But many try. Evaluate what you do best and let someone else do the rest. Match your employees and equipment for the types of jobs that are profitable and can be completed within deadlines. I said that management in small towns is much more critical than in large cities. This is that area.
Good employees are hard to find and even harder to keep.
The employee pool in a small town is naturally smaller than in a big city. People will stay with a company that they feel is well run and where they can see a future. They will not stay with a poorly managed company with no direction. The more people you lose, in a small town, the harder it is to find quality people. Word will get around and soon no more people apply.