Hiring the Right Crew

9 years ago

I and other cabinet shops in the area have had a hard time hiring the right crew to help us keep up with the increase of projects. My question to other professionals/business owners is, how do you KNOW you're hiring the right recruits and do you make it a goal to keep employees happy or is it their job to find ways to stay happy with their job?

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Joseph Corlett, LLC

9 years ago

Young people aren't stupid or lazy and they've seen the way the marketplace treated their fathers and uncles in the construction trades, especially during the last downturn. People wonder why no one wants a job where you're the first to be laid off and the last to be rehired, few benefits, and little future.

Worst of all, no one wants their daughter to marry a tradesman. Until the social stigma is addressed, this will be a permanent problem for the trades, no matter the pay.

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apple_pie_order
9 years ago
You can post this in the "pro to pro" forum instead of "design dilemma".
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lwfromny
9 years ago
What an insulting generalization Joe! My daughter (an attorney) married a tradesman who is also a business owner. I'm THRILLED. I wouldn't care if he was a garbage man as long as he is a great partner for her. And he is.
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Solar Texas
9 years ago
Find someone with passion. It's not easy because that's what everyone is is looking for too. Good ones are hard to keep. I have difficulty keeping good employees partly because there's a limited career path in my business. I try and foster a sense of capability and quality and progress them into sales and quoting when they are capable with construction and they really love the extra challenges. They move on, but hopefully they have better skills when they do go.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
9 years ago
Iwfromny:

I stand corrected. I should have said "...most parents don't want their daughter to marry a tradesman."
shirlpp
9 years ago
My employer can always keep me happy with.....money, money, money. Giving me a nice fat bonus to show appreciate works for me.
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9 years ago
We enjoy the services of a paint contractor who is in constant demand because of the quality of work performed by his tradesmen associates. The reason they stay on is because they share the reputation, have extreme confidence in the process they are required to do (lots of prep!) and they get a % bonus of net profit every year. It's all about quality work and customer service.