Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine September 2021

News Magazine September 2021

FEATURE STORY

One huge problem of being a single mom is getting the kids to day care and school and then picking them up in the afternoon. Let’s say they drop the kids off and could be at your shop by 9:00 and let’s say they need leave your shop at 3:00 p.m. to go pick up the kids. • How long does it take to run a call? 30 minutes perhaps an hour? With a 30 minute drive, that means they could complete from 4 to 6 calls a day. That ’s 20 to 30 calls a week. • What skills does it take and how long to achieve those skills. Maybe a couple of weeks working with a tech. Would they would be prepared to do the clean and check on their own with a limited number of calls to the office? You know better than I do. • What would you have to pay? It would be at the lower end of your scale but enough to attract them. • What would be the future? As they learned, you could send them to a night class. Grow them into a tech. By that time their kids may be old enough to not need as much time freeing mom to do more advanced jobs. In other words, grow your techs. Look, I have a tender heart for single moms. Many of us grew up with a single mom who took very menial low paying jobs to keep food on the table. You could give them a hand up and meet your labor needs. You only have to think outside the box. Traditional work schedules don’t work for everyone and this may be a way to help moms be with their kids and earn a living and work toward a career. Call me crazy, but I think it will work.

Your Next Maintenance Tech Could Be

A Single Mom

• Attention to Detail • Customer Skills

• Dependable • Appreciative • Loyal

To find applicants--

• Ask friends • Churches • Workforce Services • National Association of Women in Construction