Running a landscape company is a full-time job. For Ian Hoyt of Hoyt Property Care, it's actually two.
Over the past decade, Ian built Hoyt Property Care from the ground up — starting with snow removal between overnight shifts as a police officer and growing into a full-service lawn and property care operation serving some of the most prestigious properties on Long Island's East End. Today he runs a team of 16 employees in one of the most competitive hiring markets in the country: the Hamptons.
When it came time to bring on a key management hire, Ian tried everything he knew as a small business owner: job boards, sponsored posts, and a local staffing agency. Thousands of dollars spent, weeks of time lost, and not a single qualified candidate to show for it.
That's when he turned to McFarlin Stanford's Executive Recruiting team.
What followed wasn't a transaction — it was a partnership. Rather than blasting out a job posting and ghosting, McFarlin Stanford's recruiting team took the time to understand the business: the culture, the growth goals, and the challenges of hiring in a market where cost of living is high and candidates are scarce. Weekly updates kept Ian in the loop without pulling him away from running his crews during the busiest months of the year.
The result was a hire that has become central to the growth of the business — someone Ian admits he never would have found on his own nor known to pursue.
But finding great people is only half the equation. Keeping them is where many small businesses fall short. Through McFarlin Stanford's coaching resources, Ian also built a formal onboarding structure that gives every new hire a supported path into the team. It has been necessary to turn new hires into long-term team members.
Two years and two successful placements later, Ian is already planning his next hire through McFarlin Stanford.
Ian’s ROI isn't just measured in dollars. It's measured in time – every hour counts when building a business. Now he doesn’t waste time buried in the hiring process that doesn’t progress his business.
If your current approach to hiring is costing you time, money, and momentum, there's a better way.
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