People Management

Learn effective tips on hiring and managing a network of employees from these articles.

How to Attract, Retain and Maximize Talent

Written by Christian Simpson

In difficult economic cycles, it's common to see companies react rather than respond to the challenges of the marketplace. Driving cost efficiencies is obviously imperative. It's where the reductions are made that makes the difference between the business hoping for survival and the one planning for growth. The error made by many organizations is a common one: effectively liquidating their present and future performance by eliminating the one thing a business should never compromise, the education and development of its talent.

Tags: construction business , human resources , management

Written by Ed Rojeck

With total construction spending down 25 percent in 2009 and estimates of nearly 20 percent of construction workers currently unemployed, it's no overstatement to suggest that construction is among the top two worst hit industries in the recession.

Tags: 2010 March Issue , construction business , people management

Written by Brian Johnson

You would have to be living in a cave in some remote corner of the world to be unaware of how the economy has eroded over the past two years. With the overall unemployment rate skyrocketing to 10 percent at a national level, the construction industry has been amongst the hardest hit of all industries. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported continued job losses in the month of December, totaling near 27,000 in construction alone, bringing unemployment in the construction industry to nearly 20 percent as 2009 came to a close. As a result, the anxiety level of the working family is at an all-time high.

Tags: 2010 March Issue , management , people management

Written by Adam Bonsky

Contractors looking to work on American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) funded projects in 2010 can be certain of two things: opportunity and competition. While the ARRA was signed into law over a year ago, the vast majority of infrastructure projects funded with ARRA dollars will begin construction in 2010. A recent report issued by Onvia, a government contracting and business intelligence resource, estimates that only about 27 percent of projects created by the ARRA-approximately 9,500-had actually been awarded to contractors by the end of 2009. This means there are still over 25,000 projects that are fully or partially funded by stimulus funds, which will begin in 2010.

Tags: 2010 March Issue , people management