TRAINING
and other projects, they will walk away
with a deeper, more diverse experience.
Rea’s internal training and development program,
The Rea Academy, has been around for many years.
But we have stripped it down to the studs and are
ready to rebuild. Annie Yoder (New Phila.), a principal
on Rea’s government services team, will take the
reigns as our first-ever leader of The Rea Academy.
Over the next few years, Annie will transition away
from client work to eventually assume this role full-time.
The Rea Academy program not only encompasses
the annual continuing professional education requirements CPAs must meet, it will also be responsible
for facilitating new employee orientation and ongoing
training and development opportunities.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Every tax season and during the summer months,
you can always find a handful of interns working
throughout the firm. Our internship program is a
win-win for everyone. The students get hands-on
experience and a glimpse into a career in public
accounting, and our existing team members gain
valuable leadership experience while helping identify
potential new hires.
Now that The Rea Advantage is in place, we’re stepping our internship program up a notch. Our goal is
to find highly qualified internship applicants. We will
then give them an expanded experience at each of
our offices. In the past, our interns were classified as
either “audit” or “tax.” Now, after being provided the
opportunity to work on tax, assurance, bookkeeping
We received more than 300 applications
for our winter internship program.
From there, we interviewed 50 and
ultimately selected 16 to come
on board as interns.
Ultimately, our goal is to convert our
interns into full-time employees. The
interns who show superior communication skills, adaptability, work ethic
and grit may have the opportunity to
join the firm full-time after graduation.
TOBACCO CESSATION
PROGRAM
Like every business, we are challenged
with health care costs and are concerned about employee well-being.
As such, the firm will soon implement
a tobacco cessation program. Any employee on Rea’s health care plan who
self-identifies as a tobacco user will
have the option to complete a tobacco
cessation program. Completion of the
program will result in no increase in
their health care contribution for 2016.
The goal of this program is to ultimately
move Rea to a 100 percent tobaccofree workforce. Since the program has
been announced, several team members
have already found success in their
journey to quit smoking.
Never stop learning.
Have fun. Enjoy the journey…
THE
REA
WAY