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How I Do It: Taking the Lead on Recruiting

Recruiting is HR’s responsibility, right? For Will Richardson, managing director of Father Nature Landscapes, based in Birmingham, Alabama, he’s found it’s more beneficial when he takes an active role in this task. ā€œIn my mind, it’s a way better investment in our future for me to focus on recruiting and get the right people on […]

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How I Do It: Growing Talent From the Ground Up

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. ā€œEven with a growing internship program, we found it challenging to hire solely from the college pipeline,ā€ Richardson says. ā€œA lot of graduates […]

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Growing the Talent Pipeline: NALP Foundation and Industry Partners Spark Student Interest at SkillsUSA

Multiple industry members gathered to support the NALP Foundation’s workforce development efforts at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta. SkillsUSA empowers middle school, high school and post-secondary students to become skilled professionals with career-ready skills. This workforce development organization represents over 130 occupational areas in all 50 states as well as D.C., […]

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NALP Foundation Lays the Groundwork for Industry Careers at SkillsUSA

2024 marks the NALP Foundation’s third year attending the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta as the industry pushes to bring a national landscape competition at the high school level. SkillsUSA serves as a workforce development organization representing 130 in-demand occupational areas, from plumbing and carpentry to architectural drafting and heavy equipment operation. […]

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How I Do It: Environmental Enhancements Plants Seeds with The Next Generation

The future of the industry is high schoolers and Carmen Kesteven, HR manager for Environmental Enhancements, Inc., based in Sterling, Virginia, has made it her mission to educate them on the landscape industry. ā€œIf we don’t educate them, if you don’t let them know that the current opportunities that we have in the landscape industry, […]

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Colorado State University Hosts First Green Industry Field Day

Colorado State University understands that to reach the next generation, they must educate them about the career opportunities in the landscape industry early on. That is why the CSU Landscape Design and Contracting program and the CSU Extension hosted the inaugural Green Industry Field Day on May 2 this year. ā€œThe industry that we work […]

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