Human Resources

A hardworking, dedicated, and reliable team is the backbone of any cleaning business. Learn how to build a team with these desirable qualities and how to better retain those employees.

Birgit Rutledge is committed to providing her staff with a living wage along with benefits. She provides all her workers with medical, vision, and dental insurance; a 401K; and paid vacation and holidays.

A new year offers the opportunity to stabilize and firmly establish a host of new practices. Let’s look at HR trends that are set to shape the year.

You can become a skilled leader by finding the right solutions to challenges such as providing inspiration and motivation, and building trust with your team.

Offering bonuses, training, flexibility, and high-quality tools will help you hire new workers and keep them on your payroll.

Seven hard-hitting questions every business leader should ask themselves before they place their first employment ad.

Young workers have the potential to excel in facility management roles. Is your organization ready to welcome them?

Learn what BSCs, manufacturers, distributors, and other sectors of the cleaning industry are doing to attract women, minorities, and people with disabilities to their companies.

Best practices for disability-inclusive outreach, recruitment, and retention

A new generation of clean freaks can offer a lot of opportunity for service providers who have successfully adapted, but it may seem daunting to an exhausted workforce on the front lines.

Currently there are no federal standards in place to protect workers from COVID-19 in the workplace. Here are the states that have issued their own temporary rules.

Our top three strategies to help building service contractors (BSCs) engage their workforce during times of continuous change.