PCS Employer of the Year 2014

my history um with PCS goes back way back to um 1997 when it was then known as pmes and they decided um that we're going to offer an accounting cost to students that were interested so myself having done tax returns since 1994 for me it was a no-bra to join up with the cost I have known Yakov for approximately 30 years we've di in SHO together and over the years I've see how he transitioned to be what he is today Yakov we're here tonight to honor you as the employer of the year I can't express with enough gratitude what you have done for so many of our students I'd like to say I remember the interview that I took with you but I don't even know if there was an interview heshy donath a classmate of ours pulled me into the office and before I knew it I was working on tax returns spent a good few years there really quality years with Yakov and I'm very appreciative of that and during which I learned a number of things I learned how to get an earned income credit for somebody with a Koch check the right way um I learned how somebody can blast Penta and still do tax returns and end up with a quality product and um I have learned who Jerry kman is but in all seriousness I learned from Yakov a lot more than that I went from somebody who was barely out of Yeshiva I don't even remember if I knew how to write an email and I had these fuzzy accounting Concepts we learned in the course course was great but to apply it was a whole another story and I really Yakov took me to a whole another level after a few years so that when I when I moved into Wisa mards which is where I am today I was really able to hit the ground running Mr canar is being honored tonight for a great cause I know that the internship I did at canic company was a great stepping stone for me to move on the Mr ktic was a great mentor I learned a lot from him and I was able to use I was able to use that experience to move on to the where I currently work my relationship with PCS continued after my practice began to grow and I realized that I needed um some outside help um PC has continued um you know with the accounting cost and the graduates um that they kept on churning out um We're All Bright ambitious and for me it was no brainer to take a couple of them as as an interns we have to thank Yakov he's opened up his business to take in as many internships as space allows them and giving the younger light an opportunity of a lifetime after they've been with him for a few months they're very marketable and many of them have gone on to get the biggest and the best jobs possible I was fortunate enough to start my career as an intern at canaran company the constant experience that I am gaining is all thanks to Yakov canar you have allowed me to apply my academic achievement in an actual worth work environment from an employes perspective you know the level of trust and confidence that he had in US was something that you don't find other places I remember walking in two weeks into into the job for T into tax season and I find a stack of tax returns sitting on my desk and there were federals States I go to him Yakov I have never done this in my life I know you have all this trust in me but what do you want and typical he looks at me and says can't be harder than a tiis go make a ling and obviously everything was reviewed beforehand but that's how he brought us up to speed and that was the trust and confidence that he had in us and that was for me was a great springboard for me to be able to get to that level and move on he singlehandedly either interned or hired 21 of our students 21 of our students I have since um taken in um at least 20 interns that have found jobs in um major accounting firms throughout the New York New Jersey area in addition I have four uh original interns are now working for me as full-time employees many years ago Yakov used to work in Brooklyn he slept in an hour and a half to Roth I think it was Roth and company and he told me that he made a deal with the ranum he said that if you get me a job in Lakewood and I don't have to slep into Brooklyn I'll take that time that I would have been driving and I'll learn and when I left which was a number of years ago that wasn't one or two years after he stopped working in Brooklyn and he still maintained that s there every day during during the driving time that he would have been driving to Brooklyn he s and learned working for Yakov Yakov is a great guy and there are a lot a lot of great things that I was able to pick up from him and just watching him deal with all the clients on a day-to-day basis every single person had a different situation based on their financial position and just him giving the the time for them to present themselves the patience that he gave them the clarity and his advice to every single person is something that I've taken and I put into Practice still to this day Yakov also deals with people a real big men to deal with on a daily basis and he's running a business but by him it's not a m it's not a matter about making a buck you know he runs a business but being aen definitely his priority and uh the last thing that I want to just tell Yakov is that I give him a br he should continue a lot to have a lot of from his business and continue to take that effort to hire the PCS graduates which is something that's very near and dear to him something that he tries very hard to do and just continue to uh be a role model for people to look up to of what somebody in the Ben in the business field should be I to would like to congratulate yob canar on being tonight's Honore for all that he's done for PCs and his graduates and ensuring they're thriving and success with regard to their accounting careers and finding parasa the staff of at PC s and Mr caner who takes of his own time to Mentor his interns and to train them for their future careers really make make a real difference in our future parasa you are an example of an employer and Mentor every employee wishes for thank you and continue to H SL upon your well-deserved honor for me it was a great opportunity to be offered a position with Canan company to start my career over the year the Bram says that the highest level at sta is finding somebody prosa Yakov I'd like to wish you that should pay back and give you