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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.

When many people hear the term “skilled trades” their minds go toward low-wage jobs for high school kids who couldn’t hack college and settled for a no skill required, easy future. However—while that stereotype couldn’t be further from the truth—it has managed to keep millions of young adults from pursuing rewarding, lucrative careers; and the…

Many companies spend tremendous resources making sure their customer’s journey is fluid and 5-star from beginning to end; but can they say the same about the attention they pay to their candidate’s journey? In a highly competitive job market, businesses should consider how to improve the candidate journey for those applying for open positions.

For most people a New Year’s resolution is a vow to change something: an unhealthy lifestyle, not enough self-care, bad relationships, changing jobs, saving money, you get the idea.  If you are one of the many who have vowed to find your dream job in the new year, you are pretty much set for success;…

Unfortunately, it has become a common occurrence for candidates to ghost interviews in today’s world. Sadly, we are now seeing more and more candidates ghost start dates and offers in addition to interviews.