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At GE, we value the leadership, loyalty, integrity and commitment to excellence instilled through participation in military service. We observe these qualities every day in our employees with a background of service to our country.
We are proud of the men and women who have served this country and grateful to those who have continued their careers at GE.
In a speech to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt focused on the need for a renewed commitment to integrity, performance and change.
GE’s transition assistance workshop and one-on-one mentoring sessions featuring GE’s veteran employees will focus on resume building and writing, as well as interviewing techniques. These seminars are designed to help military personnel successfully communicate the skills they learned in the military to the corporate world.
In 2012 GE renewed its statement of support with the Employers Support for the Guard and Reserve to ensure GE’s reservists and their families have our utmost support. In addition, in 2009 GE signed a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Army Reserve to guarantee priority consideration for job interviews for all qualified participating soldiers no later than 30 days after completing military occupational specialty training. Finally, GE offers benefits of:
GE offers an entry-level leadership program, Junior Officer Leadership Program, designed specifically for military officers as well as supporting specialized programs for reservists and guardsmen called to active duty. The program is a unique opportunity to work in three 8-month rotations with different GE businesses. Qualified candidates are selected to start their careers in a two-year cross-functional rotational training program, which includes both on-the-job and formal classroom training.
The GE Veterans Network (GEVN) is part of GE’s group of affinity networks and employee groups that allow employees with common backgrounds and interests to get to know colleagues inside and outside of their businesses, broaden personal and professional networks and give back to others.
The GEVN creates a community to support, develop and promote the unique characteristics of military veterans throughout GE’s businesses and local communities. It focuses on fostering a culture inside the company that recruits, transitions, develops and retains veterans as an essential leadership pipeline at GE.
GE is a founding member of American Corporate Partners (ACP), a national mentoring program dedicated to helping veterans transition from the armed services to private enterprise through career counseling and networking with professionals.
Since 2007, in total GE and the GE Foundation have given $2 million dollars to Disabled American Veterans (DAV), an organization that focuses on building better lives for disabled veterans and their families.
The GE Foundation, GE’s philanthropic organization, made a two-year $1.5 million grant to Disabled American Veterans. The grant and donation will allow the DAV Transition Service Program to be significantly expanded. This program offers free benefits, counseling and claim filing assistance to troops about to transition into civilian life.
In addition, GE businesses have given support to the armed services through the GE Foundation. In the past few years, GE has donated more than $1.5 million to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Medal of Honor Foundation, Air Force Memorial Foundation, Air Force Museum, Marine Corps Museum, the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund.
In 2004, GE was a recipient of the Freedom Award from the Department of Defense for the support we have given our employees in the National Guard and Reserves who have been called to active duty. With the continuing hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, these brave men and women increasingly have been the front line of our national defense with long and repeated deployments. In 2008, GE and GE Healthcare received honorable mention for the Freedom Award after being nominated by current GE employees serving overseas.
Come explore the possibilities for your future with GE, where your service will be honored, and you'll be appreciated for the extraordinary candidate you have already proven yourself to be.
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