Originally posted in Profit Guide
It was an otherwise unremarkable day in mid-February when nascent computer scientist Evan Maynard received some tremendous news. In a meeting with his boss, Maynard, who will graduate from St. Marys University this spring, learned that the company where he had been working part-time for nearly a year wanted to help him pay off his student loanif he had no objections, of course. Its an understatement to say that I was overjoyed, recalls Maynard, a bright and ebullient 23-year-old. I think I high-fived [my boss].
Maynards enthusiastic response is exactly what his employer, Dartmouth, N.S.-based digital marketing firm SimplyCast, wanted. CEO Saeed El-Darahaliwho himself spent years paying off …
Read the full article at: http://www.citynews.ca/2016/04/07/why-employers-should-help-young-workers-with-their-student-debt/