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BUSINESS BUILDERS

Careers in Painting: Free Website Helps Owners Find Employees and Painters Find Jobs

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Whether you’re an employer trying to grow your team or a job seeker looking for a new opportunity, Sherwin-Williams Careers in Painting – the painting industry’s first free job board – can help you find what you need.
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BUSINESS BUILDERS

Navigating the Talent: Hiring and Recruiting Strategies for Success in the Painting Industry

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Once again in 2023, PPC is teaming up with the Painting Contractors Association (PCA) on a series of articles to help you grow and improve your painting business. This year’s theme: Productivity is the path to profitability. In this article, PCA marketing specialist Lauren Forman shares some of the organization’s best hiring and recruiting practices for painting company owners and managers. Continue reading Navigating the Talent: Hiring and Recruiting Strategies for Success in the Painting Industry →

BUSINESS BUILDERS

Are You Ready for Next Year? 2023 Business Planning Tips from the PCA

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This article by Tom Reber is the fourth in a series from PPC and the Painting Contractors Association (PCA) designed to help you understand and prepare for the challenges of business growth.

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Addressing the Labor Shortage: Industry Leaders Work with Local Agencies to Develop New Painting Talent

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As professional painting contractors are all too aware, there is an acute worker shortage affecting not only the coatings industry but the building trades as a whole. Now, some forward-thinking industry leaders are banding together to do something about it.

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The Benefits of Spray Training

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How your team can master spraying techniques in no time

Talk to almost any painting contractor, and you’ll hear a familiar story: It’s hard to find good painters. Recruiting new painters remains one of the toughest challenges for painting business owners.

“It’s more difficult than ever to find tradespeople,” says Mike Collins, senior marketing channel manager at Titan. “Owners are now looking into new markets for hires. For example, hiring cooks because they’re detail-oriented, or former waiters or waitresses, because they’re personable and great at connecting with people. However, these are workers who have never painted before. They require training.”

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