FORT MILL, SC – November 10, 2008 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Sunbelt Rentals was ranked 22nd in G.I. Jobs magazine’s 2008 list of the Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers. Sunbelt ranked 25 out of the top 50 positions on the list since 2006.
G.I. Jobs is a resource for veterans and those in transition from military to civilian employment. Criteria for the publication’s annual top-50 list includes assets dedicated to military hiring, Reserve/Guard policies, percentage of new hires who are veterans, veteran training programs and rankings achieved for the previous three years. This year’s honorees appear in the December 2008 edition of G.I. Jobs, which can be viewed at www.gijobs.com/top50pr.
“We’re proud to be honored for the third straight year as one of the top 50 military friendly employers by G.I. Jobs magazine. In the past three years, Sunbelt has hired nearly 500 veterans,” said Kenny May, Director of Recruitment and Retention at Sunbelt Rentals. Since the onset of its Military Recruitment Program in November, 2005, the company has had increasing success hiring veterans in stores nationwide.
The 2008 honorees were chosen from a pool of roughly 2,500 companies with a minimum of $1 billion in annual revenues. Only 2% of eligible companies made the list.
Sunbelt Rentals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashtead Group plc, is one of the largest equipment rental companies in the U.S. Sunbelt is based in Fort Mill, SC and provides equipment rental solutions for the industrial, construction, and municipal markets, plus the DIY market, from its network of over 430 branches, including 90 Sunbelt at Lowe’s locations, in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Sunbelt’s extensive equipment fleet includes a wide range of general construction and industrial equipment, and is further broadened by specialty businesses serving the Pump, Power, Trench Shoring and Scaffold markets. For more information, visit www.sunbeltrentals.com.