{"id":79105,"date":"2022-05-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=79105"},"modified":"2022-05-05T13:27:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:27:49","slug":"helloooo-we-are-hiring-anyone-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/helloooo-we-are-hiring-anyone-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Helloooo, We Are Hiring. Anyone Out There????"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I may have mentioned in a previous column that my husband Bart is co-owner of a bar\/restaurant in our lake town. Since Bart and I married, I have helped with marketing the business. The summer months are especially busy because our small lake town fills with visitors, and seasonal residents return to enjoy their lake homes. Therefore, we are always in a hiring frenzy in the spring to ensure the new staff is trained before the busy summer. Because the service industry tends to attract folks who are looking for extra income or are just starting out in life, the bar\u2019s staff is constantly changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My husband and his partners have always paid well over minimum wage even for staff members who receive tips. Employees who do well receive multiple raises during the year because when someone is good, the owners and manager want to keep him or her. However, it has always been difficult to hire new staff and, unfortunately, 2022 takes the prize for most difficult hiring year yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We live in a town of approximately 1,100 people\u2014not to mention, because it\u2019s a lake town, there are three bars and three dedicated restaurants in town, so we\u2019re all competing in the same small hiring pool. Over the years, we\u2019ve tried newspaper and radio advertising; flyers in our town, surrounding towns and in our bar\/restaurant; gift certificates to patrons and staff who recommend someone who is hired; and social media marketing. Our latest social media blitz features testimonials from former staff members about what a great place our establishment is to work. They all have their own opinions about what they enjoyed\u2014from the obvious tips, to making new friends when they were new in town, to flexibility with scheduling, to the ribbing from regular customers and more. Despite using all of these avenues this year, as of this writing, we received only two applications when we need to hire a minimum of six people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this issue of <strong><em>retrofit<\/em><\/strong>, not only are we covering hospitality and entertainment projects\u2014whose owners and managers hopefully are having better luck than my husband keeping their businesses fully staffed\u2014but we also tackle the labor shortage that is seriously affecting the construction industry. Jim Schneider, our \u201cTrend Alert\u201d columnist, did a stellar job <a href=\"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/strong-conditions-in-the-construction-economy-are-hampered-by-labor-shortages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlining the complicated causes that have led to where the industry finds itself, as well as some solutions,<\/a> with assistance from key industry experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Kermit Baker, chief economist with the American Institute of Architects, identifies three main issues\u2014demographics, recruitment and marketing\u2014affecting the construction labor shortage. Demographics itself encompasses two more problems: a shortage of immigrant workers due to increasingly strict border policies and a dramatic lack of women in construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baker\u2019s thoughts are supported by insight from Ken Simonson, chief economist with the Associated General Contractors of America; Jason P. Lien, P.E., executive vice president of EnCon United, producers of precast\/prestressed concrete systems; Jennifer Ford-Smith, chair of the EPDM Roofing Association and head of marketing and product management for Johns Manville; and Andy Holub, vice president, pre-construction and special services director for Clune Construction, a national general contractor. <a href=\"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/strong-conditions-in-the-construction-economy-are-hampered-by-labor-shortages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Schneider\u2019s story now.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the staffing shortage at my husband\u2019s business, he and I plan to take some shifts ourselves, in the hopes that Bart and his partners won\u2019t have to make the difficult choice of closing. However, I\u2019m a much better editor than server, so I plan to stick with my day job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I may have mentioned in a previous column that my husband Bart is co-owner of a bar\/restaurant in our lake town. Since Bart and I married, I have helped with marketing the business. 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