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FIRMWIDE STAFFING

Over the last fiscal year, we grew from 141 employees to 174 employees. We also had retirements in
Steve Welter, a Landscape Architect in our Chicago Region and Jared Wilcox, our Multifamily Leader and
Architect in the Reston Region. We wish them well as they move into the next phase of their lives. Like
last year, we are still experiencing a bit of a shortage of available talent in the marketplace. It is critically
important that as leaders in our firm, we need to do everything we can to retain our talent and consider
retention programs and initiatives. I encourage each of you, as owners of FGMA, to engage deeply with
all your teammates in efforts to create opportunity and promote growth potential right here at FGMA.
After all, these teammates, along with you, are the future of FGMA. Please take the time to recognize
each of them when they exceed expectations, assist, and support project efforts.

TALENT ACQUISITION AND ALTERNATIVE WORK METHODS

We have made significant investments in our
recruiting process including a LinkedIn Recruiter
Module, our website careers page, retaining the
services of Professional Recruiters as well as
offering an employee referral bonus to
encourage our team to referral top talent from
their networks and to reach out to individuals in
the organizations they are involved in. We have
realized success with our employee referral
program and are continuing to provide a $2,500
employee referral bonus for any new full-time
employees you bring to us, and we successfully
hire. We will be exploring additional
enhancements to our recruiting process and
partners. We will continue to identify new
methods to work together. We’ve had proven
success at working with individuals in different
locations throughout the firm. We should not be
limited by geographic boundaries – rather,
identify great talent and consider the opportunity that they may live in one geographic region but can
support and thrive on a team in another region. I believe this is a healthy way to better understand the
tremendous resources and high-level talent that exists outside of your home region.
We also continued to work-share with partner firms. We have been and currently are utilizing Komatsu
Architecture in Fort Worth, TX to assist on several Municipal projects in both the Chicago and St. Louis
Regions as well as a Federal Project in St. Louis. These work-share arrangements have been positive for
both us and the outside firms looking to keep their current staff busy.

We also rolled out an applicant tracking system, through Paycor, to help streamline the recruiting process
across the firm. This program keeps us on task with the hiring process and tracks all potentials in an
orderly fashion. If you have any questions about any peer outreach, staffing needs or the employee
referral bonus, please speak with me, Elizabeth Wojtowicz, our CPO, or your Managing Director.

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