HVAC Contractors Reveal the Best Places to Recruit New Employees

摘要

The labor shortage in the skilled trades has turned the search for new talent into a treasure hunt. However, the fact remains that employment of HVACR technicians and installers is projected to grow 15 percentfrom 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations, per the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Additionally, the HVAC Workforce Development Foundation estimates the U.S. will need 115,000 HVACR technicians by the year 2022. So, with these numbers in mind, it's hard not to wonderwhere exactly the "X" that marks the spot is - where are HVACR contractors finding new employees?Finding new employees is not the problem, it's finding new employees with experience, noted Scott Merritt, owner ofFire & Ice Heating & Air Conditioning, Columbus, Ohio."Finding employees with experience is almost an impossibility, even with $5,000 sign-on bonuses available," Merritt said. "We have searched far and wide for the answer to this problem. We hadno other choice but to train new technicians from scratch. If you have a good work ethic and a good attitude, we will train you on the rest."