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title: "CNBC: TWO MEN AND A TRUCK on Hiring and Retaining Talent in the Age of COVID-19"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/87962860-13b6-48ac-893f-ca397a736942
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/cnbc-two-men-and-a-truck-on-hiring-and-retaining-talent-in-the-age-of-covid-19-2714127
category: "Moving & junk"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Moving & junk"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2020-10-22T21:16:32.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:36:47.480Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/d0294ee1e0097ad8d727002f9aadcb0e4137.jpg
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# CNBC: TWO MEN AND A TRUCK on Hiring and Retaining Talent in the Age of COVID-19

**TL;DR:** TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is struggling to hire and retain employees during the pandemic despite high demand for its services. The company's Chief Talent Officer, Sara Bennett, discussed the challenges with CNBC.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-10-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/cnbc-two-men-and-a-truck-on-hiring-and-retaining-talent-in-the-age-of-covid-19-2714127).*

## Story

According to CNBC , for TWO MEN AND A TRUCK this has been the case for most of the duration of the pandemic. The moving, storage and junk removal franchise has been having trouble finding qualified candidates and being able to retain them.

“We’ve definitely experienced significant challenges this year in hiring and retaining employees,” Sara Bennett, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK’s Chief Talent Officer told CNBC. “It’s harder to find applicants now. Even when we do find applicants, it’s harder to get them to show up for an interview, or harder to get them to show up for their first day of employment when we’ve made offers.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- pandemic impact (topic)
- employee retention (topic)
- hiring challenges (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/cnbc-two-men-and-a-truck-on-hiring-and-retaining-talent-in-the-age-of-covid-19-2714127). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/87962860-13b6-48ac-893f-ca397a736942).