An associate business professor at Utah State University says he can determine if an employee is ready to jump ship. On the list of 10 factors, Tim Burns contends if six are positive, statistically, the individual is looking to separate. Burns maintains that based on the criteria, he’s correct 80 percent of the time…(Read More)
How much credence do you give to your gut instincts? If you depend on your intuition when hiring, workplace blogger Meghan Biro warns that going with your gut is too vague when making important hiring decisions. Biro says due diligence is needed, and she has five ways to avoid the common traps of bad hires…(Read More)
How do you keep clients up-to-date in our attention-starved business world? If you’re still sharing information through spreadsheets, multi-page reports, and PowerPoint slides, it’s time to refine your business communication. Visuals and multimedia are the buzz for 2014. Clearly, visuals have been integral to the construction industry long…(Read More)
Are you guilty of impulsive hiring? If so, you have plenty of company. A new survey from CareerBuilder finds that 49 percent of hiring managers make a decision about a candidate within a few minutes of meeting them. The research also concludes that 87 percent of hiring managers know within the first 15 minutes whether…(Read More)
Commercial real estate is a key driver to the success of the world’s premier cities. Jones Lang LaSalle, a global real estate investment firm, finds that Shanghai, London, New York and San Francisco are among the urban areas worldwide that demonstrate the combination of strong short term socio-economic and commercial real estate momentum…(Read More)
Reed Construction Data has encouraging economic news for the construction industry. In a company press release, Bernard Markstein, U.S. Chief Economist, Reed Construction Data, explained, “With an Expansion Index greater than 1 in 41 states plus the District of Columbia, the expected improvement in construction appears widespread across the country.” The December Expansion Index…(Read More)
DPR Construction, David Weekley Homes, and PCL Construction Enterprises have been named to Fortune’s esteemed list of ‘100 Best Places to Work.’ What separates these companies from others? The pay-it-forward mindset that helps local charities, business cards without job titles, and open floor plans have impressed employees. A number of energy companies…(Read More)
Punch lists are a basic tool used in the construction industry, and now Congress has one that’s been provided by the American Institute of Architects. AIA CEO Robert Ivy notes that the list of ‘unfinished business’ should help lawmakers focus on key issues, such as job creation and energy efficiency. “Congress left town in…(Read More)
Did the extreme winter weather play a part in December’s disappointing jobs report? Only 74,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy last month. Construction companies, which are heavily dependent on weather conditions, cut 16,000 jobs. That’s the biggest drop in 20 months, according to the Washington Post. The unemployment…(Read More)
Delivery methods, prefabrication, and technology will shape the industry in 2014. So says Bud LaRosa, chief business performance officer at Tocci Building Companies in Woburn, MA. “More companies will move to the cloud, which allows contractors to seamlessly share files of any size with virtually unlimited power,” explains LaRosa. “Cloud based solutions will help increase…(Read More)
