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Article: A hard look in the mirror: a survey of pest management professionals (PMPs), and another of job-seekers outside the industry, spotlight our recruitment and retention strengths and weaknesses.(Employment Surveys)(Cover story)
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- Pest Management Professional
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- March 1, 2008
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At this time of year, most of us are hypothesizing on what our spring work force should look like. How many people will we need to cover peak business times? How many will stay? Will I be lucky and land the uber-employees who will want to make pest management a long-term career--or at least stay with us for the next three to five years?
The truth is that many of us have doubts, and for good reasons. Hiring history has not always been kind to this industry. Why, exactly, is it so difficult to get people interested in careers in pest management?
There's one obvious answer, and another, not-so-obvious one. The obvious, of ...