Staff Recruitment & Retention

Tips, Tools and Guidance to help you find and keep your staff!

Hiring and Retention Strategies: Tips from Your Colleagues

A FAMIC Collaboration

Selected has joined with other funeral service associations to help tackle the workforce challenges affecting many funeral homes. Together, we created a series of videos with tips from your peers who are successfully navigating hiring and retention challenges.
Watch the videos to hear suggestions to try at your firm!

To see more videos from other funeral professionals, click here

Workforce Development: Building the Future of Independent Funeral Service

Brought to you by the Selected Educational Trust

As a Selected Member, you have full access to an array of complimentary tools to help you post job opportunities, connect with current funeral service professionals looking for a new position, search our database of students currently enrolled in mortuary science programs and more!

Unlocking Talent: Innovations in Recruitment and Retention
Panel Discussion

(Recording from 2024 Selected Annual Meeting)

Discover the keys to successful recruitment and retention strategies in this enlightening education session with Selected Members: Joe Fitzgerald with O’Connor Mortuary, Howard McComas, IV with McComas Funeral Home and Crystal Van Orsdel with Van Orsdel Funeral & Cremation Services. They each share their unique approaches while discussing the importance of mentorship, transparency and engaging current employees to align organizational goals and boost retention rates.