Employment Brand – Why it is Important
If you ask anyone what it is like to work for a high-profile company such as Google, Facebook or Apple, you’ll probably get responses such [...]
Home Construction Boom Benefits Manufacturers and Consumers Alike
The Commerce Department reported an 11 year high this May in housing starts which, despite thirty year mortgage rates increasing, puts manufacturers on solid ground. [...]
Anger Management Strategies to Use in the Office
Your daily office life can be stressful and our emotions can get the best of us. There are many stressors in the workplace - unpleasant [...]
Employer Feedback in the Construction Industry
While the construction industry continues to grow and hiring managers and construction employers continue to advance in normal business activities, there is still one area [...]
Answering the Dreaded Interview Question
For many construction workers, the interview is often very intimating, and when asked the question, tell me about yourself, there is often silence. Answering this [...]
Looking Past Resume Gaps
If you are like most construction hiring managers or recruiters, you deal with a large number of gaps on the resumes you receive. For years [...]
True Costs of Unemployment
Unemployment is not something that most construction workers want to talk about, yet it is a very real problem for many. Being unemployed is very [...]
Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Many hiring managers and recruiters spend their day looking at job candidate strengths and weaknesses, but seldom have time to look at their own. However, [...]
Ways to Keep Calm at Your Interview
The majority of people that go to an interview get nervous, even those in the construction industry. Whether you want to admit it to yourself [...]
Building Culture at a Construction Company
Some hiring managers will say that building a culture at a construction company is impossible, however, many have accepted the challenge and have found ways [...]