Sheetz announced it is has immediate plans to hire over 440 employees in Pennsylvania, according to a press release sent to NACS. Sheetz said it will be hosting hiring events with on-the-spot interviews at each of its 310 Pennsylvania locations tomorrow, March 26. Sheetz said it is also hosting hiring events and on-the-spot interviews at all of its more than 760 locations across its seven-state footprint. The company is aiming to hire 1,350 employees company-wide.
Sheetz is focused on hiring for key roles across its stores, including store team members, supervisors and assistant managers.
Meanwhile, Steve and Nancy Sheetz of the Sheetz founding family have “stepped forward with new commitments to enhance two signature programs they established at the Altoona campus, the Sheetz Fellows Program and the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Steve Sheetz is a 1969 Penn State business management graduate and a longtime leader of Sheetz Inc.,” according to a press release.
The Sheetz Fellows Program offers mentorship, special programming and financial support to Penn State Altoona students with the capacity to lead and serve in the local community and beyond. The program is housed in the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, which offers a range of educational and professional opportunities for both students and local citizens.
The commitment “will help to grow the number of Sheetz Fellows to more than 30 in every entering class by providing additional scholarships and staffing. The gift also allows for an expansion of the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence to accommodate the larger cohort and allow the center to ramp up its events and services for current and aspiring business leaders in the Altoona area,” according to the press release.
“Nancy and I are profoundly grateful to Altoona and Penn State as the launchpads for our success, and we are glad to offer support to the students and business leaders who are looking to forge their own paths in our region,” said Steve Sheetz. “We also want to ensure that new generations of our own family, including our daughters, Megan Sheetz and Nicole Sheetz Frith, can take pride and play a part in the programs we have helped to create. We hope that our philanthropy will communicate how deeply we believe in both Penn State Altoona and the surrounding community.”