A Workplace Where Everyone's Welcome
At Hormel Foods, we embrace diversity not just because it’s a good thing to do, but because it makes us a better company.
It is the policy of Hormel Foods Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment, and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any qualified person on prohibited grounds of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy or membership in other protected groups.
We have made expanding the diversity of our workforce a key objective of our organization. By establishing relationships with organizations at over 50 universities and colleges and focusing outreach to historically diverse national organizations, we strive to attract talented graduates who will have a successful career at Hormel Foods. We evaluate our goals yearly to ensure we are recruiting and retaining talent effectively and improving where necessary.
In addition, in 2006, we increased flexibility in work schedules, expanded part-time work arrangements and implemented job-sharing as part of a focused effort targeted toward employee engagement.
Minority Organizations Working With Hormel Foods
Targeted Organizations:
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
- Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS)
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU Connect)
- Big 12 Black Student Alliance
- Network of Executive Women (NEW)