How Nature Shield Pest Solutions Grew From 2 to 26 Reps in Two and a Half Months

The Challenge

Heading into its biggest season, Nature Shield Pest Solutions had two reps signed. The company had always built its team the hard way — networking, shoulder-tapping friends and family, working personal contacts from across the industry — and every year it was the same battle to get reps into the field. After years of that grind, the owner described himself as burned out on recruiting and at a loss for what to do differently. With the season approaching and only two reps on the board, the gap between where the team was and where it needed to be was stark.

The Approach

HyperHired took over sourcing, screening, and scheduling, putting roughly five pre-qualified candidates on the owner's calendar each day. His role narrowed to interviews — a few hours each morning — and everything else in his day opened back up. The screening process meant the candidates landing on his schedule were already filtered, so the time he did spend was spent on quality people rather than sifting through unqualified applicants.

The company's internal hire tracker gave him visibility into every candidate moving through the pipeline — who was interviewed, who was hired, who no-showed — without having to manage the process himself.

The Results

In two and a half months, Nature Shield Pest Solutions went from two reps to 26 retained reps, hiring on average about one per day. Both of the company's offices were filled and ready for the season, and the team's energy reflected it. The owner had gone from stressing over recruiting to worrying about good problems — getting enough trucks and technicians to keep up with the sales the new team would generate.

He summed up the engagement as the easiest recruiting year he'd had in seven years of running the business, and had already referred two other companies to HyperHired. Just as meaningful to him was the human side: hiring people who'd been stuck in low-paying jobs and giving them a real shot to earn — exactly the kind of growth that made the work worth it.

"It's been the easiest recruiting year I've had in seven years of doing this." — Dawson, Nature Shield Pest Solutions

Staff Up Before Your Season

Nature Shield Pest Solutions filled two offices and built a 26-person team before peak season. Talk to HyperHired about scaling your pest control sales team on a timeline that matches your season.