Headquartered in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Hamilton Sundstrand (www.hamiltonsundstrand.com) is among the world’s largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products. A subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (www.utc.com), the company designs, manufactures, and services aerospace systems and provides integrated system solutions for commercial, corporate, and military aircraft. In addition, Hamilton Sundstrand is a major supplier for international space programs.
Soaring to New Heights
“Hamilton Sundstrand is where you can unlock your maximum potential,” President Alain Bellemare wrote in a statement. Combined with a company “focus on continuous learning and development,” Hamilton Sundstrand’s Employee Scholar Program provides opportunities that help employees reach their “fullest potential,” he stated.
Under the Employee Scholar Program, eligible employees are entitled to a number of education-related benefits. For example, Hamilton Sundstrand pays for tuition costs, as well as related expenses (e.g., books, registration, and regular academic fees), according to a description of the program on the company’s website.
Have you noticed that some of your employees have the potential to be effective leaders? Get them the training they need with BLR’s TrainingToday Leadership for Employees Library. Get the details here.
In addition, “eligible employees can receive up to three hours of paid time off to study per week.” Furthermore, the program is available to both “global full-time and part-time UTC employees … after one year of continuous service,” according to the website.
Hamilton Sundstrand’s commitment to learning and development was recognized when the company placed first in the “Learning/Career Opportunity” category of Aviation Week magazine’s fifth annual “Workforce Study.” According to a company statement, Hamilton Sundstrand outranked some of its competitors in the annual study, which assesses where U.S.-based aerospace and defense professionals most want to work.
“[A] core tenet of the Hamilton Sundstrand approach, and that of parent company United Technologies, is to pay for any type of higher education coursework up front, not as a reimbursement,” the survey reported. In addition, “Hamilton Sundstrand provides an average 40 [hours] of education/training per year per employee.”
The study also noted a focus among Hamilton Sundstrand’s leadership team “on moving people around the organization in a planned but rapid way to keep pace with a generation that thrives on the velocity of new challenges.”
Trying to get your employees trained to show leadership? It isn’t easy to fit it in—schedulewise or budgetwise—but now there’s BLR’s Leadership for Employees Library. Train all your people, at their convenience, 24/7, for one standard fee. Get More Information.
In tomorrow’s Advisor, we’ll get more tips from them on employee development—plus look at an exciting resource on leadership training for your employees.
Might be an interesting company to apply for an internship