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How many times has this happened to you? You interview a candidate who checks all of your boxes and answers the questions perfectly. Yet when they join your company, you quickly discover they lack the work ethic and team skills needed to succeed in the field. This can be a frustrating, but common phenomenon in […]
For many in the landscape industry, finding skilled labor remains one of the primary business challenges they face. However, there have been improvements in recruiting efforts as owners have found that a mindset shift is the first step to remedying the situation. āThe last few years, we’ve been focused a lot more on what we […]
Itās the news you never want to hear. You didnāt receive your H-2B visas for this year. However, due to the volatility of this temporary visa program, it is a reality for many landscaping companies. āThe H-2B program is something thatās great, but itās always a gamble, unfortunately,ā says Nubia Guiterrez, director of human resources […]
Itās natural to want to find employees who have years of experience in the landscape industry and have the necessary skill set so you donāt have to spend quite so much time training them. However, that caliber of team member isnāt always readily available, so you have to keep your eyes peeled for the next […]
Hiring new employees is expensive. Ideally, you want to hire the right people the first time, instead of having to turn around and try to fill the position again when it doesnāt work out with the current hire. āStudies estimate that it costs more than a thousand dollars to hire an entry-level employee, from the […]
With an influx of unemployed workers available due to COVID-19 related company layoffs, if youāre looking to upgrade or grow your team, hereās what NALP members are saying about hiring right now. āIn the past, maybe there was room for some āfluffā but when you’re operating day to day, week to week, and there are […]
If youāre struggling to hire or retain employees, itās possible you may need to revisit the way you do things. Today, the post-millennial generation (Generation Z) is arriving in the workforceāand their wants and needs are quite different than you might be used to. That means if youāre still employing yesterdayās approach to hiring and […]
When Mike Bogan took over the helm of LandCare in 2014, it was his goal to remodel the company in a way that would āfit the type of cultureā he felt was missing from the industry. It was a positive team culture he experienced in his former role at Brickman, where he spent his last […]
