Job Fairs Hosted by Verizon Wireless Coming to Los Angeles Region
The company is hiring dynamic employees for sales and customer service roles
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Californians eager to work at a growing company that has earned accolades for its unique benefits and culture now have an opportunity to apply for jobs at Verizon Wireless.
"Verizon Wireless has received many prestigious workplace awards, including LATINA Style's list of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to work for in the U.S.," says Verizon Wireless director of human resources, Christina Brysacz. "We've also been named among the '50 Best Companies for Diversity' by DiversityBusiness.com. In fact, in southern California, over seventy percent of Verizon Wireless employees are of Hispanic descent."
Verizon Wireless is hosting four job fairs in October in the Los Angeles region:
Monday, October 18, 2010
Oxnard Marriott
2101 West Vineyard Ave.
Oxnard, CA 93036
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Woodland Hills Marriott
21850 Oxnard Street
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Monday, October 25, 2010
Courtyard Marriott
1710 Newbury Rd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Grand Vista Hotel
999 Enchanted Way
Simi Valley, CA 93065
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Some of the creative work-life balance benefits Verizon Wireless employees enjoy include:
-- Education Reimbursement Program: encourages employees to further
education and helps lessen the burden of paying for school and working
simultaneously.
-- An additional $1500 in pay to bilingual employees in key sales and
customer service jobs.
-- Volunteer matching program will donate $750 to a non-profit organization
of the employee's choosing for time spent volunteering.
-- The Verizon Foundation offers scholarships to employees' children for
education; matches employee donations to non-profit organizations; and,
matches employee volunteer hours at non-profits with grants to those
organizations
At larger locations, like the company's Irvine, California, campus, the company also offers:
-- On-site health club with affordable dues and bathrobes for members.
-- Dietician-approved healthy lunches in the cafeteria to help employees
maintain optimum health.
Nationally, Verizon Wireless has also been named among IDG's Computerworld annual Best Places to Work in IT list; BusinessWeek's Best Company to Launch a Career list; Black Enterprise magazine's list of 40 Best Companies for Diversity; and the National Association of Female Executive's list of Top 50 Companies for Executive Women.
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 92 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 79,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, Nasdaq: VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
SOURCE Verizon Wireless
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CONTACT: Ken Muche of Verizon Wireless, +1-949-286-8193, Ken.Muche@VerizonWireless.Com