Bridges, aviation, ports, roads, and other infrastructure throughout the U.S. have received an overall abysmal grade of D+. That assessment comes from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The solution? The president of Microdesk, Mike DeLacey, a construction industry consultancy, maintains that technology and processes such as building information modeling (BIM) can help fix…(Read More)
A group of bipartisan U.S. Senators are supporting a federal immigration plan to “increase the number of high-skilled foreign workers allowed into the country and give permanent legal status to an unlimited number of students who earn graduate degrees from U.S. universities in science, technology, engineering or math,” according to The Washington…(Read More)
Sears Holding Corporation has developed a sourcing model that’s worthy of consideration. It began with a basic Excel spreadsheet and data from a poll on Survey Monkey. Kevin Wheeler’s post on ERE.net reminds us that simple data can be powerful and more useful in the beginning because “it is easier to see…(Read More)
For the first time in 10 years, organizations are going outside of their walls to fill open positions. That’s according to the 2013 Source of Hire Survey released this week by CareerXroads, an HR consultancy in New Jersey. “A new survey shows that nearly 42 percent of 185,450 open positions at 37 large…(Read More)
The old standard CV that’s full of text and bullet points may be on its way out. Beyond.com, a career and jobs posting site boasting a community of 30 million people, says its new Career Portfolio enables job-seekers to create a pictorial display of their experience. A company press release points out…(Read More)
“Collaboration and web services are becoming the norm on more and more projects and transforming how the industry operates,” writes ENR’s Erin Joyce. “Construction firms increasingly are seeing the value of deploying web services, which can be broadly defined as a set of protocols that help apps to interact over web-connected devices.” Research…(Read More)
One recruiting professional who attended the SXSW conference with lots of other talent and sourcing folks admits he’s surprised by changes and functions within LinkedIn. The conference in Austin, TX sparked conversations about keywords, search, layouts…and costs. The author of this post, Johnny Campbell, says he’s not impressed with some of the…(Read More)
In our candidate-rich job market, you’ll need to spice up your recruiting efforts when looking for top-notch engineers. These four tactics, including hosting or sponsoring an event and networking with contractors, can help. http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/blog/featured/successfully-recruit-engineers…(Read More)
A new 3-D technology that could reduce the time needed to build housing developments and slash the need for dangerous labor is getting the attention of industry leaders. It’s called “contour crafting”, a practice that’s explained in this post by Stanley Jackson on ConstructionDigital.com. “Contour crafting creates physical prototypes from designers…(Read More)
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)
