We’ve passed the half-way mark in 2013. When was the last time you looked at the goals or resolutions you set back in January? Some of you reading this didn’t write anything down, but that’s OK. There’s still time. What do you want to achieve by Dec. 31st, 2013? What…(Read More)
Hiring and training are integral parts of an employer’s business development plan. A well-defined execution lies in the hands of the firm’s employees, according to Lee Smither, managing director at FMI Corporation, a global management consulting company that serves the engineering and construction industries. Smither outlines three major themes that will determine…(Read More)
Year-over-year salary budgets are projected to increase in the U.S., according to the latest data from WorldatWork, an HR compensation research firm. A post on TalentManagement.com says the modest increases in 2014 mean that businesses are beginning to expand, but at a cautious pace. Granted, the construction sector of the economy…(Read More)
With LinkedIn being all the rave in the construction recruiting industry, let’s not discount the value of Twitter. It’s more than someone posting snippets about their yogurt or conference. To find new clients and contacts on Twitter, recruiting pro Hannah Morgan has advice on how to identify leaders in your niche, use hashtags…(Read More)
Most project managers and superintendents are raving about the results they achieve with tablets and apps in the field, but not everyone is jumping on board the tech bandwagon. Robin Anselme, the human resource and office manager at Petra Inc., told the Associated Press that while project managers, superintendents, and the administrative team have Smartphones…(Read More)
The latest numbers on July’s labor market don’t impress reporter Jeffrey Sparshott of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. Sparshott, who writes about the U.S. economy, contends that while housing construction is a plus, public construction projects are a drain. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/08/02/construction-jobs-are…(Read More)
New research from Mercer, the global HR consultancy, finds that employers plan to increase worker salaries by an average of 2.9 percent in 2014. That’s just marginally better than the 2.8 percent boost they gave this year. But this post on CNNMoney also states that engineering, financial, and legal firms are also…(Read More)
Shallow talent pool parameters are restricting the number of quality candidates you present to employers. Kelly Blokdijk, a recruiter at Talent Talks in Irvine, Texas, shares this recommendation. “Invest the time to understand the candidate’s potential to hit the mark and take a chance in ‘selling’ the hiring manager on someone that very well…(Read More)
It’s the elite of the online employment industry. Weddles has just released its 2013 User’s Choice Awards. The top few sites on the esteemed list include Dice.com, CareerBuilder.com, CollegeRecuiter.com, and SimplyHired.com. “With more than 100,000 job boards now operating on the web, it’s hard to know which…(Read More)
Susan Young, CEO, Get in Front Communications Got downtime? Bored? Complaining that business is slow during the summer? It’s time to kick-start your success. Here are 10 things you can do right now to prepare for a triumphant rest of the year. Granted some of these may not sound like fun, but if…(Read More)
