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ApplicantPro – A New Vendor Helps You Hire Better People More Efficiently

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Just ask 1-800-SWEEPER general manager Andy Williams about the most frequently heard challenges to growing a sweeping service business and one of the top issues cited will be: “hiring and retaining good sweeper truck operators.” Soon, we will be showing you a preview of some awesome software in development to allow for virtual driver training. But right now, it is our pleasure to introduce ApplicantPro.

1-800-SWEEPER recently teamed up with the HR professionals at ApplicantPro to develop a complete profile of the most desired personality traits of day/utility and night/parking lot sweeper operators. Based on this profile, ApplicantPro offers 1-800-SWEEPER partners a seamless solution for locating, screening and testing job applicants. In addition to posting help wanted ads in multiple high-value locations, ApplicantPro provides pre-testing and qualification screening as candidates respond to ads.

Before you as a manager ever speak with candidates their test results are shared with managers and owners via private access portals tied to individual company sites.

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2016 Sweeper of the Year: Gabe Vitale – C & L Sweeper Service, Inc.

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Last week, during the National Pavement Expo in Charlotte, NC, our own Gabe Vitale, owner of C&L Sweeper Services in Jackson, NJ, was presented with the first-ever Sweeper of the Year award. NPE in conjunction with and Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction Magazine established nine industry awards which will be given to recognize individuals and companies. These awards were presented to recipients who have enhanced the paving and pavement maintenance industry through their professionalism, dedication to education, pursuit of excellence, and development of equipment, tools or materials.

The Pavement staff, in conjunction with the Pavement Advisory Board, evaluated nominations and presented the inaugural award winners during a ceremony at the start of the National Pavement Expo on January 28, 2016. Pavement’s February issue will profile all of the award winners and industry leaders.

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Pictured above (L to R) Gabe Vitale – C & L, Gabe Vitale Jr.- C & L, Amy Schwandt – NPE Show Manager, George Lippert – C & L, Loring Dunton – C & L, Allan Heydorn – NPE Show Manager

Below is an online excerpt from the article that will appear in the February issue of Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction Magazine:

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Join Us At National Pavement Expo

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1-800-SWEEPER – in Booth #129 – will showcase our partnership program at NPE – January 28th and 29th in Charlotte, NC. We look forward to welcoming prospective power sweeping contractors to our booth and showing how our organization has already generated over 2.5 million dollars in business for our partners, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars through our co-op buying opportunities and given our vendor and sweeping partners the opportunity to exchange ideas and information during four annual Sweeper Summits.
National Pavement Expo is an annual draw for companies engaged in

  • Power Sweeping
  • Line Striping
  • Seal Coating / Crack Repair
  • Pavement Resurfacing
  • Porter Service
  • Catch Basin Service

2016 represents the first time that 1-800-SWEEPER has had booth space at NPE. With attendance expected to be high, we are excited to meet prospective partners from around the country. Exhibit Hall hours are: Wednesday, Jan. 27 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28 & Friday, Jan. 29 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. In addition, we’ll have the opportunity to socialize and catch up with our peers on Wednesday and Thursday nights. On Wednesday we have the Sweepers Night Out, once again co-sponsored by 1-800-SWEEPER, at the Whiskey River. Come out and meet NASCAR driver David Ragan from Michael Waltrip Racing from 7:00p – 10:00 p.m. On Thursday night, from 6:30p-9:30p, all NPE exhibitors and attendees are invited to an exclusive networking and entertainment experience, NASCAR Night, at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Our Operations Director, Gregg Blair, Marketing Director Carolyn Bell and 1-800-Sweeper Board President Mike Lucht will all be in Charlotte. Please plan to join us at Booth 129 near the College Street entrance, meet current partners and learn for yourself about our 3-dimensional advantages and how becoming a partner can help you rise above the competition!

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Swept Away In South Carolina – Mother Nature Lets Loose

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For David McCaskill and many other Columbia, SC residents, there will be no forgetting the October 2015 flood that came as a result of Hurricane Joaquin. The original weather forecasts on Thursday, October 1st called for heavy rains and possible flooding south of the capital city, so fears were not that high in the beginning. But it just kept raining. It rained consistently all day Friday and by Saturday night the rain was still falling. What was dubbed the “1,000-year” rain eventually dumped more than 20 inches of rain over some parts of South Carolina over a single weekend.

David owns Accusweep, and has two locations in South Carolina – one in Charleston and one in Columbia where he lives. One of his clients is a former Kmart shopping center that was recently renovated into the new Rosewood Commons. Some of the anchor stores including Marshall’s and PetSmart had already moved in before the flood struck. So on Friday, just to be proactive, Accusweep installed flood barriers on the vacant spaces around the center. These structures were 4 feet tall and would be able to hold the waters back from the building.

Saturday night the rain continued, and David sent his employees out to sweep parking lots as usual but asked them to drive past the new shopping center and check on it throughout the night. It was Gill’s Creek that concerned him. The creek ran in front of the Rosewood Commons strip center.

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