How to Get Your Current Employer to Pay For Your Professional Bookkeeper™ Training
Your Current Employer Likely Already Has Educational Assistance Funds Set Aside
Most companies of 20 or more employees set aside money each year to pay for educational expenses of employees just like you. You may know those in your department or others that have attended professional seminars or gotten tuition reimbursement paid for by your employer.
Why Should Your Employer Pay For You to Get Professional Bookkeeper™ Training?
The purpose of this article is to prepare you to request educational assistance from your current employer by focusing on the benefits to the company. This is the first principle of sales: Show another why they want to do what you want them to. They need to see, "What's in it for me?" You don't have to approach your boss feeling like you are asking for a handout. You aren't. By advancing your training, you become a much more valuable asset to your company. They benefit from your knowledge, gaining much more than they pay.
Let Your Employer Discover for Themselves the Value of the Professional Bookkeeper™ Program
Sometimes it is hard to approach your boss and ask for something that costs money. For those that feel shy about asking for educational assistance, we have created a Web page that you can send your employer to that does all the selling for you. It explains the benefits the company will receive by paying for your Professional Bookkeeper™ course. Just click on the link below and copy the Web address and send it to your boss, mentioning that this is some training that might be of benefit. Let us do the selling, or read on and get the main points.
When you click on the link below, highlight the Web address with your mouse (so that it turns blue). Then right-click on the highlighted Web address and select copy. Then just paste the Web address into an email to your boss explaining that this is training you would be interested in and let the article do the selling for you.
Benefits Your Employer Gets From Paying for Professional Bookkeeper™ Training For You
So let's go over a few of the benefits that your employer will gain from purchasing the Professional Bookkeeper™ course for you. They will need a reason why the company should pay for your education, so here's a few.
As You Learn More, You Can DO More
With the hands-on training provided for by the Professional Bookkeeper™ program, you are prepared to provide services for your employer that you don't have training in now. Your boss will see that they are getting services from you that they are not getting now. The Professional Bookkeeper™ program gives you training in practical applications of Accounting and Bookkeeping such as preparing reports, creating the general ledger, and countless other tasks.
If you work for a small business with less than 30 employees, it is likely that your boss either hires out the Accounting and Bookkeeping for their company or does the work themselves. If they hire out the work, your boss would likely love to save themselves the money by having you do the work. If they do it themselves, they would likely love to free themselves of this work load placed upon them. Companies with more than 30 employees often have a designated person that does many of the Accounting and Bookkeeping tasks. Learning now puts you in good position to take over that spot as vacancies occur in the future.
Advance From Within
Remind your employer that you are a loyal and dedicated employee. Remind your boss of times when you went above and beyond, stressing your work ethic. Show excitement to be able to assist the business in greater ways than you can now without training provided by the Professional Bookkeeper™ (PB) program.
Once you have your PB designation, your employer will value your opinion more. As you take the PB course, explain to your employer the Accounting skills that you are learning and stress similar tasks that you can now perform for the company.
When you earn your PB, display it in your office to subtly remind your coworkers and boss that you are someone they can go to for help with advanced Accounting and Bookkeeping issues. One recent graduate of the Professional Bookkeeper™ program told us that they displayed their PB Certificate and her boss noticed it. In a very short time, she not only received a significant raise, but she was promoted to head of the Accounting department!
If your employer prints business cards for you, the next time that he or she has cards printed up for you, have the PB designation added to the end of your name (for example: Samantha Smith, PB). Your email signature (the text that appears at the bottom of your emails) can also include your PB designation.
In short, gently sell yourself. As you present yourself as a Professional Bookkeeper, you will be surprised by how differently you are treated and how much more that your opinions will be sought after. So what changed? The perception that others have about you. Even if you already knew many of the principles that you learn in the Professional Bookkeeper™ program, achieving the designation makes you more confident in your abilities and your employer MUCH more confident in your Accounting and Bookkeeping skills.
Most importantly, once you have earned the Professional Bookkeeper™ designation, if you have expressed to your boss the kinds of things that you are learning, as promotional opportunities arise, your employer will think of you first. Promotions normally come with raises, making the Professional Bookkeeper™ program a quick way to advance your career and improve your financial situation.
Even if promotional opportunities do not immediately present themselves, by showing your increased worth to your boss, when it comes time for raises to be handed out, you will stand out from the crowd as one that takes initiative and wants to advance.
If your current employer cannot or will not give you the money that your increased knowledge give you, you now have options. You are free to look for a better job and an increased income elsewhere. Sometimes a move up means moving on, but it is on your terms and because you wanted advancement. Without certification, you are more at the mercy of your employer. With it, you are in a position to advance, whether that advancement is with your current employer or not.
Employee Retention
You certainly won't tell your employer that to retain your employment, they need to pay for additional education, but they know that to keep the top-tier employees, they need to give them reason to be loyal to the company.
You can explain that you look forward to helping the company in ways that the Professional Bookkeeper™ program can prepare you for. Describe how excited you are to contribute to the company's success over the coming years. In many industries, retaining the best employees is a major concern to businesses. Show your boss how learning with the Professional Bookkeeper™ program is making you think of employment with them in the long term. Presenting your feelings for your company this way will show that investing in you is money that will pay for itself over the long run. Also, showing that you are thinking long-term with respect to the company that you work for shows that you see a future with them and that they can count on you.
Wrapping It All Up
Most employers know that getting and keeping the best employees is worth the effort . . . and the money. The training that the Professional Bookkeeper™ program provides is the kind that your employer can put to work right away. The hands-on exercises in the course gives you practical experience in the day-to-day processes of Accounting and Bookkeeping. Your employer will have the confidence to know that you can do many of the tasks that they already pay someone else to do or that they have to do themselves. Your employer gets a great employee that they are already sold on and you get the chance to learn and advance your career. It is a true win-win for everyone.
Some employers ask for you to pay up-front and then have a reimbursement policy upon successful completion. You may want to go ahead and take the Professional Bookkeeper™ course yourself and then seek reimbursement as you show your employer that your value to them has expanded due to your Professional Bookkeeper™ training.
If your employer doesn't have educational assistance currently, you can still feel confident that with the first great raise that you get with your current job the Professional Bookkeeper™ program will more than pay for itself. Even if your employer is not willing to invest in you, to move forward in your career, you must invest in yourself. If your present employer doesn't see your true value, when you get a better job elsewhere, you can feel confident that your next employer will. You owe it to yourself to accelerate your career and to continually become more.
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When you earn your PB, display it in your office to subtly remind your coworkers and boss that you are someone they can go to for help with advanced Accounting and Bookkeeping issues. One recent graduate of the Professional Bookkeeper™ program told us that they displayed their PB Certificate and her boss noticed it. In a very short time, she not only received a significant raise, but she was promoted to head of the Accounting department!
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