Bend, OR January 27, 2010 -- Stepping Stone Tutors, a company specializing in home tutoring for K-12 subjects, including test-prep for the ASVAB, GED, SAT, and ACT announces a new milestone, six years in business.
"The down economy has definitely increased the number of tutors looking for jobs which is great for us because we have an excellent pool of very experienced tutors to choose from" says Cogen. In addition to hiring mostly credentialed teachers and professionals with graduate degrees, Stepping Stone Tutors, since its inception, has never required contracts and conducts a 50 state criminal and sex offender background check on every applicant.
Stepping Stone TutorsStepping Stone Tutors, a home tutor service specializing in matching students with local tutors announces a new milestone, six years in business. "When we first started out, the company was actually called 'Book Worm Tutoring' but right up the road in Carlsbad, CA (we were in San Diego at the time) there was another service called 'Book Worm Tutors' so within the first month of being in business we had to change the name. The funny thing is that I don't even think the other company is still in business. After building a website I realized 'well I should probably go hire some tutors now.' I'll always remember sitting down with the first group of Stepping Stone Tutor applicants at Cafe976 and hiring the first 6 tutors. You know after that, you go back to the office and more or less wait for the phone to ring" said Andrew Cogen, CEO of Stepping Stone Tutors. And the phone did ring (and ring, and ring) until a small operation of a handful of tutors morphed into a network of more than 150 tutors throughout the West coast and Southwest.
"With the down economy you would think business would drop off pretty dramatically" said Cogen "but with a combination of special tutor pricing and discounted packages our tutor cost per hour is pretty competitive with going rates in the industry..." With Stepping Stone Tutors, students are able to request an in-home tutor for their location and within 24 hours (or less) start working on current assignments or get ready for an upcoming test. The company provides home tutors for nearly every grade level and subject matter. Students are able to meet with tutors face-to-face as frequently or infrequently as needed and are able to develop long-term relationships that can pay dividends later on.
"Aside from a ton of repeat business from returning customers we have recently started to tap into social networking to spread the word about our tutoring service" says Cogen, "We now maintain a blog or you can follow us on Twitter."
About the Company: Stepping Stone Tutors was founded in 2004. A home tutoring service, it has matched thousands of students with home tutors in more than 18 cities nationwide.
