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Small business Leadership

Is Your Home Service Business Actually Profitable?

Is your home service business truly profitable? Discover how to calculate your real labor costs, prevent profit leaks, and build a team that stays.

Onboarding & Retention

Small business Leadership

Is Your Home Service Business Actually Profitable?

Is your home service business truly profitable? Discover how to calculate your real labor costs, prevent profit leaks, and build a team that stays.

Onboarding & Retention

Why Employees Leave Home Service Companies — And How to Keep Them

Employees leave home service companies for three reasons: managers, weak onboarding, and pay. Here's what actually reduces turnover in the trades.

Onboarding & Retention

Why Employees Leave Home Service Companies — And How to Keep Them

Employees leave home service companies for three reasons: managers, weak onboarding, and pay. Here's what actually reduces turnover in the trades.

Recruiting Tools & Methods

Hiring Strategy

How Recruiting Fees Work for Home Service Businesses And Why Flat-Rate Beats Commission

How do recruiting fees work in the trades? See what commission costs a home service owner and why a flat rate beats percentage-based pricing.

Recruiting Tools & Methods

Hiring Strategy

How Recruiting Fees Work for Home Service Businesses And Why Flat-Rate Beats Commission

How do recruiting fees work in the trades? See what commission costs a home service owner and why a flat rate beats percentage-based pricing.

Recruiting Tools & Methods

Hiring Strategy

Onboarding & Retention

Small business Leadership

Pre‑Hire Talent Strategy: 5 Essentials You Must Do Before Posting a Job

Most bad hires start before the job is even posted. Here are the 5 essentials every home service owner should lock down before recruiting begins.

Recruiting Tools & Methods

Hiring Strategy

Onboarding & Retention

Small business Leadership

Pre‑Hire Talent Strategy: 5 Essentials You Must Do Before Posting a Job

Most bad hires start before the job is even posted. Here are the 5 essentials every home service owner should lock down before recruiting begins.

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Recruiting Tools & Methods

Moving into Leadership: How to Transition from Field Tech to Service Manager

Drawing on years in home services and thousands of resumes reviewed, Meghan explains why top field technicians often become miserable after being promoted to service manager

Recruiting Tools & Methods

Are You Actually Profitable? What to Consider.

Meghan challenges home service business owners to assess real profitability, arguing that high revenue and busyness can mask a “zero-margin circus.”

Recruiting Tools & Methods

The Summer Exodus: How to Keep Your Techs from Walking When the Heat is On

Meghan explains why August is historically the peak month for resignations in HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies

Guides For The Trades

How to Onboard New Hires in a Home Service Company (The 30/60/90 Day Guide)

Most home service companies have lost a new hire before the 90-day mark, not because they hired the wrong person, but because they had no real plan once that person walked through the door.

How to Hire an HVAC Installer Who Stays

Filling this role is one of the hardest jobs in the trades right now, and a rushed hire costs you more than an open seat ever will.

How to Hire a Journeyman Electrician for Your Home Services Business

Hiring a residential journeyman electrician is one of the highest-stakes hires a home service company makes. The wrong tech costs you in callbacks, complaints, and quiet customer attrition.

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