Warrior Trades Academy: Recruiting & Retention

Warrior Trades Academy

Recruiting & Retention

Stop the Revolving Door. Build a Team That Stays and Performs.

This live, interactive experience is for home service business owners and leadership teams who are tired of being short-staffed, constantly re-hiring, and watching good people walk out the door.

The Live Training You Can’t Afford To Miss

A focused, in-person working session on attracting, hiring, and keeping top trades talent
Built specifically for the trades: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and more
Designed to tackle the real challenges: job boards that don’t work, technicians leaving for competitors, and culture that can’t hold people
Led by experienced trades advisors who have helped businesses go from chronically understaffed to fully fielded teams within months
Structured to give you a clear hiring system and retention strategy you can implement the week you get home

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Stop losing technicians to competitors. Build the team and culture that lets you grow without limits.

Thursday March 10, 2026
CEO Warrior HQ, Eatontown, NJ

Agenda

Thursday, May 28th

Schedule:

8:00 AM Check-in & Breakfast
9:00 AM Sessions Begin
5:00 PM Sessions End

Focus:

Building a Recruiting Machine That Attracts Top Talent

Why job boards fail and what to use instead — referral programs, social recruiting, and community pipelines
Writing job postings that speak to driven tradespeople, not just anyone who wants a paycheck
Creating a hiring process that filters fast and moves candidates through before competitors steal them
Setting the stage from day one — onboarding that locks in commitment and reduces 90-day turnover
How to build a "always hiring" culture so you're never desperate for headcount
Real examples from HVAC, plumbing, and electrical companies who rebuilt their teams from the ground up

Friday, May 29th

Schedule:

8:00 AM Check-in & Breakfast
9:00 AM Sessions Begin
5:00 PM Sessions End

Focus:

Retention Systems That Keep Your Best People

Designing a career ladder your technicians can see and believe in — from apprentice to lead to field supervisor
Compensation structures beyond the hourly rate: bonuses, profit sharing, and performance incentives that actually work
Building a culture of accountability and recognition that makes people want to show up
How to run team meetings, one-on-ones, and check-ins that build loyalty instead of resentment
Identifying flight risks before they quit — warning signs and how to course-correct
Using your company story and mission to attract aligned people who stay for the long haul

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Built for the Real Recruiting and Retention Challenges in the Trades

Warrior Trades Academy: Recruiting & Retention is a two-day, in-person experience focused on helping trades businesses stop losing people and start building teams that drive real growth.

Over the course of the event, you’ll work through how to:

Build a consistent pipeline of qualified candidates so you’re never scrambling to fill a truck
Create an onboarding experience that converts new hires into committed team members
Design a culture where high performers stay — and where low performers self-select out
Reduce your cost-per-hire and eliminate the revenue drag of constant turnover
Build leadership systems that give your best people a reason to grow with you instead of leave

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Detail Package

This event is hosted live at CEO Warrior Headquarters at 19 Christopher Way, Eatontown, NJ 07724 — the same facility where hundreds of trades business owners have transformed their companies.

Benefits:

You'll be working in an environment purpose-built for business transformation in the trades, surrounded by peers who face the same hiring and retention challenges you do, led by advisors who have solved them.

$

997

Per Person

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