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How do you recruit and
retain talent at Hoover
Architectural Products?
various projects. The team also meets
off-site annually to review Hoover's
accomplishments in the past year
and set goals for the year ahead. " If
you improve one or two things each
year, these little changes lead to major
progress over time, " Carroll says.
As Hoover's vision to become a
leader in the architectural metal market
has unfolded, this has generated
buy-in from Carroll's team. In 2018,
Carroll launched Datum Wholesale
as a spin-off company to support the
architectural metal business. " Datum
ships fully fabricated product all
over the country, and our innovative
solutions have been well-received by
architects, " Carroll says. " We always
want to add value for our customers. "
Learning from
diverse industries
A big part of adding value involves
" humanizing " the business. " My dad
always stressed the importance of building
strong relationships, " Carroll says.
Since 2013, Carroll has been part
of Vistage, a group of nearly 20 local
CEOs from industries as diverse as
manufacturing and healthcare. The
CEOs meet monthly and share openly
about issues they're facing in their
organizations. " I adapt ideas from
other companies in different industries
and use them to improve our business, "
Carroll says. " It's a phenomenal
opportunity for continuing education
not found anywhere else. "
Hoover Architectural Products
remains committed to steady, strategic
growth, Carroll adds. " Opportunities
come and go all the time. I'm always
asking, 'Are we positioned to take
advantage of good opportunities
when they come along?' "
Darcy Maulsby is Iowa's Storyteller and a fifth-generation
Iowa farmer. She helps businesses discover and
share their " wow " stories to help inspire their team
members and clients to dream bigger, become better
versions of themselves, and change the world for the
good. Visit her online at www.darcymaulsby.com.
By encouraging referrals from
existing team members. " I've
hired employment agencies
before, but no one knows our
business and company culture
as well as our employees, "
says Matt Carroll, president
of Hoover Architectural
Products. " Our employees
are our best ambassadors. "
Hoover Architectural Products
offers a referral bonus of $1,000
for a new hire and $1,000 for
the employee who referred
him or her, as long as the new
employee works for the company
at least six months. " I'd rather
pay my employees than a head
hunter, " says Carroll, who
notes that many of Hoover's
employees have been with the
company 25 years or more.
Carroll adds that specialized
skills like cutting an awning
accurately aren't taught in
school but are learned in the
workplace. " Give employees the
best tools and training you can,
and then get out of their way.
It's amazing what they can do. "
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