{"id":15408,"date":"2026-07-20T03:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itbd.net\/live\/?page_id=15408"},"modified":"2026-07-20T03:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:40:26","slug":"staffing-in-a-tight-market-hiring-retaining-and-developing-technicians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itbd.net\/live\/staffing-in-a-tight-market-hiring-retaining-and-developing-technicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Staffing in a Tight Market: Hiring, Retaining, and Developing Technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15408\" class=\"elementor elementor-15408\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d43ff32 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d43ff32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e8436 e-con-full fin-frame padding-reset panel-dark e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30e8436\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0662cd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0662cd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfa2a99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cfa2a99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Staffing in a Tight Market: Hiring, Retaining, and Developing Technicians<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d039a43 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d039a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most MSP owners who sell their business say the same thing afterward: they wish they&#8217;d started preparing two to three years earlier. 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