CareerPlug

Every franchisor wants to know: Is my network winning or losing on hiring? 🤔 It's a fair question! The truth is, without a clear view of your location-level data and industry benchmarks, you're coaching on instinct.

Clint's Notes: How does your network's hiring really compare? - CareerPlug Franchise operators constantly ask how their network’s hiring compares to other brands. CareerPlug founder and CEO Clint Smith reveals why this is so hard to answer and what the company is doing to deliver real benchmarks.

Hiring looks different at every The Goddard School location — different markets, different roles, different people running the process. But when you look at what these four locations have in common, it's this: CareerPlug made hiring something they could actually manage.

More applicants. Less time spent. Lower costs. And a system anyone on the team can use — no HR background required.

Swipe to read what they're saying.

New Pluggie Alert — meet Celene Robert, our new Director of Marketing 👋

Celene has spent over a decade in B2B SaaS marketing, building from the ground up and owning results along the way. We're excited to have her here. Welcome!

Pet Supplies Plus is CareerPlug's newest franchise partner — and Kayla was at the Elevate PSP Group Summit 2026 recently to kick things off.

A big thank you to Darla Higgins for being such a strong advocate for bringing CareerPlug into the PSP network. We're looking forward to supporting Pet Supplies Plus franchisees with hiring and retention across their locations.

These numbers didn't happen because a few locations had great managers or got lucky with candidates.

They happened because Massage Heights built a hiring system the whole network could run — and then made sure every location actually ran it. That's a fundamentally different approach than most franchise brands take.

Full story at the link: https://hubs.ly/Q04gHB020

Heights Wellness Retreat

One decision changed everything for Massage Heights.

Instead of leaving hiring up to individual locations, they brought CareerPlug into the brand fund and built a system the whole network could run. Christy Kuratko, their Director of Talent, explains what that shift made possible — and what franchisees started to see once it was in place.

Read the full story: https://hubs.ly/Q04gDGzm0

Heights Wellness Retreat

Massage Heights went from 190 hires in 2024 to 532 in 2025 — across 100+ locations.

The difference wasn't a bigger recruiting budget or a hotter job market. It was a decision to stop treating hiring as something each franchisee figures out on their own, and start running it like the rest of the franchise system — consistently, from the top down.

We worked with their team to build it. Read how it came together.

https://hubs.ly/Q04gwwg-0

Heights Wellness Retreat

We're hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to own the infrastructure our engineering team depends on every day. Fully remote, real ownership. Full role in the comments — share with anyone who'd be a great fit: https://hubs.ly/Q04gpjZ-0

Franchisees get a proven model. But honestly, is that enough? 🤔

CareerPlug's Clint Smith says no. The real secret to a healthy, scalable franchise network is people operations. He narrows it down to 5 core areas, from cultural guidance to trusted technology. Get the full breakdown and see what franchisors truly owe their networks.

https://hubs.ly/Q04g8tll0

It's time to close the gap! 🤝

Clint's Notes: What franchisors actually owe their franchisees - CareerPlug Franchising is as close as you can get to a guaranteed business model. Franchisees get a proven product, an established brand, a marketing playbook, a supply chain, and an operations manual.  Most franchise systems deliver on the promise of that proven model with what is known in business and marke...

💖 This is Nicolle Gatlin, our Manager of Partner Success

She works with franchise brands at every stage — from large systems to first-time owners figuring out hiring for the very first time. And even though her day-to-day is with partners rather than individual users, she still gets to see that shift from something overwhelming to something simple and manageable.

That's who's in your corner when you work with CareerPlug.