Business Boosters
Finding the perfect fit for your company
By The Coffee Shops®. Improving hiring practices and long-term workforce development attracts top-tier candidates. The commercial roofing job market remains candidate-driven, particularly for experienced field and management professionals. In a recent conversation with a Coffee Shops writer, Danielle Anderson, senior manager of recruiting at Hi-Peak Staffing, explained that ...
Six ways to increase restoration business value
By Jesse Sanchez. Strong financials, documented processes and an independent team can make a restoration business more attractive to prospective buyers. Selling a restoration business for top dollar requires preparation long before the company enters the market. HS Exit Advisors identified six factors that consistently contributed to higher business value ...
10 ways contractors can attract and retain Gen Z talent
By Jesse Sanchez. Employers can strengthen recruitment and retention by aligning workplace practices with Gen Z’s priorities around growth, flexibility, purpose and connection. As more members of Generation Z enter the workforce, employers are finding that traditional hiring and retention strategies may not be enough to keep younger workers engaged. ...
Building modern networking and learning opportunities
By Emma Peterson. Exploring IFD’s history, growth and commitment to connecting roofers through education, networking and shared best practices. Recently, our team got the chance to sit down with Henrik Mosegaard-Johansen for an interview about his involvement with IFD. Henrik has a long history in the roofing industry, with over ...
3 ways roofing contractors can increase the value of their business before a sale
By Exit Stage Left Advisors. What buyers look for when evaluating a roofing company. For roofing contractors considering retirement, succession planning or a future sale, one question often takes center stage: What is my company worth? While revenue and profitability play a major role in valuation, buyers are also ...
Build stronger businesses and faster teams at METALCON
By The Coffee Shops™. Explore practical solutions, hands-on education and industry connections at the only event dedicated exclusively to metal design and construction. It can be difficult to stay competitive in today’s market. Contractors are facing unprecedented labor shortages, scheduling issues, material costs and performance requirement changes. In the face ...
The jobs you don’t take can be just as profitable as the ones you do
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Some projects make your company stronger. Others simply make it busier. One of the hardest lessons a roofing contractor learns isn't how to estimate a complicated project or manage a difficult customer. It's understanding that not every project your company can win is a ...
De empezar desde cero a pensar en grande en el roofing
Por RoofersCoffeeShop® En Español. Abad Zárate comparte cómo la perseverancia, la disciplina, la educación y las conexiones dentro de la industria lo ayudaron a construir Azapro Roofing. Cuando Abad Zárate llegó a Canadá con poco más de 20 años, no sabía qué era el roofing. Como muchos inmigrantes, buscaba una ...
Lessons from scaling a national contractor: Succession planning, growth while preserving your legacy
By Dino DiVito, O'Hara's Son Roofing. The owners who end up happiest with the outcome are the ones who started planning years before they needed to decide. I have spent my career on the financial and operational side of real estate development and construction. Most recently, I have worked on the commercial ...
AI will not fix a broken process
By Cotney Consulting Group. Fix the process. Standardize the work. Define ownership. Then use AI. Artificial intelligence can help contractors work faster, organize information and reduce administrative effort. What it cannot do is repair a business process that was never clearly defined in the first place. A contractor with ...
