How Becoming a Traveling Skilled Worker Can Make You a Better Man
How Becoming a Traveling Skilled Worker Can Make You a Better Man
3 Myths About Travel Staffing
What are myths about travel staffing for the skilled trades? In this episode, we break down 3 common myths and how travel staffing can solve your hiring challenges.
3 Myths About Travel Staffing
There are a lot of assumptions about travel staffing—it’s too expensive, it won’t be a good experience, or just that no workers are interested. However, those things are fundamentally misunderstandings about the model itself. In this episode, Tim and Brett discuss these myths about the travel staffing model and what the reality is for companies and workers considering it.
Why is it so Hard to Find Good Employees?
“Why is it so hard to find good employees?”
How to Deal With Staff Shortages in the Trades
“The skilled labor shortage is one of the biggest challenges facing the U.S. economy, with 650,000 open jobs in the construction industry alone,” said Stanley Black & Decker CEO Jim Loree. “This problem existed long before the pandemic but has certainly been exacerbated by it.”
Skillbridge – A Pathway to Hire Former Military Members - With PJ Yuson
In our most recent episode, we sat down with Col. PJ Yuson, US Air Force, and discuss SkillBridge—a program dedicated to providing departing service members with job opportunities in the trades.
Check out the episode to learn more about SkillBridge, who it serves, and how your company can get involved.
Hiring Former Military Members through SkillBridge - with PJ Yuson
Best Site to Find Construction Workers and Construction Jobs
Employers all over the country are saying things like, “I need construction workers ASAP.” There never seems to be enough talent to go around. Why? As younger generations enter the workforce, less and less are becoming skilled workers. To make matters worse, baby boomers are steadily retiring, creating a skilled trades shortage.
How to find your why and Never Quit - With Richard Harris
Finding a way through life can be a challenge, especially when a fear of failure can prevent us from stepping out and putting our all into something.
How to Reduce New Hire Attrition Rates
High turnover rates result in huge losses to companies of all sizes. When an employee quits, they take their training and experience with them, leaving other team members to pick up their work. It usually takes at least a month before a new person is hired, which increases employee stress, decreases productivity in the meantime, and may lower future retention rates.
10 Warning Signs of a Bad Hire
Here’s a statistic that might make you wince—
Close to half of all new hires fail within 18 months of getting hired
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meaning they either have to be disciplined or terminated
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How to Swallow Your Pride and Ask for Help - with Houston Enlow
The trades industry used to be every man for himself, but times are cha
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ging.