Are you desperately trying to hire? Look Here!

The pet care industry is booming right now. Nearly everyone is hiring pet care professionals. In fact, nearly everyone in the service industries is hiring, period. There has never been a period in history so optimal for job seekers. This is great for those looking for jobs but creates challenges to those looking to hire for jobs.

If you’re currently (and desperately) trying to hire help for your pet care business, join the club. The current climate is making finding and keeping quality people more challenging than ever. It’s harder but not impossible! You can find and hire the help you need but you’re going to have to get a little creative and broaden your search. It’s no longer going to be sufficient to do what you’ve always done (what most people have done). Simply posting a position on a job board like indeed.com or putting notices up at your local vet clinic isn’t going to produce the results you need.

So let’s get creative! Here are 5 places to look for pet care help that you may not have tapped into.

1. Respond to sitter requests on Nextdoor.com

If you’re on nextdoor.com you’ve probably seen neighbors asking for pet sitting services. You also generally see a few people respond to the requests. You can contact each of the people who respond and ask them about if they’d be interested in working for you.

2. Reach out to sitters who have worked for you in past.

I’m not talking about all of them. I’m talking about the ones that were amazing sitters and left on good terms because their life circumstances didn’t permit them to continue working with you. Circumstances have changed! Remind them that they are welcome to come back.

3. Join local Facebook group that are related to your business and post there.

This doesn’t have to be a pet related group. Think wider. Perhaps there’s a stay-at-home mom FB group with a ton of great potential dog walkers just looking for something to do while their kids are in school. Do ask the FB group organizer for permission to post though. Some will say no and that’s okay. Some will recognize that you have something to offer their members and give you a forum.

4. Join sites like care.com or rover.com where pet sitters advertise for clients.

These are great places to find sitters who are already looking for pet care jobs and might want to talk to you about working for your pet care company. You may need to pay a small monthly fee for these sites to interact fully with these sitters but it’s worth it if you find a great hire.

5. Hold a job fair.

This doesn’t have to be a grand event. You can set up a table at a local dog park or anyplace where animal lovers congregate and hand out information on your company and job applications. You can even do some short pre screening interviews to interested passersby.

It’s a competitive hiring landscape and what worked before likely won’t work now. It’s time to write a new and potentially better hiring playbook. Your business is growing and opportunity abounds. Don’t miss out because you don’t have the help you need.

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About Eliza

Eliza is the owner of two successful pet related businesses; Preferred Pet Partners, a pet sitting and dog walking company, and The Pet Business Coach, offering coaching and resources to aspiring or current pet related business entrepreneurs. She maintains two awesome blogs. One for pet parents https://preferredpetpartners.com/blog/ and one for pet business owners https://thepetbusinesscoach.dog/blog-page/.  Eliza also supports various animal rescue and shelter organizations. Eliza and her husband have a growing pet family. Visit her websites: www.preferredpetpartners.com or www.thepetbusinesscoach.dog. o, you’re thinking about starting a pet related business. Great! But before you go down that road, take a minute to answer these three questions.