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Don’t Let Millennial Workers Die on the Vine
Millennials are the first generation considered to be technology natives, and with some career coaching they can develop unprecedented ability to drive business improvement
March 10, 2016
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Where – and How – to Find the Workers You Need
Where to look, what to look for and mistakes to avoid as you staff your construction business.
March 1, 2016
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The Power of Eye Contact
Eye contact strengthens your leadership in the eyes of others
February 11, 2016
Eye contact is so critical in every facet of construction: selling, leading, coaching, directing, etc.
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How Can You Attract Millennials to Your Construction Business?
Gen Y employees want their jobs to have flexible schedules, benefits and options for advancement and leadership opportunities
February 11, 2016
A 2015 poll from financial service provider The Hartford showed that only 7% of young adult respondents were interested in working in construction, retail or manufacturing.
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How to Keep Drugs and Alcohol from Cutting Construction Productivity and Safety
Unexplored employment-law ramifications of legalized marijuana make now a good time to attend AEMP’s program on employee drug screening
January 25, 2016
Employees in mining and construction lead all other U.S. industries in heavy alcohol use by a significant margin. Heavy alcohol use is defined as consuming five or more drinks during one event, or drinking five days or more in the past 30.
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How to Create an Apprentice Program for Your Workers
January 4, 2016
“One of our focuses is to hire from within the company, and to hire family members,” Randy Larson says. “We now have three brothers. That started with one and that turned into three and now we have three of the cousins too so that turned into six. They are the backbone of my labor force.”
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How to Attract Employees to Your Construction Company
Construction Business Coaching
To attract great people, every construction company, large and small, must commit to creating great places to work
December 16, 2015
To find and retain great people, companies must have a proactive and aggressive employee development program.
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Interviewing Questions Worth Asking
Here are 28 interview questions that can help construction contractors find the candidates best fitted for their companies
November 11, 2015
It’s important to tailor your questions to your company and needs. Don’t be “cavalier” by asking questions about the workers’ personal life and situation, most of this is out of bounds legally.
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Insights to Effective Interviewing
Contractors need to understand what they are looking for in knowledge, skill, experience, values and personality when interviewing possible employees
November 10, 2015
nterviewing today is perhaps more difficult than ever, but with some solid preparation for the five areas presented in this article and a strategy to ascertain how a candidate matches up to the five areas, a contractor can greatly increase his or her success with hiring best-matched workers.
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Five Functional Traits of Great Construction Teamwork
Great teamwork stems from trust, direction, influence, transparency and leadership
September 11, 2015
Work to make the five traits of great teamwork part of your work crews, your project teams and even your senior leadership team.
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Apprenticeships are Still a Viable Source of Construction Workforce Development
Apprenticeship and apprenticeship readiness programs are still one of the best routes to bring in and educate new construction workers
July 29, 2015
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Nationwide Initiatives Work to Recruit Construction Laborers
Initiatives across the country are working to increase the interest and the number of workers entering the construction industry
July 27, 2015
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Education is Key to Recruit, Develop the New Construction Workforce
Efforts to improve access and quality of construction education are helping lead the push to recruit, develop and reload the construction laborer pipeline
July 24, 2015
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Looking to Hire – Consider YouthBuild Program Graduates
YouthBuild programs target many of the under-represented groups in the construction industry which provides an 'untapped reservoir of talent'
June 11, 2015
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Say “Yes” to Considering New Recruits from Outside Construction
The “new recruit” for the contractor may not only not come from the construction industry, they most likely will not even have been close to anything resembling the construction industry
March 9, 2015
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Now That You Are Hiring, Be Careful
February 25, 2015
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How Reconnecting with Your Employees Could Improve Worker Retention
It's important for those of us in ownership and leadership to stand back and just appreciate the workers involved in the day-to-day jobsite grind
February 11, 2015
It's important for those of us in ownership and leadership to stand back and just appreciate the workers involved in the day-to-day jobsite grind.
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How to Deal with the Angry Ex-Employee
Eight strategies that might be helpful to mitigate the negative impact from an employee termination
February 11, 2015
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