Aquatic Labor Shortages Challenges Industry

Aquatic labor shortages are challenging swimming pool operators around the country. With the industry picking up throughout most of the country, businesses are facing a problem they didn’t expect until further up the sales curve — a shortage in labor. Between 2013 and 2015, difficulties finding skilled labor was perhaps the No. 1 complaint among […]
Lifeguards are NOT Babysitters!

This is why lifeguards are not babysitters. Last week I took my children to a small community water park. It’s a nice facility with a couple of big water slides, a lazy river, and a water playground for the little ones. The depth is only about 3 ½ feet at a maximum, so my 10-year-old […]