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HVAC/R Companies & Employers – Streamline Your Hiring Process

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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

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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?

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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

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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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6 Tips for HVAC Apprentices to Impress a Journeyman

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Getting started in the skilled trades can be challenging; but, if HVAC Apprentices stick with it, not only will you be making bank, your experience and skill set as an Service Technician, Installer, or Gas Fitter will be sought after by employers everywhere…or you can choose to become your own boss! Before you get ahead …

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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How To Get Promoted – An HVAC Technician’s Guide To Moving Up

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Contrary to popular belief, promotions don’t always go to the best technicians or even to the hardest working technician. Being a supervisor or manager requires a bit of a different skill set than being a good tech. No doubt, you have to be a good tech but usually, the one who gets promoted is the …

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Hesitation Leads to Frustration. Hire Your HVAC Techs Fast or not at all!

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A long hiring process can cause you to miss out on Rockstar Candidates. The best techs do not stay available for long, once they have decided it is time to make a move they are usually in with a new company soon. If you get the opportunity to hire a good tech you need to …

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