if you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur."

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Great piece, Kara! Meaningful work is everything to me, as I am sure it is for so many others.

Good morning!

When Post&Pray is your recruiting strategy.

Brent, Thank you for bringing up the pay issue and the maintenance staff shortage in general. Keeping this conversation going is key to finding practical solutions.

Happy Friday, all!

Great piece, Kara!

Be completely honest and straightforward when speaking with job prospects.

Give them all the facts so they can make educated decisions.

The absolute worst thing you can do is to oversell the job.

If you choose to go that route, this is what you should expect once the candidates end up taking the job:

A short lived experience.

A reputation tarnished beyond repair-yours.

#recruiting #jobinterviewtips #customerexperience

Last week, we’ve advertised 7 Maintenance Supervisor positions in 7 different markets: Orlando, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Winston Salem, Charleston, Fort Myers and Memphis.

The results: over 200 applications in 3 days.

I read every single one of them-so many top players with outstanding careers!

If I had 50 openings, I could have filled every single one.

How is that for “People don’t wanna work” ?

A non welcoming, toxic culture is the number one reason for employee turnover. The best solutions are often simple, but still end up being overlooked. The secret for getting good retention rates really comes down to basic understanding of human natur