Hiring Advice

Hiring HVAC techs these days feels harder than ever. And the talent shortage isn’t making things any easier. There’s an influx of high demand for skilled techs, but a low supply of them in the industry. Jobs are opening up, and you’re struggling to fill them. And then you ask yourself, “Where can I find…

As a hiring manager, it’s normal to confuse technical seniority with leadership capability; however, a senior HVAC tech and an HVAC supervisor are not interchangeable roles. Even though both roles are senior positions, they differ entirely. Hiring the wrong one and confusing the roles leads to productivity gaps, team friction, or project delays. Worst-case scenario:…

A lot of people have a lot of very different things to say about artificial intelligence. Whether your opinion is positive, negative, or even just neutral, it’s undeniable that it’s causing shifts in the way many of us work. While the impact is much more pronounced in traditional “office jobs”, there is also a clear…

The HVAC industry is facing a strange and persistent paradox. The demand for skilled technicians is rising fast (with an expected projection of 459,700 jobs by 2034), salaries are competitive, and the work is essential. However, companies everywhere are struggling to find suitable candidates. So why are skilled HVAC technicians so hard to find? The…

There is a growing reliance on industrial automation across the industry. However, businesses are struggling to secure the skilled engineers that they need. You’d think that, due to the increased investment in automation, finding skilled talent would be no problem at all. Unfortunately, that’s not the case we’ve been seeing. But why is hiring industrial…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has started to play an increasing role in a lot of manufacturing and industrial operations. There’s this shift toward smart factories and Industry 4.0. We all have heard others speaking so highly of the “benefits of AI” in many different contexts. In the context of industrial automation, it’s the fact that it…