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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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Protecting Your Business: Closing the Gap on Safety Risks for New Hires

Roughly 35% of work-related injuries happen within a worker’s first year on the job, according to OSHA. There are numerous factors at play as to why new hires are far more likely to get hurt. One is that new employees often have no experience working in the landscape industry and are unfamiliar with the different […]

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The First 30 Days: Onboarding Tactics That Keep New Hires from Quitting

It’s hard to fill a bucket when there’s a hole in the bottom of it. Similarly, growing your team is much more of a challenge when your new hires aren’t 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 […]

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Slowing Down to Be Successful: How Intentional Onboarding Pays Off

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 […]

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Safety Culture: How to Beat the Heat with Acclimatization Strategies

As we head into the hottest months of the year, it is more important than ever to ensure you have a heat acclimatization program in place to protect new hires. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), nearly three out of four fatalities from heat illness happen during the first week of work. […]

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Social Media Strategies to Attract New Hires

When you are recruiting, it’s critical to use every tool in your toolbox and this includes social media platforms. ā€œThe traditional approach that lawn and landscape companies historically took toward recruiting no longer yields the same results,ā€ says Corey Halstead, co-owner of HALSTEAD Media. ā€œThe outdated notion of posting a job opening on a board and […]

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Training for Competence: How To Make Sure New Hires Are Trained Properly

This information came from a session during the 2022 ELEVATE conference and expo. Don’t miss the 2023 ELEVATE in Dallas on Sept. 10-13. The average cost of hiring an employee is around $4,000. With this much money or more on the line, it should be a given that you want to do everything in your power to […]

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Safety Culture: Implementing a Buddy System

As you grow your team or deal with turnover, one thing you have to deal with is training your new hires and bringing them up to speed. Safety is also critical for these new employees. In their first month on the job, these employees are three times more at risk for a lost-time injury than […]

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