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Itās easy to play the comparison game when youāre recruiting and wonder if your landscape company needs to hire a full-time recruiter in order to be successful. Yet what works for your organization will depend on your growth goals, current company size and market conditions. If youāre on the smaller side, experience low turnover rates […]
When you donāt have a clear structure for your pay decisions, you run the risk of higher turnover, recruiting challenges, employee distrust, and noncompliance with legal requirements, depending on your location. Currently, 16 states have laws related to pay transparency and 10 additional states have introduced bills regarding pay transparency. Some states, like Ohio, have […]
Two years ago, Father Nature Landscapes, based in Birmingham, Alabama, was struggling to find individuals who were willing to get their hands dirty and found satisfaction from building something with their hands. āEven with a growing internship program, we found it challenging to hire solely from the college pipeline,ā Richardson says. āA lot of graduates […]
Itās hard to fill a bucket when thereās a hole in the bottom of it. Similarly, growing your team is much more of a challenge when your new hires arenāt even staying on for 30 days. Implementing straightforward changes to your onboarding program can make a world of difference when it comes to helping employees […]
Unless your team retention rate is 100%, there is always room for improvement in the employee experience. One aspect that can drastically improve not only your retention rate, but also your safety and company reputation is your overall onboarding process. Carly Haugen, CPO for Prescription Landscape, based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, says they started to […]
Almost any peer you talk to in the landscape industry has had struggles in the past with recruiting or is currently dealing with hiring woes. Even though this aspect of the business isnāt easy, you should always be open to trying new tools and tactics to reach a new pool of potential employees. This also […]
If your company is seeking qualified college students who are passionate about the landscape industry, there is no better place to look than at the National Collegiate Landscape Competition, presented by NALP and powered by STIHL. This event features more than 750 students from 55+ colleges and universities who are ready to start their careers. […]
As the landscape industry embraces more technology, including AI, automation and robotics to help with productivity, it is also impacting how companies recruit and who they are attracting to their organizations. AI as an Efficiency Force Multiplier As AI shakes up the workforce in other industries, one question is whether it will do the same […]
If you operate in a region where your work is seasonal and you need to lay off a portion of your employees, you know all too well how challenging it can be to ensure this workforce will return in the spring. Brad Leahy, vice president of Blades of Green, based in Edgewater, Maryland, says the first […]
After a long day on the job site, an employee can relate to the phrase āweāre all in this together.ā As you seek ways to build a healthy team, consider adding a peer-to-peer recognition program. This provides an easy way to celebrate each employee’s contributions and recognize their efforts to go above and beyond. According […]
