March 19, 2026 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Day: March 19, 2026

Students and Companies Find Common Ground During 50th NCLC Career Fair

Passion for the landscape industry is what 781 students from 56 different colleges had in common with the representatives of 86 various industry brands during the 50thĀ National Collegiate Landscape Competition, presented by NALP and powered byĀ STIHL. Hosted at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, students and landscape professionals started the day off strong with […]

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The State of Recruiting: What It Takes to Find and Attract Today’s Workforce

Anyone in the industry can tell you there’s no silver bullet to recruiting. Yet as the hiring market evolves, your recruiting strategy must change as well. Successful recruiting today requires a combination of intentional sourcing, clearly defined candidate criteria, and benefits that align with how today’s workforce evaluates employers. Katelyn Milanes, director of culture and […]

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From Paperwork to People: How to Upgrade Your Onboarding Experience

Onboarding new hires is a time-consuming task, but it is also one of the most critical aspects of new hire engagement and satisfaction. ā€œNew hires will decide whether to stay or leave a company within the first 30-90 days, and we realized that onboarding is one of the few moments in the employee life cycle where we […]

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