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Recruitment Strategies for Roofing Companies
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Labor recruitment strategies and resources you need to recruit and hire life-long employees. According to the latest U.S. Department of Labor statistics, the national unemployment rate only rose 0.2 percentage points to 3.7 percent. There are 11.2 million open jobs in the United States as of ...
Free Online Trainings!
By Cass Jacoby. These courses are accessible to anyone in the industry who is looking to learn and grow. Did you know that Cotney Consulting Group offers FREE online courses designed to help you advance your career? That’s right! In addition to paid training courses, Cotney offers free online ...
Top October Articles: Hurricane Resources, Metal Influencers and New EPA Guidelines
By Evelyn Witterholt. See what’s been trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) this past month. When Hurricane Ian touched land in late September, roofing industry professionals were looking for resources on how to best handle the situation. Roofers from all over wanted to answer the call to action as is reflected in ...
Empower Your Field Leaders
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Here's how your company can focus on empowering crew leaders to improve the overall performance of your business. Roofing companies vary in size, as do the size and complexity of their projects. These projects may be under a hundred thousand dollars or multi-million dollars in size. ...
Harvesting Data to Grow Your Business
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. The ability to use data effectively gives your company a competitive advantage. Today’s roofing industry is a wild ride, with labor shortages, supply chain issues and other challenges. Staying on task and meeting deadlines is especially critical and requires quick decisions. Those decisions could make or ...
Immersive Roofing Experience Promotes Positive Growth in the Industry
By Jobba. Jobba hosted the first immersive experience for the roofing industry this past year, engaging the roofing industry in a whole new way. Jobba hosted its first immersive experience designed for the roofing industry on August 4, 2022. The experience, called Roofing Visionaries, was focused on bringing roofing ...
Posting Worksite Pictures Can Send the Wrong Message
Don't make these mistakes when posting to you company's social media platform. Social media in the workplace is now mainstream, and before weighing the pros and cons, let's review what makes up social medial. Social media is a widely used term and refers to "media" such as a video, text, picture, ...
Best Practices for Toolbox Talks
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Benefits and guidelines of holding regular toolbox talks at your construction worksite. Each week your supervisors or safety managers should deliver safety messages to your crews before starting work. Toolbox talks are an excellent method to present your safety messages. Some companies refer to these as ...
Top September Articles: Metal Trends, Sustainable Roofing and Suicide Prevention
By Evelyn Witterholt. Here’s what’s been trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. This past year has shown us how much the interest in metal roofing is growing, and this past month is no different. Looking back at September’s top monthly articles, we are still seeing consistent intrigue in informative pieces ...
How Certifying Estimators Makes the Whole Industry Better
By Cass Jacoby. Discover how taking your training to the next level can differentiate your business in this RLW. In an RLW, Heidi J. Ellsworth meets with John Kenney of Cotney Consulting Group to consider the value of estimating training and certification programs. As the industry learns to cope with ...
