Facebook’s new Social Graph Search is ripe with opportunities for niche recruiters. Industry strategist Jessica Miller-Merrell maintains the Graph function has “opened the doors for recruiters by allowing improved search of friend’s data and better access to public information.” If you’re beginning to dabble in this platform, you will appreciate these…(Read More)
With 52 percent of job seekers using Facebook to find work, the channel’s new Graph Search is a big help to hiring managers and recruiters. Social employee referral management platform Zao has compiled this infographic, which offers several tips on how to target your search. http://www.recruiter.com/i/how-recruiters-can-take…(Read More)
Would you agree that HR pros are only as good as the recruiters who do their filtering? To avoid having “poorly trained, unapproachable, and lackluster recruiters” tasked with finding your next superstar, check out these tips from Shannon Smedstad, a recruiting and HR social media consultant. She reminds us that successful recruiters have product knowledge…(Read More)
Green building in North America will continue to see strong growth throughout the coming year. That’s according to green building consultant Jerry Yudelson, who predicts that 2014 will also experience a growing focus on energy efficiency and zero-net-energy buildings. http://www.constructech.com/news/articles/article.aspx?article_id=9896&SECTION=1…(Read More)
What can be done on jobsites to reduce the likelihood of claims being filed against your company? A few of the common trends that result in disputes include labor or material shortages, unplanned disruptions, and architect-related delays. Joshua Johnson, a partner with Gentry, Locke, Rakes and Moore, a law firm that handles construction and…(Read More)
So you want to get a job but you are not sure what type of job you want to get; well, there is one type of job that you will likely be able to get with no problem, a construction job. You probably relate construction jobs with slave labor and you assume that you will…(Read More)
Construction headhunters and even regular executive recruiters that are specialized in construction jobs are always looking for people that have the right experience and the proper skills in order to recommend to employers. Due to the current evolution of technology, the headhunters are no longer using the regular media channels to locate the proper candidates…(Read More)
Road construction jobs are very popular nowadays because of the fact that they are usually a lot safer than other construction jobs and the fact that the pay is usually higher. The problem is that such jobs are not widely advertised and it is quite common that by the time you hear about it, the…(Read More)
Whenever looking for jobs in construction, it is quite common to have to go through a screening phone interview. In order to have the best chances of passing it, there are some tips that you should take into account. For starters, when the conversation starts, you need to write down the name of the person…(Read More)
