Comcast Beats Another Goal: Hiring Vets

Says it has met its commitment to chamber of commerce two years early

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/6/2013 10:02:25 AM EST

Comcast is all about reaching goals this week related to its NBCU deal conditions, broadband deployment and adoption, and now its pledge to hire 1,000 veterans as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Hiring Our Heroes initiative.

Comcast and NBCU Wednesday announced that it had met its three-year goal of hiring those 1,000 vets and/or spouses two years early, and would hire another 1,000 in the next two years.

The Chamber's goal is 500,000 vets by the end of 2014. It currently has pledges for more than 210,000 jobs.

Among the company's efforts, Comcast/NBCU has veterans-targeted employee resource groups, and NBC News produced the Making a Difference on the Homefront news series to "shine a light on veterans, military families and the issues affecting them across the country," and NBC Publishing has produced a free eBook, Heroes Get Hired: How to Use Your Military Experience to Master the Interview.

NBC News and the Chamber are also launching later this year a jobs and education resource "portal."