Have You Hired Any New Talent Lately? Our industry is facing a tremendous shortage of human capital and finding new controls technicians or engineers gets harder each and every day.

Hector Hernandez, CEO, Founder CUBE-USA

Some of the most common concerns that we hear from controls business owners are:

1. We do not have enough time in the day.
2. We are looking for controls technician and engineers.

If this is you, believe me, you are not alone. Our industry is facing a tremendous shortage of human capital and finding new controls technicians or engineers gets harder each and every day.

On top of that, the controls industry shows no sign of decreased growth; instead, it’s growing at an alarming rate. Just to give you an idea, the overall BAS market was valued at USD 53.66 Billion in 2016 and is expected to reach USD 99.11 Billion by 2022. This makes the recruitment of talent much harder because we are now competing for the same human resources pool while trying to meet a much larger demand.

What are you doing to get ready?

Here are some ideas which we believe can help you move in the right direction.

Some unique approaches that we have seen work and also deliver positive results are by looking inside the organization and essentially transforming the way we typically do business. 

1. Simplify your processes:

Changing the way we do our tasks is not only the hardest thing owners are asked to do but also is one of the items that get most overlooked. Take estimating for example, when was the last time you updated the excel sheet you are currently using?

2. Make it easier for your employees to do their work:
   

3. [an error occurred while processing this directive]Make ongoing training part of your culture: Promoting from within is probably the best practice I have ever experienced. Everyone benefits when an employee is promoted from within your company. This is because other employees will see the potential for a better future and more often than not, work harder to attain that.

The number one enemy of not doing this is often that neither the employee nor the owners have a culture of ongoing training (reasons may vary).

The companies that have created training programs and encourage their employees to spend time with those programs usually have a higher promotion rate than those who don’t.

Hopefully, these suggestions will help you when facing the challenge of retaining and recruiting employees.

The Cube approach is simple. We experience the same challenges as you. That’s why we have designed our platform to look at every process within our industry and eliminated all the unnecessary waste which only puts a burden on your technicians, engineers and anybody else involved.

To learn more about CUBE software and how we can help your business, visit our website www.cube-usa.com or call us at (855)-928-2387.