Are You Continuing to Educate and Train Existing Employees

An important but often overlooked strategy for maintaining your workforce as your most valuable asset, is to continually train and educate them. The benefits far outweigh the costs. Employees gain greater knowledge, capabilities, self-assurance, sharpen their skills, and generally appreciate the time, attention and expense of an employer who continues to educate/train them.

You may not have to bear the burden of the entire cost. There are numerous incumbent worker training grants available throughout the US. While they all require the employer to ‘have some skin in the game’ by paying some of the cost, many of the grants will cover the lion’s share of the expense. Take advantage of this great opportunity to grow your workforce through greater knowledge and greater attrition.

The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.