans to invest approximately $14 million in these initiatives. ComEd, Exelon's energy delivery subsidiary, also received a Community Partnership Award for its collaboration in expanding the talent pipeline through skill training programs.
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Recognized with CEWD's Chairman’s Award for excellence in workforce development.
Plans to invest approximately $14 million in workforce programs this year.
More than 1,300 individuals have secured jobs through Exelon's initiatives since 2019.
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The company’s more than 75 workforce development programs are designed to create good-paying jobs and prepare work-ready adults and youth for family-supporting careers
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
For the second consecutive year, Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC) was selected by the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) to receive its highest honor, the Chairman’s Award, which recognizes a company for excellence in workforce development leadership. Exelon was selected for itsnotable leadership in promoting careers in energy; achievements toward establishing diversity, equity and inclusion goals; innovation in approaches to training and upskilling; and enhancements to office culture and operations to attract and retain a skilled diverse workforce.
“One of the most important ways we can lift up our communities is through opportunity and education —providing tomorrow’s workforce with the knowledge, tools and pathways they need to ensure they succeed in the clean energy economy,” said Robert Matthews, vice president, Talent and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Exelon. “Our commitment to advancing STEM education and utility-based job training programs remains a top priority so that we can continue to prepare young people and work-ready adults for family-supporting careers and to help all of our communities prosper.”
In addition to Exelon being recognized with CEWD’s highest honor, Exelon energy delivery company ComEd was recognized for the second year in a row with CEWD’s Community Partnership Award for the collaborative work alongside workforce agencies, education institutions, labor and other community-based partners in order to equitably expand the talent pipeline. One example of the work done in partnership with local agencies is ComEd’s CONSTRUCT Infrastructure Academy (CONSTRUCT), which delivers skills training to help more diverse local talent prepare for meaningful careers in the energy, construction and related sectors. ComEd oversees the program, while bringing in more than 40 employer sponsors and workforce agencies who support training. The program is being scaled to prepare candidates for roles that will support the clean energy transition in Illinois, and to date, more than 700 have graduated from this program, which boasts a 70 percent job placement rate.
Two Exelon leaders also were honored with the Workforce Champion Award: BGE Workforce Development Manager Kristen Bucher and ComEd Vice President of Large Customer Services Diana Sharpe, who were recognized for demonstrating extraordinary leadership in workforce development by “creating meaningful change that will influence, mobilize and energize a diverse, skilled talent pipeline.”
Exelon operates more than 75 different workforce development programs across its six utilities. Since 2019, the company has helped more than 1,300 people obtain family-supporting jobs, either internally or externally with company contractors. This year alone, Exelon will invest approximately $14 million to support these programs.
To learn more about how Exelon is powering its communities through its workforce development programs, click here. To learn more about careers at Exelon, click here.
About Exelon
Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC) is a Fortune 200 company and the nation’s largest energy delivery company, serving more than 10 million customers through six fully regulated transmission and distribution utilities — Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). More than 18,000 Exelon employees dedicate their time and expertise to powering a cleaner and brighter future for our customers and communities through reliable, affordable and efficient energy delivery, workforce development, equity, economic development and volunteerism. Follow Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.
