Churchill Mortgage chief operating officer Matthew Clarke states “an investment in training is so important” for a mortgage lender and the Brentwood, Tenn.-based firm is putting its money where its mouth is.
The company is training five recent college graduates in all aspects of the mortgage industry. There is no set time frame on any aspect of the training. Each of the five participants is able to learn at his or her pace.
Brentwood is in the Nashville area. One of the reasons Churchill is starting this program is that as the company celebrates its 20th anniversary and as it reflects over its time in business, Clarke said its success is in many ways due to its commitment to its local community.
The company decided to provide some of the people from its local community jobs. Right now, jobs are difficult to find for those who have plenty of experience, he said, let alone for those who are just out of college.
These recent graduates are not being offered the same kinds of opportunities that Clarke said he had when he started his career 25 years ago.
So the company is bringing in young people who need a job and work with them over a couple of years “and we’ll teach them our business.
“You can’t do that with 100 people, but you can do five at a time. And it helps fill the needs that we have in a growth mode for resources,” Clarke said.
The first five trainees are: Christopher Forbes, Benjamin Goodwin, Lawson Hardwick, Grant MacFarland and Richard Sharp.
