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Is Investing in Recruiting the Best ROI for Your HVAC Business?

For many HVAC businesses, the biggest barrier to growth isn’t a lack of customers but a shortage of skilled staff. If your company is turning away new jobs or scheduling weeks out because you don’t have enough service technicians, making an investment in recruitment could provide a substantial return. Hiring an additional service technician could […]

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Choose a Recruiter Who knows what HVAC is!

When it comes to filling HVAC roles like Technicians, Installers, and Dispatchers, choosing the right recruiter can make all the difference. Opting for a specialist in the HVAC field, like Rockstar HVAC, ensures you tap into the best talent pool available. Here’s why Rockstar HVAC stands out as your go-to partner for HVAC recruitment. Understanding

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Current HVAC Technician Pay Rates: Are You Earning What You Deserve?

HVAC technicians work hard and face unique challenges on the job. If you’re hiring HVAC professionals, ensure you’re offering competitive wages that reflect their skills and efforts. If you’re an HVAC technician, check the information below to make sure you’re receiving the pay you deserve.  When discussing a new job with an HVAC technician, one

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The Essential Role of HVAC Dispatchers: More Than Just a Call Center

In the world of HVAC service, one role is often underestimated and overlooked: the dispatcher. Many might think of dispatchers as simply the individuals who answer calls and assign technicians to jobs, but their responsibilities go far beyond that. Dispatchers are the linchpins that keep the wheels of an HVAC shop turning smoothly, ensuring customer

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The Crucial Role of Dispatchers in Your HVAC Service Company

In the fast-paced world of HVAC services, where precision, efficiency, and customer satisfaction are top priorities, the role of a dispatcher cannot be overstated. Dispatchers are the unsung heroes behind the scenes, ensuring that your HVAC service company runs smoothly and successfully. In this blog post, we’ll explore why hiring a skilled dispatcher is of

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WHY TRADITIONAL HIRING PROCESSES DON’T WORK  FOR HVAC PROFESSIONALS (And What to Do About It)

Hiring skilled residential or commercial HVAC Technicians, Installers, Sheet Metal Workers, Chiller Mechanics, Boiler Technicians, BAS Technicians, etc., can be challenging, especially when HR processes aren’t aligned with the way these hands-on professionals think and work. Skilled tradespeople excel in environments where they can learn by doing, but traditional recruitment methods often overlook this. Let’s

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The Unsung Hero: Why Hiring a Good Dispatcher Is Crucial for Your HVAC Service Company

In the fast-paced world of HVAC services, where precision, efficiency, and customer satisfaction are top priorities, the role of a dispatcher cannot be overstated. Dispatchers are the unsung heroes behind the scenes, ensuring that your HVAC service company runs smoothly and successfully. In this blog post, we’ll explore why hiring a skilled dispatcher is of

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13 Benefits of Using a Recruiting Company for Hiring HVAC Technicians and Installers

In today’s competitive job market, finding the right talent for specialized roles like HVAC technicians and installers for both commercial and residential HVAC companies can be a daunting task. That’s where a professional recruiting company can be a game-changer. In this blog post, we’ll explore the multitude of benefits associated with using a recruiting firm

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15 Red Flags To Look Out For When Hiring HVAC Technicians and Installers

When hiring HVAC technicians and installers for commercial and residential positions, it’s essential to be vigilant about certain red flags that may indicate potential issues with a candidate’s qualifications or suitability for the role. Here are some red flags to watch out for: When hiring HVAC technicians and installers, these red flags should serve as

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A Breath of Fresh Air: A Brief History of the HVAC Industry

When you’re lounging in your comfortably climate-controlled home or office, it’s easy to take the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system for granted. However, the journey of HVAC technology from its humble beginnings to its current state of sophistication is a fascinating one. In this blog post, we’ll take a journey through time to

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HVAC/R Companies & Employers – Streamline Your Hiring Process

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, or P.E.I, the one common issue they all lament is: the skilled trades shortage of experienced HVAC Technicians. While this is not ground breaking news and generally common

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Phone Interview Tips and Tricks to Get you Closer to Your Next Job

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 hiring process.  If you’re an HVAC professional, read below for some phone interview tips and tricks to help get you closer to your

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When Should You Start Recruiting 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 often say Yesterday! If you are waiting until you are desperate to start recruiting HVAC technicians and installers, this is obviously

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What Employers Can Do to Rise Above COVID-19

Employers: Don’t get caught in this pandemic twiddling your thumbs, sitting idly back, and praying for the best. Nowadays, you can’t turn on the news or speak with family, friends, or colleagues without hearing or speaking about the latest COVID-19 update.  From lock downs, social distancing, long lineups at the grocery store, shortage of disinfectant

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Dating to the Workforce, How Employers Can Avoid Candidates Ghosting Them

We’ve all heard stories from friends in the dating game (or you may have experienced it yourself): you’ve been speaking with a great girl (or guy) for a couple of weeks and then out of nowhere, radio silence. No more phone calls, texts go unanswered, missed meetups, calls go straight to voicemail, well you get

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A Guide for Skilled Trade Workers Looking to Immigrate to Canada or the U.S.A

We get lots of highly qualified skilled trade workers, such as HVAC Service Technicians, reaching out to us from all over the world: Africa, Australia, India, England, and Jamaica wanting to know what they need to do to immigrate to Canada or the U.S.A and work in their trade. While we are no experts and

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Your HVAC/R Job Search Starts with Your Resume

Maybe it’s the start of a New Year and promised resolutions (New Year, New Me mantra) or it’s spring with the promise of fresh new beginnings that has HVAC/R Service Technicians, Installers, and Fitters thinking about a new work environment.  In reality, it’s more likely you are: wanting to do better for yourself and/or family

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10 Things To Consider When Looking for an HVAC Tech Job

From the outside, HVAC jobs can all look the same, especially when you are looking at cookie-cutter job descriptions. An HVAC Technician is basically the same duties regardless of where you are working and you already know what the job entails. Going beyond the required duties there are 10 main things that you need to

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7 Ways a Recruiter Can Help You Find HVAC Technicians

A good recruiter does so much more than place job ads and send invoices. A good recruiter will form a partnership with you and come up with an in-depth recruiting strategy tailored to your needs. Recruiters are particularly helpful with: Confidential Searches Relocations (Finding good candidates from across the country for your opportunity) Passive Candidates

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