SEPTEMBER home maintenance

September Home Maintenance: Preparing for Fall and Winter

As September arrives, it’s the perfect time to tackle a variety of home maintenance tasks to ensure your home is ready for the cooler temperatures and potential challenges of fall and winter. By addressing these items now, you can prevent more significant issues later and keep your home in top condition. Let’s break it down by the exterior and interior. When you need the help of the best, local home maintenance pros, just MAKE A FREE REQUEST on the GetAssist Business Directory!
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take five to schedule fall home maintenance

Take 5 to Take Care of Fall and Enjoy the Rest of Your Summer

We’ve all heard stories about unanticipated home issues during the chilly months. Why risk a mishap when we can address potential risks right now? Check out some of these to-dos to get your home ready for the cold stretch and learn 5 tasks you can accomplish in 5 minutes! Read more

aaddressing the skilled trades shortage

GetAssist Helps Bridge the Gap in the Skilled Trades Shortage

aaddressing the skilled trades shortage

It is estimated that Canada will need one million skilled trades workers by 2020 and there will be a shortage of 800,000.

Why is there a shortage?

Experts think it boils down to a perception distortion amoung the youth. A survey by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum and Skills Canada found that 71% of students surveyed claimed that their guidance counsellors in high school did not encourage them to go into skilled trades.

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