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Originally Posted by DanNJanice
Not finding qualified people is an issue for most every industry. However, it has nothing to do with the quality of the people. It has to do with the fact that employers have no interest in training and promoting their people. "Back in the day" all employers knew that they would have to train new people and wanted to keep them. Now, most feel employers feel "entitled" to get someone fully trained for minimum wage, and then lay them off the first chance they get.
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This isn't true everywhere- I'm a partner in a mid size landscape design/build firm. It's nearly impossible to find people willing to go out and do manual labor all day, because like someone mentioned above, the millennial generation truly does have a different attitude towards work. A few years ago We made a decision to raise our pay scale up significantly above our competition, created some additional in house training and overall took a good hard look at how we hired, managed, promoted, terminated, etc. it worked. In 2014 we had an annual turnover rate of over 70% for our field staff, which is typical in the industry. This year it was less than 8%, and all my new hires will be former employees or referrals from existing employees. It takes a lot of effort, but it's the only way to find good people and grow a business in this labor market.
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