Hiring the Right Team Member: How to Build a Lawn Care Crew That Sticks

Key topics

• Stop hiring for experience first
  • Skills like mowing, trimming, edging, and striping can be taught.
  • Character cannot.
  • Andy would rather hire someone dependable, humble, and eager to learn than someone with years of experience and the wrong attitude.
• Write job posts that sell the opportunity
  • Generic job ads blend in and get ignored.
  • He urges owners to talk about culture, growth, paid training, professional equipment, and advancement.
  • The goal is not filling a spot, it is recruiting a teammate.
• Use a 3-step interview process
  • Step 1: A 10-minute phone interview to filter fast.
  • Step 2: A face-to-face intervi ...