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The Secret to Employee Retention
While many contractors nationwide find it increasingly difficult to attract and retain quality skilled laborers, Diversified Underground stands out as an outlier.
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Company Doubles Revenue By Sticking to Its Customer Service Principles
Honesty and integrity are the core principles that Atomic Plumbing and Drain Cleaning has focused on during its 50-year history serving Virginia...
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For Five-Star Results, Be SMART About Your Service
I bet most managers believe good customer service plays out like a movie script — right down to happy, smiling faces in...
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Inspection and Pipe Rehab Company Does it Differently
Kevin Cameron boldly entered the plumbing industry with a business model that, if not unique, certainly is unusual — his work crew...
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What You Need to Know About Offering a Hiring Bonus
In the not-too-distant past, hiring bonuses — also called signing bonuses or sign-on bonuses — were only mentioned in reference to elite...
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Best Advice of 2017: Nuggets of Wisdom from Nine Successful Contractors
As is typically the drill when the latter part of December arrives and a new year approaches, it’s time for some reflection....
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The Pros and Cons to Offering Employee Retirement Plans
There are a number of ways to make your employee benefits package look more attractive. One of the chief ones is including...
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Company Looks at Fine-Tuning Operations Following Rapid Growth
An important part of growth is knowing when to slow down and take stock — a concept exemplified by C&L Water Solutions...
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Leading When You’re Short on Technical Know-How
My background is in business — design, marketing, community relations, business development. They’re all important to running a business of any kind....
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7 Great Reasons to Hire a Veteran
Unemployment continues to plague many veterans once they leave the military. Despite their years of dedicated service and a wide variety of...
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Don’t Make That Same Big Hiring Mistake Again
I found my first job like this: I was a teenager, and my dad thought I needed a summer job. He talked...
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Seamlessly Switching Payroll Providers
If there’s one thing you really don’t want to get wrong, it’s your transition from one payroll provider to another. Your employees...
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Workplace Rumors: Stop Trouble in Its Tracks
At some point in your life, I am sure you have played the game of telephone. You tell a secret to a...
















