For the second consecutive year, the non-residential construction industry is looking strong. The Construction Industry Forecast from Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. indicates that 2013 will bring a modest increase in construction activity in most parts of the U.S. “Wells Fargo’s Construction Optimism Quotient (OQ) – the survey’s primary benchmark for measuring…(Read More)
Here’s the secret sauce when selecting the final candidate for a position. When choices are whittled down to two candidates, entrepreneur Bryan Burkhart of H. Bloom florists in New York says you should consider the person’s fit for the role and the person’s fit for the team. He offers insights about phone…(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)
“The ability to attract, extract, and deliver talent is—and always will be—a high-touch service which will continue to put recruiters at the very epicenter of the corporate future.” So says Adrian Kinnersley, founding partner of Twenty Recruitment Group, a global executive recruiting firm. Kinnersley explains that candidates want their recruiters to manage…(Read More)
Want to inject spice into your website’s Careers Page? Take a look at these 10 awesome ways that small and large construction organizations can breathe new life into their web presence. Sharing stats, creating micro-culture videos, and showing connections to the company are among the suggestions. You’ll want to bookmark this post…(Read More)
This may be the convergence of jobsite safety, security, and technology. A growing number of construction projects are using radio-frequency identification (RFID) cards to passively monitor everything from a worker’s jobsite activities, immigration status, and security credentials. “Being aware of what’s happening on-site allows managers to proactively avoid problems by having…(Read More)
The stats on recruiting, résumés, and employers are almost mind-boggling. Social network Indeed.com is celebrating as the month of January saw a record number of new visitors. What do 100 million visitors really mean? This infographic explains that “3 billion job searches were conducted on the Indeed network, which equals 67…(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)
Hiring managers may be busier than usual in the coming months, thanks to the U.S. State Department. Officials have admitted the controversial Keystone XL pipeline could pose substantial environmental problems but issued a draft environmental impact statement concluding there are no viable alternatives. According to USNews.com, the fed’s conclusion preliminarily clears the…(Read More)
When hiring a PM in an industry that’s prone to injury, exposure to hazardous materials, and stiff government regulations, risk management experience is a must. A post written by Balboa Capital, a provider of small business loans, states: “When at a construction site, project managers will be exposed to situations that they may not…(Read More)
