Leveraging Affinity Groups &Internship Programs to Attract & Retain

PWD in Your Organization

Today’s Agenda

• The New Merck• Key Company Facts• Merck Allies for Disabilities (MAD) Employee Resource

Group• MAD 2010 Accomplishments• 2011 Veteran and PWD Recruiting Objectives• Merck Recruiting w/Disabilities Internship Partners• Merck Future Talent Program• Q & A

Today’s Merck

We work with customers in 140 countries to deliver broad-based healthcare solutions

Merck is a global healthcare leaderworking to help the world be well

► We provide innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and consumer and animal health products to help improve health and well-being

► We demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships to help people around the world lead healthier lives

Key Company Facts

$5.8 billion2009 R&D EXPENSE

In 2009, 51 significant licensing and partnership deals were executed.EXTERNAL LICENSING

$27.4 billion2009 REVENUES

Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, Biologics, Consumer Health Care and Animal HealthBUSINESSES

Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, U.S.A.HEADQUARTERS

Approximately 100,000EMPLOYEES

Merck & Co., Inc. remains the name of the publicly traded company. It also is the formal legal entity name of our holding company, which has operating companies under it, including Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Schering Corp. and N.V. Organon, for example.

LEGAL ENTITY NAME

The Company is known as Merck in the United States and Canada. Everywhere else, we are known as MSD.

TRADE NAME

MAD at Merck• The Merck Allies for Disabilities Employee Resource

Group is an inclusive network that offers a forum to colleagues with disabilities and their allies to support their professional development

• MAD collaborates with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in support of disability compliance initiatives and reasonable accommodations

• MAD also serves as corporate ambassadors at internal and external events to enhance the organization’s image and strengthen community relations

MAD VisionTo build a dedicated resource group that promotes diversityand inclusion for colleagues with disabilities, colleagues with disabled family members and other allies throughout the organization

MAD Mission

• The mission of the Merck Allies for Disabilities ERG is to build a value adding resource group to the organization by concentrating efforts in the following areas:– Promoting disability awareness and inclusion throughout colleague

training programs and educational seminars– Assisting in the evaluation and implementation of accommodations and

assistive technologies through constituency and industry benchmarking– Contributing to the professional development of colleagues through

networking and mentoring opportunities – Providing support to Global Diversity and Inclusion and Human

Resources Colleagues in respect to training, development, recruitment and education for colleagues and their family members with disabilities

2010 MAD Accomplishments

Our Vision is to build a dedicated resource group that promotes diversity and inclusion for colleagues with disabilities, colleagues with disabled family members and other allies throughout the organization.

President – James SchillerVice President – Cory Poker

•Merck Allies for Disabilities Launch Event•Taking Merck Beyond Limits!•Kenilworth, NJ – September 28, 2010•West Point, PA – October 1, 2010

•Guest Speaker – Bonnie St. John•ERG Executive Sponsor – Sethu K. Reddy•GCG Executive Sponsor – Peter S. Kim

•Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, Bonnie St. John is the first African – American ever to win both Olympic silver and bronze medals in ski racing in the 1984 Paralympics in Austria. She is a Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar, best-selling author and former White House official.•Bonnie gave an empowering and inspiring presentation at two Merck sites this fall. Bonnie ahs agreed to mentor the MAD steering committee through 2011.

•Disability Mentoring Day – October 20, 2010•Merck Allies for Disabilities (MAD) ERG sponsored Disability Mentoring Day at three Merck sites; Kenilworth, Summit, and Rahway.

- 50 mentees from Rahway High School, Roxbury High School, JFK Rehabilitation Institute

- Colleague mentors from various departments, including Research, Finance, Global Services and Consumer Care

•DMD is an opportunity to promote career development for students and job-seekers with disabilities through job shadowing and hands-on career exploration and provides and opportunity to emphasize connections between school and work, evaluate personal goals and explore possible career paths.

Judy Cusick, Doris Burman and Trish Egidio with their mentee Laura Clark from Rahway High School

Melanie Henry and Larry Golec, who are both volunteers on our Kenilworth fire brigade, demonstrate firefighting techniques to Taquan Gray, Mike Sims and Omar McNair who are students at Rahway High School.

Partnership between MAD and Recruiting & Staffing2011 Goals• Create an internal and external marketing campaign

inclusive of ad placements, articles, etc. to create awareness and educate the masses on recruiting initiatives

• Work together to staff recruiting events throughout the year including: COSD, Diversity Expo in STEM, Wounded Warriors

• Disability Etiquette training for Merck Veterans and People w/Disabilities Recruiting Council members, later to be rolled out to all recruiters

• Create more alignment between recruiting and MAD through regular meetings and updates on recruiting council’s progress

Recruiting People With Disabilities

Goals and Objectives• Develop short and long term candidate sourcing pools for veterans and

PWD through the continued development of strategic relationships with veteran associations on college campuses, through SACC and other recruiting events organized by our external veteran search partners and additional external partners (TBD)

• Target veteran and PWD community through enhance employment branding initiatives internally and externally

• Create a formal on-boarding check-in process with Veteran and PWD hires (30, 60 and 90 contact with hires)

• Create a diversity recruiting process with an increased number of applicants screened for general and technical competency and elevated to candidate pipeline status for experienced hiring needs

• Outline specific Veteran and PWD recruiting goals for each division

Recruiting People with Disabilities

Merck’s Internship Partners• American Association for Advancement of Science

– Entry Point

• National Business & Disability Council (NBDC)– Emerging Leaders

• National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)• Career Opportunities for Students w/Disabilities (COSD)• Wounded Warriors

– Hire Heroes

• EOP – STEM Diversity Expo– Targeting people with disabilities in STEM

• Office of Disability Management– College and University campuses

Merck Future Talent Program OverviewWhat is the FTP at Merck?

Internship & Co-Op program designed to provide exemplary university students with the opportunity to work on meaningful assignments and gain real-world experience

Program designed to attract & recruit currently enrolled university students for Full Time opportunities upon graduation

Strategically aligned program for Attracting, Developing & Retaining top talent are central to the Merck’s Strategy

FTP Objectives:

Recruit top talent to Merck that will further commitment to cultivating a Diverse, Creative & Innovative environment

Provide Students with a rewarding experience both Intellectually and Culturally

Convert FTP students for Full Time opportunities

Future Talent Program HighlightsCompensation & BenefitsAll assignments are paid positions.

Nearby intern housing accommodations arranged and subsidized for qualifying individuals

Daily transportation provided to and from work site

First day orientations & Corporate sponsored events provide networking and knowledge gathering/sharing

Locations:.Across 22 US sites

Student Classifications:Intern: 10 - 11 week summer program

Co-op: 4 - 6 months throughout calendar year

Application Process:All opportunities are posted on www.merck.com/careers/university for applicants to apply directly. Those

asked to interview must complete and sign a paper application, that must be submitted to Human Resources

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