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Managing Your Restoration BusinessAsk Annissa

Ask Annissa

What Kind of Future Can You Have in the Restoration Industry?

By Annissa Coy
April 15, 2021

Annissa has a special guest in this week's video, who asks a really great question: how do you encourage people to join the restoration industry and show them that there is a great career path here?

Annissa offers a few things to drive home to brand new candidates or employees who know nothing about restoration:

  1. You are truly helping others. You change lives.
  2. There is so much room and need for innovation.

To hear what else she suggests, check out this video!

Have a question for Annissa? Email her at annissa@firehouseeducation.com. 

KEYWORDS: hiring and recruiting restoration business management

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Annissa Coy is a well-trained and highly skilled professional with more than two decades of experience in the cleaning and restoration industry and the co-creator of Firehouse Education and Mobile Cleaning Systems. She was also the winner of R&R’s inaugural Recognizing Women in Restoration award in 2017. Be sure to check out Annissa’s weekly videos on www.randrmagonline.com! Have a question for Annissa? E-mail her at Annissa@firehouseeducation.com.

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