Since finding a good landscaping employee is like finding a Unicorn, I first start with a Unicorn and ask him/her if they know of any good workers out there. Apparently, they're as hard to find as a good Unicorn groomer. Then we laugh and drink.
I have the most success with referrals from my employees and customers. My best summer help has been farm kids. I've tried InDeed and so far have been disappointed. I'll try them again if I get desperate. My base crew of 7 has been with me for years and usually weed out the poor performers. Finding good reliable help has been the biggest challenge I have faced in my 20 years in this business.
Steal them, find good people and pay them but mostly treat them better. ( value them ) If you have a healthy team that love to work for you. Word spreads and people line up to drop off applications. People love to work in a healthy culture and the boss creates the culture by what he tolerates, what he honers.
We've been lucky... a lot of repeaters every year and they tell their friends. Something about being "The best boss ever" helps to bring University students in early April. It gets harder in the fall but we manage. We promote on Facebook too, which helps. Kijiji is too expensive but returns good candidates.
We have found some good people on craigslist but are best success is from Indeed.com. It is has a more professional look and seems to have career minded individuals applying for the positions. We have also had to raise wages & benefits across the board this year.
We ask our employees to find a "good match" for their TEAM. We have our employees looking for good help from our competitors when they see them in action. We are about creating a culture that is positive and rewarding, so hiring employees with good work ethic is the most important.
I would prefer to train my unskilled folks, so that I don't have to "Unlearn" bad habits. You do have to raise your wages now even to compete.
Local Tech School might have a CLP program, so recruiting from there might be an option. We are trying to get one in our local Tech school.
I have been hiring younger inexperienced people and hand training them. Pay is low to start and they take a bit to teach, but ultimately they become the best because they know exactly the quality and pace the job requires after I train them.
I have used indeed and mostly word of mouth with current employees. I am finding now that even when I do find a good resume and organize an interview people don’t show up. there is no courtesy call, email or even a text msg. It’s so frustrating as an owner because work is not the issue it’s finding people to do the work and to stick with it that is the problem
its been hard lately I've got a few miles in me now So I've been looking for someone to take my place on the labor part but no luck so far but the right person will come along eventually
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Since finding a good landscaping employee is like finding a Unicorn, I first start with a Unicorn and ask him/her if they know of any good workers out there. Apparently, they're as hard to find as a good Unicorn groomer. Then we laugh and drink.
I have the most success with referrals from my employees and customers. My best summer help has been farm kids. I've tried InDeed and so far have been disappointed. I'll try them again if I get desperate. My base crew of 7 has been with me for years and usually weed out the poor performers. Finding good reliable help has been the biggest challenge I have faced in my 20 years in this business.
We offer a bonus for our current staff sending us quality referrals. This has been our number 1 source of quality employment leads.
They must make it past there 90 day review and be a good add to the team and then we pay the bonus.
We have also had luck with Facebook postings and Craigslist adds depending on what type of position we are looking to fill.
Steal them, find good people and pay them but mostly treat them better. ( value them ) If you have a healthy team that love to work for you. Word spreads and people line up to drop off applications. People love to work in a healthy culture and the boss creates the culture by what he tolerates, what he honers.
We've been lucky... a lot of repeaters every year and they tell their friends. Something about being "The best boss ever" helps to bring University students in early April. It gets harder in the fall but we manage. We promote on Facebook too, which helps. Kijiji is too expensive but returns good candidates.
We have found some good people on craigslist but are best success is from Indeed.com. It is has a more professional look and seems to have career minded individuals applying for the positions. We have also had to raise wages & benefits across the board this year.
We ask our employees to find a "good match" for their TEAM. We have our employees looking for good help from our competitors when they see them in action. We are about creating a culture that is positive and rewarding, so hiring employees with good work ethic is the most important.
I would prefer to train my unskilled folks, so that I don't have to "Unlearn" bad habits. You do have to raise your wages now even to compete.
Local Tech School might have a CLP program, so recruiting from there might be an option. We are trying to get one in our local Tech school.
I have been hiring younger inexperienced people and hand training them. Pay is low to start and they take a bit to teach, but ultimately they become the best because they know exactly the quality and pace the job requires after I train them.
I have used indeed and mostly word of mouth with current employees. I am finding now that even when I do find a good resume and organize an interview people don’t show up. there is no courtesy call, email or even a text msg. It’s so frustrating as an owner because work is not the issue it’s finding people to do the work and to stick with it that is the problem
its been hard lately I've got a few miles in me now So I've been looking for someone to take my place on the labor part but no luck so far but the right person will come along eventually