Eagle Creek Nursery and Landscape Recommendation Report: Sourcing Qualified Labor

Eagle Creek Nursery and Landscape Center is interested in Sourcing Qualified Labor. ECNLC employs many landscapers and other business professionals, and they said that their chief focus was currently landscapers. The client also says they have a significant internet presence, and that they are on social media. The client identified their “qualifications” for qualified labor.

• Have a clean driving record

• Be able to pass a drug test

• (Preferably) have experience

 

Given this broad guideline, the report will benefit Eagle Creek Nursery and Landscape by including recommendations on how to source qualified labor, preceded by an analysis of the recommendations.

 

Key Findings​

• LinkedIn currently has 300 million members

• LinkedIn also most likely website to be used by qualified employees

• Organizations spent an average of $1,252 per employee on training and development in 2017. (Staff 2017)

• Businesses spend an average of 21.4% of an employee’s salary on a replacement. (Blakely-Gray 2017)

• 35% of companies don’t spend any money on onboarding (Baumann 2018).

• Employees are likely to stay at a business when employers make them feel valued

 

Brief Recommendations

• Post job postings on sites that are most frequented by qualified employees

• Create job postings that will attract qualified employees

• Onboard new employees

• Employ strategies to retain employees