Tips for Purchasing High-Quality Tools on a Budget
One of the biggest barriers for people who want to pursue a career as a mechanic is tools. Technicians need a large set of tools and they are not cheap. Many techs who have been in the trade for...
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The Best Investment Any Company Can Make!
Most companies will happily say that their people are their biggest asset or that their staff is their competitive advantage. This seems to be pretty universal, without the right people in place your...
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Streamline Your Hiring Process: HVAC/R Companies and Employers
I speak with North American HVAC client’s everyday and regardless of whether they are located in Florida, Texas, California, New York, Massachusetts, Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Alberta,...
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Effective Phone Interview Strategies to Propel Your Job Search Forward
Although in-person interviews are much more prevalent in the skilled trades, there are different situations where a company or even a candidate, requests a phone interview as a first step in the...
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The Real Reason Companies Use Recruiters
What is the real reason that companies use Recruiting Firms to fill their open positions? The obvious answer is to hire staff but that is the equivalent of saying that the reason you buy a chocolate...
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Why Hiring Mechanics is Such a Challenge
Nearly every day we get a company calling in asking “Why is it so hard to hire mechanics?” The answer is very easy but unfortunately the solution is not. The answer is Supply and Demand. There are...
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Mechanic Interview Mishaps: Learning from Common Errors
As a recruiter who has been working with Mechanics for close to 15 years I have heard some pretty awesome stories over the years of interview fails. We are not talking about your standard every day...
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7 Ways a Skilled Recruiter Can Enhance Your Mechanic Hiring Process
Hiring Mechanics is tough, there are not enough technicians out there and you never want to settle. You need a Rockstar Recruiter to find you a Rockstar Mechanic. There are a lot of misconceptions...
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When is the Ideal Time for Hiring HVAC Technicians and Installers
We get calls every day from commercial and residential HVAC companies in a panic, they need to hire HVAC/R technicians and installers urgently. When we ask when they need them to start, they will...
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Strategies for Mechanics: How to Prevent Job Offer Rejections
Anyone who does a lot of hiring will run into the occasional rejected job offer. This is never a good feeling but it happens. When a mechanic decides to start looking for a new job they will...
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