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Comcast center earns Hire-A-Vet Award

Published 1:30 am Monday, January 1, 2018

By Herald Staff

Comcast center earns Hire-A-Vet Award
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Comcast center earns Hire-A-Vet Award
Workforce Snohomish and the Employment Security Department honored Comcast Service Center in Lynnwood with the 2017 Hire-A-Vet Award on Nov. 28. Pictured from left are Shae Kingsley, Linda Starling and Mark Brown, all of Comcast, James Lapsley of the Employment Security Department, and Erin Monroe, CEO of Workforce Snohomish. (Contributed photo)

Workforce Snohomish and Employment Security Department honored Comcast Service Center in Lynnwood with the 2017 Hire-A-Vet Award on Nov. 28. The Service Center hired 12 veterans in 2017, and the company hired 71 across the state.

Comcast started an initiative in 2015 to hire 10,000 veterans across the country before March 31, 2018. The company is on track toward that goal, having hired more than 8,500. The Comcast Service Center in Lynnwood partners with WorkSource Snohomish County to recruit and hire employees and attends numerous veteran-focused hiring events.

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