Posts by Work With Your Handz

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kelly Presgrave and Dana Hubchen. Hi Kelly and Dana, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself. We founded Work With Your Handz in 2018 while with family members at a residential services industry event. The predominant topic of conversation was a lack of skilled trades talent.…

Here at Work With Your Handz we work with companies large and small, from 3 employees and one service area to 250 employees and multiple locations. No matter the size of your company, the benefits of belonging to a contractor’s group are enormous, and the dividends can be felt far into the future.

As the recruiting experts for the residential service industry, we are often asked what we see for the future of trades. Our predictions for 2023 are based on historical trends and recent macroeconomic environment developments.

If you own or operate a residential service business, you are probably acutely aware of the war for talent. Across the board we are seeing a rise in incentives to bring talent in and retain it. It is exciting to see those in the industry come up with creative and new ideas to stand out…

If you are a residential HVAC technician, plumber, appliance technician, or electrician, there are a few crucial questions you should make sure to ask during an interview. You will always want to ask the standard questions regarding benefits, schedules, and pay, but there are other critical questions to include to ensure that the job is…

When it comes to recruiting, Cost per Hire, Time to Fill, Cost per Applicant, Cost per Click, and conversion ratios are all critical metrics to track. Tracking data when recruiting is essential to being successful. When deciding what metrics to follow it is helpful to look at your market and decide what data seems most important,…

We’ve all heard about the great labor shortage that is plaguing many industries right now and none have been harder hit than the Skilled Trades. Research shows that we’re going to need more than four million skilled laborers to replace the nearly eight million lost from the labor force during the pandemic among other issues.…

With over 50,000 jobs boards available to the job seeker, what makes your job posting stand out from all the others? When Work With Your Handz publishes jobs for our clients, we do everything in our power to ensure that they stand out and get seen. By doing so we are able to attract the…

Job seekers often go into interviews prepared to answer all kinds of questions. The most common question interviewers ask is “Tell me about yourself” or “What has you looking for a new job?”. An interview can then take several twists and turns as the interviewer gets to know you a bit and figure out if…

One of the most critical positions in any residential service company is the Service Manager. Whether this is for your HVAC, Plumbing, Sales, or Electrical team, the essential elements of a successful Service Manager remain the same.