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Sodexo Leads the Way in Reducing Carbon Footprints on College Campuses
By Scott Sherman, Recruitment Manager, Facilities Services & IT
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Campus dining facility heated and cooled by Sodexo geothermal system reduces carbon footprint. |
In 2006, 12 college and university presidents launched the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, asking their colleagues across the nation to commit to eliminating their campuses’ greenhouse emissions. To date, 629 presidents have signed the commitment. This inspired considerable demand for sustainable facilities solutions and a wonderful opportunity for Sodexo to further serve our customers.
Sodexo responded to the objectives of the Presidents Climate Commitment Letter by developing for our educational clients a carbon footprint service that measures and helps reduce carbon emissions. We are able to go onto a college campus and tell a client what their carbon footprint is currently and how they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by looking at dining halls, waste, transportation and energy-related emissions. Read more »
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Sodexo Receives 2009 Disability Matters Award
By Karen Graham, Senior Recruiter, Talent Acquisition Group
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Jodi Davidson, Director - Diversity Initiatives; Michael F. Connor, Area GM - Senior Services & Co-Chair of SOAR; and Laura C. Antal, Sodexo University - Instructional Designer
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Sodexo Organization for disAbilities Resources (SOAR), one of several Employee Network Groups, was created to raise awareness and to provide education and resources to employees who have a disability or who have a loved one with a disability. In recognition of Sodexo as an industry leader, we were recently awarded the Disability Matters - Work Life Award by Work Life Matters Magazine and Springboard Consulting at a recent conference in New York City. Read more »
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Sodexo Serves Up a Healthy Plate of Diversity with BCA
By Michelle Posehn, Senior Recruiter, Talent Acquisition Group
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James Fulton, Executive Chef |
Take a look at the most admired companies in the world and inevitably, they will all have one thing in common: an emphasis on diversity. Sodexo recognizes that having an employee workforce that is diverse and representative of the global community it serves is a competitive advantage. We have partnered with the BCA (formerly the Black Culinary Alliance), a non-profit networking group whose goal is to connect culinary and hospitality students of color with professionals in the industry.
The BCA was founded over 15 years ago as an alumni chapter by a group of graduates from the Culinary Institute of America. Alex Askew, President of the BCA, explains that the BCA was founded to emphasize three things: education, awareness and exposure. Read more »
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Sodexo-Operated Mess Hall 455, Camp Johnson Wins Top Honors for Second Year
By Tracie Hoffman, Senior Recruiter
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Camp Johnson Mess Hall team of General Manager Mike Picanco and Sodexo’s food service personnel, Son’s Quality Foods and the U.S. Marines from Camp Johnson, Camp Lejeune Base |
Sodexo-operated Mess Hall 455 Camp Johnson at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. recently earned the highest honor for a food service operation in the United States Marine Corps (USMC). For the second time in four years, Camp Johnson was named the winner of the W.P.T. Hill Memorial Award, an annual Marine Corps-wide competition to recognize USMC installations worldwide exhibiting food service excellence. The 2009 award for the “Best Full Food Service Contracted Garrison Mess Hall” was awarded to the Camp Johnson Mess Hall team of General Manager Mike Picanco and Sodexo’s food service personnel, Son’s Quality Foods and the U.S. Marines from Camp Johnson, Camp Lejeune Base Food Service, at the Joint Services Breakfast during the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago this May. Read more »
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Sodexo Recognized as Top Employer for Graduates
Diversity Edge Magazine listed Sodexo as a Best Company for Diverse Graduates for the second year in a row. Of the 20 companies chosen for this selective list, Sodexo was ranked #4. We were selected for demonstrating leadership in recruiting, retaining and advancing the careers of diverse professionals.
CollegeGrad.com cited Sodexo on their list of Top 50 Employers of Entry Level Talent for the third year in a row. We were ranked #25 and the only company in our industry in the Top 50.
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Corporate Citizenship |
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Sodexo Joins in the Memorial Day Remembrance
By Angela Guidroz, Military Sourcing Recruitment Manager
 On May 5, 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, the head of the Union veterans organization established Decoration Day, which is now known as our Memorial Day. It was established for the reconciliation and coming together of a nation that was war-torn and mourning their sons and daughters.
In 1915, after viewing row after row of soldiers' graves at Flanders’ battlefield in the northern region of France, World War I Colonel John McCrae wrote the very moving poem, "In Flanders Fields" as a tribute to the fallen. The poem’s first lines led to the poppy becoming a visual image of those who had given their lives in war. Read more »
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High Ethical Standards Are an Integral Part of Sodexo’s Company Culture
By Jennifer Heth, Senior Recruiter
 Corporate ethics are becoming increasingly important to job seekers when deciding where they want to work and to employees when deciding if they want to stay with their current employer. Sodexo understands the importance of maintaining high ethical standards, policies and programs. So much so, that it was recently named one of the 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, a research-based international think tank focused on business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability issues. Read more »
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Sodexo Volunteers Help Feed the Souls of the City
By Tami Carter-McNulty, Senior Recruiter
Each year, as part of Sodexo’s annual Servathon, thousands of our employees come together for the greater good of the community to provide a better way of life for someone in need. Our Servathon spans the entire month of April and includes volunteer events throughout the country. Employees volunteer their time to create fundraisers, food drives and various projects around fighting hunger everywhere.
Relying on volunteers for such events is at the heart of D.C. Central Kitchen, a facility centered on feeding those less fortunate. D.C. Central Kitchen is a central location to recover unused food, prepare and deliver meals to partner social service agencies, and train and employ homeless men and women for the food service industry. They recycle over one ton of surplus food each day that would otherwise go to waste and turn it into 4,500 daily, nutritious meals for the greater Washington, D.C. region. Read more »
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My Career/My Way |
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Spotlight on a Sodexo Future Leader: Ulysse Charles - Journey from Intern to Student Ambassador to Sodexo Manager
By Darla Mayse, Senior Recruiter
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Ulysse Charles |
At the 2008 National Society of Minorities in Hospitality Conference (NSMH), Ulysse and a few of his classmates were having lunch when they noticed a student sitting alone at the next table. As hospitality students, they thought it only fitting to ask him to join them at their table. That "student" turned out to be Sodexo Senior Recruiter Shane Tirpak. Shane answered questions and shared with them information about Sodexo and its Future Leaders Internship Program. "Sodexo’s mission and values aligned with my mission and values, and I wanted to know how I could become a part of company," says Ulysse. Shane connected him with Michelle Thomas, Senior Manager of Diversity and Internship Coordinator. He submitted his application and was offered an internship. Read more »
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Sodexo Adds a Seventh Network Group for Employees
By Kerry Noone, Marketing Communications Manager
 Today's workplace is made up of employees from four generations: the Traditional Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y/Millennials. Each group has its own attitudes, behaviors, expectations and motivations, which are primarily based on life experiences of that generation. Whether you're applying for a job, speaking to clients, pitching a new idea to your boss, or leading a team, awareness of generational differences will help you achieve success.
A study conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership discovered that many of the assumptions made about each generation were exaggerated, resulting in the so-called "generation gap" and thus causing misunderstandings and miscommunication between the generations. To successfully integrate these generations into the workplace, companies like Sodexo are creating a corporate culture that actively promotes diversity and respect for its multi-generational workforce. Read more »
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Angela Guidroz, Recruitment Manager for Military and Veteran Sourcing, on Social Media
 Sodexo has long supported its more than 3000 veterans, guard members and reservists. We are a proud recipient of the ESGR Pro-Patria Award and a G.I. Jobs Top 50 Military Employer for our recruiting efforts and company policies that support veteran employees. Sodexo is also a recipient of the Secretary of Defense Freedom Award, the highest recognition given to employers by the Secretary of Defense for exceptional support of our nation's defense. Angela Guidroz, Recruitment Manager for Military and Veteran Sourcing, was recently featured in a podcast on ERE about her use of social media to recruit from the military community.
You can listen to the podcast on the ERE website, and you can connect with her on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Sodexo Web 2.0 Innovations Featured on The Bill Kutik Radio Show
 Sodexo is known for its innovative approaches to business. This culture of innovation is very visible in the way it approaches identifying and attracting talented employees to the company. From virtual career fairs on Second Life and career blogging to LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, Sodexo has used every Web 2.0 technology you’ve ever heard of! With the need to hire 6,000 salaried employees a year, Arie Ball, VP, Sourcing and Talent Acquisition, shares thoughts on how to utilize Web 2.0 to reach out to potential candidates and share Sodexo’s corporate culture, initiatives and opportunities.
To listen to the replay, just go to www.BillKutikRadioShow.com and click on "Listen Now" in the right column. It’s free, about 20 minutes long, and no registration is required for the next few weeks. The show is produced by the Knowledge Infusion Center of Excellence and hosted by independent industry analyst Bill Kutik. The biweekly, unedited and unrehearsed interview show provides leading HR business content and insight into up-to-the-minute trends.
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