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My biggest challenge finding reliable candidates.
How is one supposed to grow a business especially a home service business like mine (Handyman Service) when we have to rely on others to perform up to a certain standard especially for my reputation. It's like being in stuck in a rock and a hard place? Any advice fellow business owners...How do you get top employees in a rural community?
I am in a rural community 7 hours from majour cities or 3.5 from a decent size city. I am struggling to keep my doors open with a single refrigeration mechanic with very poor health that can only work 10 hours a week. What do I do to prevent closing my company down?
Hiring Strategies – What’s Working for You?
Hey everyone I’m currently expanding my team at Prestige Impact Center, and I’d love to hear from fellow business owners and recruiters: What platforms or strategies have worked best for you when it comes to posting job ads and attracting serious applicants? I’ve used traditional platforms like Indeed and Facebook groups, but I’m noticing mixed results — either too many unqualified applicants or not enough engagement at all. I’m especially interested in remote, customer service, or virtual assistant roles, if that helps narrow it down. Here’s what I’m trying to figure out: Best platforms for getting motivated and reliable applicants Tips for writing job ads that stand out and actually get responses Any niche sites or community-specific boards worth trying? Would love to hear what’s working for you — or even what’s not! Thanks in advance — Prestige Impact CenterPoll: Safety Training
Hey everyone! I've been in construction as an employee for 15 years, been doing small home repairs and renovations as side jobs for about a decade. I'm also an authorized OSHA construction industry outreach trainer, and teach NYCDOB Site Safety Training courses through a local partnership and I'm currently developing a new approach to safety training specifically geared towards the Jobber-type market. My question to all the Jobbers out here is, aside from actual job skills training, do you participate in safety training? Yes, I am (and any employees are) Safety trained I took an OSHA or similar class a long time ago I'd love to but it's too expensive and time-consuming Safety Training, what's that? For those who don't, what's the main reasoning behind skipping out on safety training? I'm interested but it's too expensive and time-consuming I've been doing this forever and I'm pretty safe anyway I don't have enough employees to "have to" do it, so I don't For those that do have safety training, how do you feel about it and why? very important! only did it to lower my insurance cost only did it because customers ask about it/like to know I have it useless I'd love to hear what the Jobber community has to say about it! Sincerely, Melissa Melissa Purdy Owner/Operator Safety City LLC mailto:SafetyCityLLC@gmail.com http://www.SafetyCityLLC.comTime sheets reporting
I need better reporting for my production hours. We are a lawn maintenance company: mowing and basic yard projects. I would like a report that shows our work efficiency: total time on each visit. If we have 2 workers on a visit, and the visit took 30 minutes, the report would show a total of 60 minutes on that visit total time on visits for the day. Same example, we have a 2-man crew, and they completed 10 visits. Each visit took 30 minutes. So: 30 x 2= 1 hour per visit. 10 visits x 1 hour per visit = 10 "billable hours". total time paid per day. Same example: both crew members clocked in at 8:00 and clocked out at 3:30. This is 7.5 hours per worker. 7.5 x 2 workers = 15 labor hours. efficiency. Same example: 10 billable hours/15 labor hours = 67% efficiency score (67% of the clocked hours were "billable") I would use this report to compare our crews, and compare our routes. I would also use it to project how many visits we can realistically schedule in a day. And, I would use it for customer pricing. I don't see any easy way to create this reporting in Jobber, even though all of the data is available. Thoughts?Subcontractors vs Direct Labor
Would you consider hiring subcontractors instead of hiring direct labor when talent is hard to find in your local market? My business has had a lot of success partnering with other companies to complete specific projects. In our service area, the collective workload exceeds the workforce so there is a general sense of camaraderie vs competition. What are you seeing and what has worked in your business?
