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    Planning

    June 13, 2019
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    Highlights

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    Estimating and Vetting Employees in 2019

    Feb. 5, 2019
    You simply have to be creative in how you price your jobs and estimate your labor.
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    An Emerging Trend in the Workforce

    Jan. 11, 2019
    Here we are in January of 2019, and we still, many of us, can’t man our job sites or even find people to train.
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    It Doesn’t Just Flow Downhill

    Dec. 12, 2018
    Keeping an open and honest dialogue between the office and the field at all times is a must.
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    The Best of Al Schwartz

    Dec. 1, 2018
    Enjoy this eBook collection of columnist Al Schwartz.
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    Charity...Give some, Get Some

    Nov. 13, 2018
    Too often these days, it seems we are moving at such a fast pace and in such an insular manner that extending ourselves to help those less fortunate has become a thing of the ...
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    Understanding Diagnostics

    Oct. 3, 2018
    Teaching, and learning, an entire trade has been slowly replaced by teaching, and learning, only enough of the trade tasks and skills to fulfill a particular job.

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    eBook: Building Your Plumbing Business Brand

    Nov. 10, 2023
    The articles collected here will give you guidance on how to build your brand into something respected, depended on, and instantly recognized.
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    Crisis management

    June 19, 2018
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    Perishable skills

    April 16, 2018
    While the industry is focused on attracting and retaining new blood, and rightly so, aptitude for the trade cannot be given a back seat.
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    Changing employee demographics

    March 13, 2018
    While all manner of ways and means are being applied to recruit new blood into our trade, one which has only recently reported on is recruiting women.
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    Keeping ahead of the digital curve

    Feb. 15, 2018
    Developing an online presence, and interacting with your customers in the digital realm is where the industry is today.
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    How to survive the boom economy of 2018

    Jan. 13, 2018
    Sometimes it good to reflect, to take stock of the past year, and contemplate just where we are, what we did that worked, what didn’t and what we can do to make this year better...