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CANADA’S TOP EMPLOYERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (2025)
Connecting values and nurturing potential at EPCOR
F
or young people, a job
search isn’t just about
making money but
finding an employer that
aligns with your values.
Kirstine Hull, senior vice president
of corporate services at EPCOR
Utilities Inc., the Alberta utility
company based in Edmonton, says
that this has become even more
important than when she started
at the company 28 years ago.
“When I joined EPCOR, I
wanted to know that my work
mattered,” she says “We’re in such
a time of flux and change that it’s
pretty cool to join a utility now.
When you think about water
conservation, about grid transformation, about decarbonization
– all of those key elements of our
life – it’s pretty cool to be a part of
that.”
That’s the number one
thing that keeps me
here – the people as
well as the culture.
— Yasmin Alawi
Consultant, Talent
Development
When she was a recent graduate,
Yasmin Alawi, a consultant in
talent development at EPCOR,
says she was still trying to figure
out what kind of career she
wanted. “If it wasn’t for a friend
of mine who told me to apply for
a service consultant role, I don’t
know if I’d actually be here today.”
She remembers the mentorship
program she joined after starting.
“I ended up matching with
someone in human resources, and
Yasmin Alawi, consultant, talent development, at EPCOR Utilities.
she was really fantastic in helping
me understand what I needed,
what types of transferable skills I
had coming into HR, and what I
could do to help prepare.
“She helped me navigate
interview questions, and how to
connect with peers and others
within EPCOR and understand
what the role looked like. During
our meetings she would invite
others from HR to meet me and
I’d ask questions about the role,
the team, the culture and what
that looked like, and it gave me a
well–rounded view of what I could
be.”
Hull says the company casts a
wide net looking for employees,
at universities, trade schools,
community colleges and right out
of high school.
“We hire a lot of people as field
workers or drivers who end up
getting apprenticeships and are
supported as they go through
trade school to power line ticket or
water operator ticket. We will help
you grow your career.”
Alawi says that she learned
early on what her priority was
at EPCOR: “People. That’s my
number one answer.
“Because if you’re not in the
culture it can be difficult to
understand, but consistently,
throughout my various roles in
EPCOR, the people have been
fantastic. I’ve had really great
