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Workforce Management

Workforce management for contractors—hiring, training, retention and labor strategies to build a skilled construction team.

  • Contract Labor: It Makes Even More Sense Now

    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.
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  • September 2007: Delegate or Abdicate?

    Of all the techniques we teach our clients, delegation is easily the most powerful and the one that most profoundly improves the operation of a business and an owner’s life.
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  • Partnering with Training Programs to Recruit Employees

    Corporate social responsibility programs are generally selfless; they help companies mostly by generating goodwill.
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  • The New Era of Immigration Enforcement

    Will you be ready if the government puts your employee work authorization records under the microscope?
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  • Humor in the Workplace

    Work… the daily grind’it’s a place where productivity is measurable and the bottom line serves as a necessary evil.
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  • Risks and Benefits of Hiring Foreign-Born Employees

    Construction industry employers often face critical shortages of skilled and professional employees. Many wonder if they can hire foreign workers to fill their needs. The answer is maybe.Employers who can anticipate workforce shortages in both hourly jobs-from foundation work to roofing-and in professional level jobs can use existing temporary guest worker programs if they meet applicable requirements and are not blocked by limits on the number of foreign workers who may be admitted under these programs. There are also special programs for temporary employment of college and graduate school students in part-time jobs and in co-op/work-study programs and for recent graduates. There is even a program specifically for Australian workers to come to the United States for temporary employment. Because most of these programs require…
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  • Look in the Mirror and There’s Your Business

    Dear Jayme: I know that a business needs a leader, but I don’t know what that really means. What does a leader do and how does he act?
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  • Creating an Effective Return-to-Work Program

    As many of us in the construction industry, I was fortunate to learn the business from the ground up. Growing up on a farm in central Virginia, I had been running equipment of some sort since I was twelve years old, so naturally becoming an operator was my calling.
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  • Meeting the Challenge of Entry Level Recruitment

    Anyone in the construction industry that is directly involved with recruitment or hiring knows just how difficult it can be to get the right amount of help, or even to find the right candidates from the pool of potentials.
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  • There Just Aren’t Any Good People to Hire

    I keep hiring lousy employees. Where are all the good people? How come I can’t seem to hire them?
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    How Can I Get My Construction Crew to Speed Up?

    I have been bidding construction of exterior architectural metal walls, soffit and roofing as a subcontractor on State truck shed maintenance facilities.
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    Understand & Manage Passive-Aggressive Employees

    From identification to intervention: a supervisor’s response plan
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