Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU):
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What:
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The first cohort of trainees from the Prudential-Workforce
Opportunities Services (WOS) VETalent program in El Paso, Texas will
receive graduation certificates and will be officially welcomed to
Prudential El Paso Business & Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of
Prudential Financial, Inc. [NYSE:PRU].
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Who:
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Prudential Chairman and CEO John Strangfeld, Prudential Vice
Chairman Mark Grier and other senior leaders from Prudential
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El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser
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Eight VETalent graduates – seven military veterans and a military
spouse
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When:
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Thursday, November 13 at 11:30 a.m.
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Where:
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Ft. Bliss
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Centennial Banquet & Conference Center, Austin Room
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11199 Sergeant E Churchill S
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Biggs Field, TX 79916
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(A driver’s license, passport or other government issued photo
ID is required to enter Ft. Bliss.)
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Editor’s Note:
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Prudential El Paso Business & Technology Solutions, is moving into
its new building and is holding a special event earlier in the
day. B-roll of the ribbon cutting will be available on a thumb
drive for members of the press.
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Background:
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Prudential will hire 300 employees in high quality positions at the
center over the next three years, many of them veterans, military
spouses, and service members in the Reserves or National Guard.
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Today’s graduates include seven military veterans and a military
spouse. They were all trained through VETalent, an innovative work
study program created by Prudential and WOS to help military
veterans, reservists, members of the National Guard and military
spouses learn professional skills and gain exposure to the corporate
work environment.
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Since it was created in 2010, VETalent has expanded at Prudential
from Newark, N.J., where the company is headquartered, to many of
its other business locations: Dubuque, Iowa; Dresher/Ft. Washington,
Pa; Jacksonville, Fla; Hartford/Shelton, Conn; and now El Paso.
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About Workforce Outsource Services
Workforce Outsource Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable
organization that helps companies build strong talent pipelines through
unique work-study programs. WOS accomplishes this by placing talented,
driven high-school graduates and military Veterans in scholarship
programs that teach them actionable corporate skills as well as
interpersonal/communication skills. For more information, please visit http://www.wforce.org/.
About Prudential Financial, Inc.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with
more than $1 trillion of assets under management as of September 30,
2014, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin
America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to
helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their
wealth through a variety of products and services, including life
insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and
investment management. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has
stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a
century. For more information, please visit www.news.prudential.com.
Copyright Business Wire 2014