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Average Onboarding Timelines for Critical Restoration Roles
When it comes to hiring and onboarding staff in a restoration company, the speed in which a new team member goes from Day 1 to Productive can have huge consequences. The length of time it takes to bring new hires up to speed has a big impact on the overall success of the company and its projects. In a world where worker tenure is short and roles are complicated, restoration businesses can’t afford to waste time. In the 2022 State of the Restoration Industry Survey, we discovered the average new
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When it comes to hiring and onboarding staff in a restoration company, the speed in which a new team member goes from Day 1 to Productive can have huge consequences. The length of time it takes to bring new hires up to speed has a big impact on the overall success of the company and its projects. In a world where worker tenure is short and roles are complicated, restoration businesses can’t afford to waste time. In the 2022 State of the Restoration Industry Survey, we discovered the average new
4 Challenges That Restorers Continue to Face in 2023
From pandemics to recessions, and everything in between, the restoration industry has seemed particularly volatile over the last few years. Just as leaders begin to solve their latest set of challenges, new ones emerge. As we kick off the start of 2023, many leaders are wondering what obstacles (and opportunities) will pop up this year.
That’s why we asked owners and leaders in the restoration industry what is keeping them up at night going into 2023 as a part of the 2022 State of the Industry
KnowHow Partners with PSA to Drive Rapid Worker Onboarding & How-to Training!
KnowHow and PSA are thrilled to announce a first-of-a-kind partnership, bringing comprehensive ‘just-in-time’ online system training for all PSA-specific products to all existing and new KnowHow customers.
As the leading software for onboarding and equipping workers in the restoration industry, KnowHow is making it even easier to discover how to leverage all the horsepower PSA offers in production, sales, marketing and finance to grow scaling restoration companies.This means that KnowHow’s ext
The Worst Parts About Working in Restoration, According to Restorers
Yes, you read that right. As one might guess, it’s not all friendly insurance adjusters and cleaning an already spotless home. Just like any job, there are ups and downs, things employees enjoy, and things they don’t.
So what?
Well, it’s critically important that senior leaders in the restoration industry what these factors are, because a surprisingly large number of them are avoidable. Today’s restoration workers have very little tolerance for self-inflicted wounds, and companies that needl
Why Restoration Workers Want to Work for You
One of the most common challenges restoration managers face is keeping talented staff. Too many senior leaders can tell horror stories of investing weeks or months into training and equipping their staff, only for them to flee for (seemingly) greener pastures shortly after.
Not only does this wear on a manager’s patience, it also wears down the company’s bottom line. The dollars can add up if you’re taking work hours away from restoration projects to constantly train new employees, especially
Restoration Workers Top Complaints Against Management
Every one of us has had issues with managers at work, but there’s a large percentage of workers in the restoration industry that have serious problems with their manager.
So serious, they’re willing to quit over it.
We wanted to dive deeper into the problems workers had with their managers, and what could be done to fix them. Thanks to the Restoration Workforce Survey, we discovered exactly what workers thought about their managers, and the changes they’d like to see in their management’s app
