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Immigration: Source of New Groomers Here we are not promoting anything, we
States. Of course, we are talking em-
are simply sharing some information.
ployees and not business owners. It is
As consultants we hear many things
an interesting prospect and stirred up
and asked for our opinions.
many questions on our part.
We all know that finding an adequate
Will these new groomers have to com-
supply of groomer employees remains a
mit to working contracts and for how
challenge in most of the United States.
long? What U.S. states would allow the
For 26 years we have published over
arrangement? Where will most of them
500,000 help wanted ads at PetGroom-
come from? How will they be trained?
er.com and we still do every day at no
Must they have previous grooming expe-
charge to groomers worldwide.
rience? The list goes on.
With this background we get lots of in-
We don’t have all the answers. This con-
quiries about what else can employers
cept is an active work in progress on
do to find groomers. In 2022 we have
their part, not ours. Are there enough
had inquiries from employers wondering
Americans that could fill the open posi-
about the usefulness of offering immi-
tions with looking beyond their borders.
gration assistance to foreigners in re-
Perhaps our industry is not really com-
turn for working as groomers. These are
municating the shortage of skilled
experienced professionals in immigra-
groomers, and just whose responsibility
tion matched with businesspersons in
is that? We don’t have a national associ-
the pet care industry.
ation for such purpose. In this light,
Our initial response was, interesting. Many franchises sell to foreigners as part of their immigration to the United
some people are looking beyond our
borders to fill their personnel needs. We shall see. ◄
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