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For a very long time groomers
have taken on apprentices. Most employers will
agree results can be very mixed. Imagine you
provide a wage and apprenticeship to a career
seeker and once the trainee felt they had
acquired enough knowledge and experience, they
quit their employment! Unfortunately this
scenario has been played out thousands of
times. It gets worse. Sometimes
the departing apprentices open competitive
businesses down the block! Some even took
their employer’s client list! How unfortunate
for today’s career seekers that so many of
their predecessors have stained the
reliability of offering apprenticeship
opportunities. You are likely
to find that “burned” employers simply don’t
make the same mistake twice and rarely, if at
all, offer apprenticeships.
Don’t rule out an apprenticeship if one
interests you. Review the
PetGroomer.com Help
Wanted Classified Ads updated several times a
week. Be honest and faithful to our fellow
groomers offering you these opportunities.
Consider honoring them back and stay employed
with them a reasonable period of time once you
are capable of being a standalone groomer, and
give them plenty of advance notice when you do
quit employment. You are affecting the future
for tomorrow’s career seekers.
 One of the key differences between
apprenticeships versus fee-based education is
time. Educational opportunities immerse you in
the challenges of education daily because
curricula hours are set. Apprentice groomers
can achieve the same education but the length
of time is in the control of employers. It’s a
trade-off sometimes. On the other side of the
coin, apprenticeships cost nothing and usually
include wages while learning.
Other
Training Programs
PETCO,
PetSmart
and Best
Friends Pet Care offer training programs.
There are others but these are the ones we are
more familiar with and these companies have
long been active working with PetGroomer.com.
If you cannot afford a school, home study or
find an apprenticeship, their career path may
be ideal for you. Even if money is not the
determining factor in your education choice,
working in a corporate environment may be
right for you. Unlike the majority of grooming
jobs in independents the wages while you learn
can be very appealing and employee benefits
are common. There are thousands of pet groomer
jobs in independents that offer little or no
benefits when not required by employment law.
We are pleased that these major corporations
have introduced new career training
opportunities on such a large scale.
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