Jones Schlater Flooring's Recipe for Talent Recruiting Success

Recruiting, retaining, and onboarding talent for professional field labor and professional office associates are a constant focus for the Starnet membership. Many organizations in the flooring industry work various aspects of the challenge from a national perspective, but the real solutions are only effective locally. 

Kevin Jones of Starnet member Jones-Schlater Flooring LLC in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, has created a talent development relationship with the Career and Technology Education Centers (CTEC) of Licking County, Ohio. The high school Construction Technologies program helps students, parents, and educators learn about career pathways in the construction industry. Part of the curriculum places students with employers locally while they complete their requirements for high school graduation. Kevin shared that six of the current class of students will be joining his team to meet the outstanding demand for work in 2022. The recipe for Kevin’s success, has been spending real time helping recruit kids to the program, contributing to leadership discussions, and helping provide input on what the industry needs from graduating students.