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DECEMBER 2014
success and failure and encourages employees
to learn from each other.
ONGOING TRAINING
BENEFITS YOUNG
WORKFORCE
Many of Allied Global’s employees are young
and often new to employment in a business
environment. That’s why the company consid-
ers it so important to continually train and mo-
tivate staff, and provide opportunities for pro-
fessional development and advancement in an
effort to bring out the best in each team mem-
ber. The organization tries to fill 75 percent of
job openings internally, and that means provid-
ing all the tools that a dedicated worker needs
to advance within Allied Global. New employ-
ees aren’t left to acclimate on their own thanks
to checkpoints conducted at scheduled inter-
vals throughout their first six months. At that
final checkpoint, Rae or another senior man-
ager will meet with groups of eight to 10 staff
members for an open discussion, encouraging
recommendations for improvements.
“A lot of the things we work on as it relates
to improving the business come out of those
types of focus groups,” Rae said. “It’s pretty ca-
sual and it’s purposely done that way so people
Left to right: Tanya Ferraro, Danny Trimis and Natasha Potter
