BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3
Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) has been recognized as a Most
Valuable Employer (MVE) for Military® by RecruitMilitary, a
national organization that helps employers connect with
high-quality veteran talent, for the fifth year in a row. The MVE
recognition serves to help military-experienced job seekers and
veterans identify the top employers to target for civilian
careers.
Level 3's Focus on Veterans:
- Level 3 recruits military talent at all levels by participating
in job fairs, visiting military bases and partnering with schools,
military workforce sectors and veteran-focused
programs.
- Level 3 employs veterans in diverse roles ranging from
entry-level to senior leadership.
- More than half of the participants in Level 3 training programs
like Ops Tech Academy and IP Bootcamp are veterans who have been
selected in part because of their military-specific skills,
attitude and aptitude.
- Level 3 provides a Veteran Employee Resource Group (VERG),
comprised of more than 650 members. The VERG advises the business
on how to best meet the needs of veteran employees and hosts a
variety of internal and external events where members can connect,
and create support groups and communities.
About the Award:
- Winners of the 2017 MVE for Military were selected based on
surveys in which employers outlined their recruiting, training and
retention plans to meet the needs of military service members and
veterans.
- The 2017 Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Military was open to
all U.S.-based companies.
- In observance of Armed Forces
Day, the annual list of MVEs will be released in the
May/June issue of RecruitMilitary's Search & Employ®
magazine.
- Prior to the 2017 application opening, the MVE recognition was
produced by CivilianJobs.com. All previous winners can be found in
the MVE Winner Archive section at
http://RecruitMilitary.com/MVE.
Key Quotes:
Mary Beth
McGrath, Senior Vice President of Global Talent Management,
Level 3
"Level 3 has long been a company committed to
veterans, as we recognize the value our dedicated military
personnel can bring to the workforce. Veterans possess invaluable
training, skills, and experience that bring a unique and innovative
perspective to the work we do. We are honored to be recognized as a
Most Valuable Employer for the fifth year in a row, and look
forward to continuing our focus on veteran recruitment and
development."
Peter Gudmundsson, President
of RecruitMilitary
"Veterans truly represent the finest
talent our country has to offer. Judging by the stature of the
businesses that comprise the Most Valuable Employers for Military
winners, we can see that organizations thrive when they include
veteran hiring initiatives in their human resource strategies."
Additional Resources:
- Level 3's Careers Page
- Learn more about Level 3's commitment to veterans in the Level
3 Diversity and Inclusion Report
For more information on Level 3's advanced network and service
offerings, visit www.level3.com.
About MVE
The RecruitMilitary Most Valuable Employers
(MVE) for Military serves to help military-experienced job seekers
identify the top employers to target for civilian careers. MVEs are
selected annually based on those employers whose recruiting,
training and retention plans best serve military service members
and veterans. RecruitMilitary (http://RecruitMilitary.com) is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Bradley-Morris, Inc. (BMI), the largest
military-focused recruiting company in the U.S. Together, BMI and
RecruitMilitary offer employers access to more than 1,000,000
military job seekers via services that include contingency
recruiting, military job fairs, a job board, employer branding, a
military base publication and more.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications,
Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local,
national and global communications services to enterprise,
government and carrier customers. Level 3's comprehensive portfolio
of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure
solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area
Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and
cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500
markets in over 60 countries across a global services platform
anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected
by extensive undersea facilities. For more information, please
visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
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Communications, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements
made in this press release are forward-looking in nature and are
based on management's current expectations or beliefs. These
forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and
are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside Level 3's control, which could cause actual
events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
statements. Important factors that could prevent Level 3 from
achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to, the
company's ability to: increase revenue from its services to realize
its targets for financial and operating performance; develop and
maintain effective business support systems; manage system and
network failures or disruptions; avert the breach of its network
and computer system security measures; develop new services that
meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; manage the
future expansion or adaptation of its network to remain
competitive; defend intellectual property and proprietary rights;
manage risks associated with continued uncertainty in the global
economy; manage continued or accelerated decreases in market
pricing for communications services; obtain capacity for its
network from other providers and interconnect its network with
other networks on favorable terms; successfully integrate future
acquisitions; effectively manage political, legal, regulatory,
foreign currency and other risks it is exposed to due to its
substantial international operations; mitigate its exposure to
contingent liabilities; and meet all of the terms and conditions of
its debt obligations. Additional information concerning these and
other important factors can be found within Level 3's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this press
release should be evaluated in light of these important factors.
Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such
obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
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