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2008 G-FIVE Recipient

Wackenhut Services Incorporated - Aiken, South Carolina Facility - Southeast Region
Web site at http://www.wsihq.com/PR20070119.asp

Wackenhut Services Inc located in Aiken, South Carolina, is a security contractor at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site. Their facility has demonstrated, through its programs, exemplary and innovative efforts to create an inclusive workforce. Their workforce has a great representation of covered veterans and a large percentage of their recent hires are covered veterans.

Significant G-FIVE accomplishments:

  • Excellent representation of covered veterans in the workforce (553 veterans out of 879 or 62%).
  • A large percentage of their recent hires have been covered veterans (6 out of 19 hires or 31%).
  • On the job training opportunities have been provided to covered veterans who are both current employees and new hires (96 out of 102 or 94%) of the recent graduates were covered veterans..
  • " Numerous outreach efforts to the veteran community through the South Carolina Job Service Offices, U.S. Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP), Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2), Job Fairs.