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Management
Hiring Seasonal Employees: Strategies for Success
You may need to employ alternative recruiting strategies to connect with seasonal job applicants.
A focused and clear job description will help set expectations about a seasonal job and increase the effectiveness of your hiring process.
Management
The Multi-Channel Marketing Approach
Your customers' satisfaction relies on your company having what they want, when they want it.
See how launching a multi-channel marketing strategy can help you more effectively land sales.
Cash Management
Battle Inflation on Your Company's Terms
Proactively adjusting your business processes, supply chain and finances can help you combat inflation.
Regardless of the rationale, higher prices are today's reality—and your ongoing challenge.
Management
Tips for Engaging a Multigenerational Workforce
Here's how to engage a multigenerational workforce to create a cohesive working environment.
Cultivating and retaining vital talent through generational diversity can yield strategic benefits for companies of all sizes.
Management
The ROI of Retaining Employees
Finding and hiring a new employee involves several steps, and each has a related price tag.
By offering your team opportunities to learn and grow, you'll help improve your employee retention rate.
Skilled Trades
Electrician Safety Check: A Guide
Electrical companies should maintain a high level of job safety procedures to protect their workers.
Accidents or injuries related to electrical work can occur anywhere, whether inside private residences, factories or even during power line repairs.
Skilled Trades
Grow Your Landscaping Business with Hardscaping
Pairing hardscaping with landscaping is a smart business move for landscape business owners.
The recent boom in hardscaping isn't just about aesthetics. There's also a sustainability component.
Credit
How Will Inflation Impact Your Small Business?
If you're concerned about how inflation impacts your business's credit and financing, it's important to first understand how they're connected.
As prices climb, you might have to borrow more to outbid your competitors for needed equipment or materials.
Skilled Trades
Coping with HVAC Equipment Shortage
Here's what is causing the ongoing HVAC supply chain trouble and how you and your techs can manage.
The HVAC equipment shortage could be a selling opportunity. Encourage customers to schedule more frequent maintenance and repairs, as they would have trouble replacing systems once they break.
Taxes
Independent Contractors Versus Employees
Protect yourself and your business by properly characterizing independent contractors versus employees.
It can be challenging for businesses to choose the correct classification when hiring workers, but it’s also essential to avoid paying stiff IRS penalties.
Skilled Trades
Boost Your HVAC Energy Efficiency Holistically
When you consider the entire structure and not just the HVAC elements, opportunity awaits.
A more comprehensive perspective can help shift your customers from a reactive mindset to a proactive mindset.
Planning
To Grow Your Customer Base, Think Local
Your relationship with the community matters. Here's how to get involved as a new business.
Educational programs show community members you want to help them succeed.
Cash Management
How You Can Benefit from Local Sourcing Your Supply Chain
Switching to local sourcing can help small businesses still affected by global supply chain issues.
While many businesses source their supplies internationally to save costs, this practice may actually be more costly.
Cash Management
How to Reduce Your Fleet Fuel Costs
By leveraging strategies across operations and budgeting, your fleet can thrive in any economy.
Your fleet drivers are your top line of defense against controllable fuel costs.
Skilled Trades
How Volunteer Plumbing Reaches Those in Need
Explore how volunteer plumbing can help make your local community and business shine.
Volunteering not only feels good on a personal level, but your company's commitment to volunteer plumbing can also offer some of the best marketing and PR opportunities.
Starting a Business
What to Know About Starting a Consultancy
Choosing your specialization, target audience and business structure are three of the first steps toward starting a consulting business.
Let your passion, know-how and familiarity with the marketplace guide you to a specialization that will offer value.
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