Don’t Let Bias Get in the Way of Growing Your Team
Does this scenario sound familiar? You spend money and time training your employees with the best intentions. You know the content is solid and you’re excited that your efforts will pay off with improved employee engagement and better performance. Post-training, energy levels are high, and you are feeling pretty good about your decision. In the […]
Five Benefits of Online Training for Your Home Service Employees
When NexTech Academy was being planned, many people scoffed at the idea of an online vocational training program. However, the more the concept grew, the more opinions changed. After all, online training is just knowledge transferred through the internet. The internet is the tool that delivers the content and there are some big advantages compared […]
What Do You Do When The Licensing Laws Are Not On Your Side?
NexTech Academy profiles Steve Chartier, owner of Heritage PHCE on how he’s taken action to grow his own workforce using an online technical training program. The Problem Ever-changing state licensing, DOE and DOL laws have put a damper on Steve Chartier’s plan to grow his apprenticeship program. A man of action, Chartier has not taken […]
How Training Helps Fix Employee Retention Issues for Home Service Businesses
One of the most common dreams people have when they dream about work is being unprepared for a task. If they work as a teacher, it might mean not knowing their lesson plan. If they’re a politician, forgetting the words to a critical speech. An actor may dream of forgetting lines. Imagine if you’re a […]
Choosing a Home Services Training Program That Works for Your Business
The benefits from consistent technical training and soft-skill training are far-reaching and should be part of your business plan if you want to attract top talent and stay competitive in the residential home service industry. Knowing this is one thing, but acting on it can present challenges. Here are five things that you should consider […]
Drive Business Growth with Employee Training
Is it becoming harder and harder to find and hire skilled workers for your residential home services business? If so, you are not alone. The U.S. is in the midst of an unprecedented skilled labor shortage that is affecting virtually every industry. The source of the problem is two-fold: as vocational training programs have disappeared […]
