METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY - Pennsylvania Public Utility ...

Met-Ed has female underutilization in six job groups and minority underutilizationin two job groups; Penelec has female underutilization in three job groups and minorityunderutilization in one job group; and Penn Power has female underutilization in four jobgroups and minority underutilization in one job group. FirstEnergy continues to strive forattainment of full representation of women and minorities for all positions. FirstEnergy’sefforts include:• Utilizing intern and cooperative education programs to actively recruitand hire female and minority students who may later be consideredfor full time regular employment.• Sponsoring students for internships through INROADS, anorganization which helps businesses gain greater access to diversetalent through continuous leadership development of outstandingethnically diverse students and placement of those students ininternships at many of North America’s top corporations, firms andorganizations.• Building relationships with targeted female and minority professionalorganizations to attract prospects for future opportunities.• Increasing FirstEnergy’s presence and enhancing its partnerships ontargeted campuses to build the Company’s brand as an employer ofchoice and focusing resources with their female and minority studentorganizations (e.g., Society of Women Engineers and NationalSociety of Black Engineers).• Developing a structured training workshop focused on fundamentalrecruiting practices and creative sourcing methods to attract diversecandidates.• Integrating diversity and inclusion content into FirstEnergy’s Careershomepage to appeal to diverse and female candidates.• Initiating a contract with a search firm that has access to minoritycandidates in order to build diverse resources for external searches.• Attending diversity career fairs and events.• Advertising in diverse websites and publications.• Networking with local diverse organizations to identify candidates.• Promoting FirstEnergy’s Energy Delivery and Generation businessunit support of craft training programs through local colleges anduniversities.• Posting all professional, craft, technical, and administrative positionson FirstEnergy’s website and CareerBuilder.com’s website, whichincludes cross postings to their diversity partner sites, and stateagencies where the positions are located.Nevertheless, there is potential for additional employee utilization successthrough more intensive recruitment and retention of qualified women and minorities forall positions, particularly where under representation is present. FirstEnergy should- 89 -