Published: November 02, 2010
ConAgra Foods Receives National Recognition as a Top Employer for Women MBA's
OMAHA, Neb. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading food
makers, was named a Top
100 Employer for Women MBA's in a survey by employment branding firm
Universum. The rankings, which were published in the Oct. 18 issue of FORTUNE
magazine, mark the company's first time on this national list and
ConAgra Foods is the only Nebraska-based company featured.
Omaha-based ConAgra Foods is one of North America's leading food makers and has more than 24,000 employees. (Photo: ConAgra Foods)
The 2,100 survey respondents were first-and second-year female MBA
students from 50 leading MBA programs who ranked various companies based
on corporate culture, diversity, staff development and on-campus
recruitment activities.
"Since our company was not featured on the list previously, it was the
students who nominated ConAgra Foods by writing us into the survey,"
said Tim Jones, vice president of Talent Management, ConAgra Foods. "The
ranking reflects our focus on breakthrough recruiting strategies that
help us attract and retain high-potential, diverse employees."
In recent years, ConAgra Foods has become nationally known as an
employer of choice for Generation Y and last year Bloomberg
BusinessWeek ranked ConAgra Foods as having one of the top
40 undergraduate internship programs in the country.
About ConAgra Foods
ConAgra Foods,
Inc., (NYSE: CAG), is one of North America's leading food companies,
with brands in 97 percent of America's households. Consumers find Banquet,
Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Marie
Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim,
Snack Pack and many other ConAgra Foods brands in grocery,
convenience, mass merchandise and club stores. ConAgra Foods also has a
strong business-to-business presence, supplying frozen potato and sweet
potato products as well as other vegetable, spice and grain products to
a variety of well-known restaurants, foodservice operators and
commercial customers. For more information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com
or www.conagrafoodscareers.com.
About Universum
Universum is an
international company that specializes in the field of employer
branding. Universum's mission is to help employers excel in recruitment
and retention by ensuring improvements to their employer brand. On an
annual basis, the company surveys approximately 400,000 students and
professionals worldwide. For more information, go to www.universumglobal.com.
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