Hire for Success
Ask anyone who owns an HVAC, electric or plumbing business what their biggest challenge is, and their response is almost always the same; recruitment. With each passing year, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to attract young adults into the skilled trades. So what’s a business owner supposed to do as the candidate pool shrinks? How are […]
Interview with Jason Haskin – Service Manager at Boothes regarding Chris Barnett, NexTech’s first HVAC graduate
Joe: So it looks like your company has our very first HVAC graduate Chris Barnett in our program! First, on behalf of Nexstar Network and NexTech Academy, we want to congratulate you all! Jason: It is Exciting for us; we are recognizing Chris with a company-wide breakfast and present him with a couple of certificates […]
Get To Know Jeff Atwell, NexTech’s Plumbing Technical Coach
How did you get into your trade? What was your trade education experience like? I fell into the trade. My brother owned a plumbing company, and once I graduated I needed a job, and he needed help. I didn’t anticipate this being a career, more of a way to make a paycheck. I started at […]
How Nexstar Network’s Industry Experience Supports NexTech Academy Training
NexTech Academy is among the most effective providers of online technical training programs for HVAC technician training, electrical training and plumber training. But who is NexTech Academy and how did they earn their reputation? NexTech Academy was an idea born from necessity and developed by members of the Nexstar Network, an organization of residential contractors […]
Find New Apprentices in the Restroom
Do you wish that you just had two minutes to explain to your target audience why your company is the best to work for? Well, you do. You can reach your audience in the public restroom. That’s right. The restroom. As Marc Miller, president of New York-based InSite Advertising said, “In a restroom for one […]
NexTech Academy Helps Businesses Train Service Technicians with Online Videos
Training videos that go into the field with your technicians NexTech Academy online courses prepare HVAC, electrical, and plumbing technicians for the challenges they will face every day in the field. Informative and effective, these online trade training courses are among the most valuable assets a business owner can provide to employees. And this value […]
Meet Amanda Yang, NexTech Academy’s Instructional Designer
Amanda Yang, NexTech’s instructional designer for the HVAC curriculum follows her passion every day. She loves instructional design so much, she created a course to introduce herself! Start the course below and get to know Amanda and what she brings to the team.
Useful Tips for Your New Plumbing Technicians
Among the very best things an employer can hope to see in a new employee is genuine excitement to get started. Few employees are more excited and eager to get out in the field and prove their worth than a new plumbing technician. They’re eager to start their new career path, earn respect, and build […]
How to Share Feedback With New Technicians
Improvement for new electrical, HVAC and plumbing technicians can come in many forms. Often, electrical, HVAC and plumbing owners such as yourself will turn to vocational training programs like those from NexTech Academy or apprenticeships, but few methods offer the immediate impact of feedback. New electrical, HVAC and plumbing technicians crave quick input from their […]
Big Changes in How Users Engage With NexTech
For long time blog readers, you know that NexTech Academy surveys students and training leaders as they progress from one level to the next. Why? We want to see if their feelings change as they grow in the online technical training program and gather ideas on what we can do to improve the curriculum. One […]
