The best executives and managers understand that it is employee motivation and teamwork that make the lion’s share of success possible. “With jobs being in such demand, we have had great success from posting positions on our inter-nal website as well as the standard trade industry job postings,” Kastel states. Still, the job listing’s description remains impor-tant. “We want to be clear in what the job entails and what types of qualifications an applicant must have,” Kastel explains. “Then, we only interview candidates that meet those qualifications.” The facility and environmental services manage-ment team for the McWane Science Center in Bir-mingham, Alabama — this month’s A Clean Sweep profile (page 47) — stresses the importance of job listings as well. Phillip Moore, McWane’s director of facilities, states that the McWane job listings concentrate on experience in the industry; the description says an individual must have at least two years of environ-mental services experience as a qualification. Also, during the hiring process, the man-agement team does their best to look in depth at the resumes and pay attention to the references, Moore says. Over the years, the McWane Science Center has seen low employee turn-over based mainly on two applicant factors: Job experience and length in previous employment. “We have four full-time and five part-time posi-tions,” Moore notes. “The folks we have on the full-time
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