The construction industry’s skilled labor shortage is costing it huge amounts of money.
How much exactly?
In the case of equipment repair technicians alone,...
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How to Improve Your Onboarding Process For New Hires
It’s not unusual for people to accept a new job, then experience the employment equivalent of buyer’s remorse during the ensuing weeks...
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Should You Add Marijuana Guidelines to Your Employee Handbook?
Thirty states have legalized medical marijuana and nine of those have also legalized it for recreational use. This has caused confusion for...
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Use an 'Undercover Interview' to Weed Out Undesirable Candidates
Interviews can provide great insight. But do you know what a potential new hire is really thinking? Sometimes you don’t. That’s why...
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Make Room for Millennials at the Job Site
Construction has often been considered one of the last industries to embrace technology. That is starting to change, however, as construction companies...
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There are Many Benefits to Hiring Veterans
There are countless good reasons to hire veterans at your company — starting with the simple fact that it’s the right thing...
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What You Need to Know About Offering a Hiring Bonus
In the not-too-distant past, hiring bonuses — also called signing bonuses or sign-on bonuses — were only mentioned in reference to elite...
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A Bright Future
First of all, happy 2018! What does that mean for you? It means your company has made it through another year with...
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Finding That Quality Employee Is Not an Easy Task
Let’s face it: In today’s tight job market, it’s hard to find the technicians, drivers, and general laborers who are the backbone...
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Don’t Make That Same Big Hiring Mistake Again
I found my first job like this: I was a teenager, and my dad thought I needed a summer job. He talked...
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How to Deal With Unexpected Employee Turnover
Why do employees always quit at the worst possible times? It's the busiest time of the year, the phone continually rings, and...
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Rules for Hiring Great Office Staff
Obviously hiring office staff and hiring drivers is very different. Each job requires different types of people and different skill sets.When hiring...
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Keep Your Best Employees On Staff
The next time you conduct a job interview, keep in mind this startling – and sobering – statistic from a recent U.S....
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Some Hard Truths About Hiring
Remember the good ol’ days when all you had to do was put an ad in the local paper and hordes of...













