The following is from www.homedepot.com
it would appear that Home Depot is willing to work with the government even
though it does not want to buy from them.
THE HOME DEPOT AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PARTNER TO HELP FILL 40,000 NEW JOBS IN 2002
National Business Partnership Matches Talented People With Job
Opportunities
ATLANTA - Jun 05, 2002 - The Home Depot, the world's largest home
improvement retailer, today announced plans to partner with the U.S.
Department of Labor and Employment and Training Administration in support
of its National Business Partnership, a program providing services to
unemployed or dislocated workers seeking jobs.
The Department of Labor will recruit, screen and refer applicants preparing
to join Home Depot. In addition, Home Depot will test a long-term strategy
of working with state and local workforce boards in selected markets
providing future opportunities to unemployed workers.
"I am confident in the Department of Labor's high level of commitment to
serving America's workers by connecting them with available jobs," said
Dennis Donovan, executive vice president, human resources, The Home Depot.
"We feel engaging in the National Business Partnership will provide our
company with a broad range of qualified candidates with diverse
backgrounds."
The Home Depot plans to rollout local hiring partnerships across all stores
to help meet its need for 40,000 associates in calendar year 2002. The
company is currently opening a new store every 43 hours and will open 200
new stores this year.
Founded in 1978, The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement
specialty retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States,
with fiscal 2001 sales of $53.6 billion. The company employs approximately
290,000 associates and has 1,400 stores in 49 states, Puerto Rico, seven
Canadian provinces, and Mexico. For the second consecutive year, the
company was named sixth Most Admired Company in America by Fortune
magazine, which has also ranked it as America's Most Admired Specialty
Retailer for eight consecutive years. Its stock is traded on the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE:HD) and is included in the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
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