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For Employers: Case Studies
BUILDING YOUR OWN TALENT
How internal training programs benefit employers and staff at Westchester companies
BY STACEY PFEFFER
Offering internal training is a win-win for both employers and employees. For an employer, it can cut down on hiring costs, ensure that your staff remains abreast of changes within your industry and increase employee retention. Employees benefit by advancing their own career path, learning new skills and perhaps forming new relationships with their colleagues.
Here, four local companies share how they solved their hiring problems by investing in internal workforce development.
with computers and math, but most importantly a willingness to learn and be trained on the job by his accountants. Each client has a unique set of circumstances that the bookkeepers must familiarize themselves with. For example, Harrison notes that a church or nonprofit will categorize transactions differently than a small business such as a restaurant.
Harrison’s firm participates in On- the-Job Training (OJT), an initiative developed by the Westchester-Putnam Career Center Network (also known
as One Stop). With OJT provided by his accountants to his bookkeepers,
THE BUSINESS OF YOUR BUSINESS On-The-Job Training
White Plains-based The Business of Your Business offers accounting and bookkeeping services for small businesses, nonprofits, and religious
institutions. CEO Wiley C. Harrison notes that many of his bookkeepers have no prior experience in the field and several have switched from retail or food-service positions. When he recruits for the position, he looks for candidates with a positive attitude, a comfort level
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