Ep. 20 | Skilled Trades Hiring: Why Most Contractors Struggle and How to Fix It With Ryan Englin скачать в хорошем качестве

Ep. 20 | Skilled Trades Hiring: Why Most Contractors Struggle and How to Fix It With Ryan Englin

Skilled trades hiring is one of the biggest challenges facing home services businesses today, but most contractors are trying to solve it the wrong way. In this episode of Home Service Headquarters, host Jack Schnettler sits down with Ryan Englin, founder of Core Matters and a leading expert in trades-based hiring and retention. Ryan shares why skilled trades hiring isn’t just a recruiting problem, it’s an employee experience problem, and explains how contractors can build systems that attract, hire, and retain top-tier talent. From becoming an employer of choice to building a hiring bench that eliminates panic recruiting, this conversation dives deep into what actually works in today’s labor market. If you’re struggling to hire or keep skilled trades workers, this episode will fundamentally change how you think about hiring. What You’ll Learn in This Episode • Why skilled trades hiring fails when companies focus only on pay and job boards • The real reason employees leave (and it’s usually not money) • How toxic leadership quietly destroys hiring and retention efforts • What it means to become an “employer of choice” in the trades • Why onboarding and job clarity matter more than fast hiring • How to build a hiring bench so you’re never scrambling again • The mindset shift required to scale without burning out your team About the Guest Ryan Englin is the founder of Core Matters, a consulting firm that helps operations-heavy businesses solve hiring, retention, and leadership challenges, especially in the skilled trades and home services. He is also the author of Hire Better People Faster and host of the Titans of the Trades podcast. 🔗 Connect With Ryan Englin • LinkedIn:   / ryanenglin   • Employer of CHOICE Assessment: https://corematters.com/go/choice/ • Core Fit Blueprint Masterclass: https://corematters.com/masterclass/ • YouTube:    / @corefithiring   • Facebook:   / thecorematters   • Instagram:   / thecorematters   About our Sponsor Project 2 Payment is an easy-to-use payment tool built to offer home service contractors and small businesses a faster and simpler way to bid on projects, send itemized invoices, collect down payments, and get paid faster for completed work. https://project2payment.com/ 👉 Subscribe to Home Service Headquarters for more real-world insights on growing and leading service businesses.