Subsidizing Employee Certification

The demand for fitness professionals to become certified continues to rise, but paying for the necessary courses can be tough on their wallets.... There are many reasons to consider paying for employee certification.

The demand for fitness professionals to become certified continues to rise, but paying for the necessary courses can be tough on their wallets. The initial out-of-pocket expense to a fitness professional can be staggering, and renewing those certifications also stings. It used to be that fitness professionals could either pay up or be left behind, but now more and more facility operators are helping to mitigate the cost of employee certification. "We work with many fitness facilities that subsidize all or part of the certification fees," says Mario Crespo, president of the National Exercise Trainers Association (NETA), Minneapolis, Minn. "Some organizations will reimburse for renewal fees, as well as continuing education."

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