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Workforce Management

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

  • Construction Business Management and Leadership

    Understand the difference in leading and managing your construction business in this creative economy
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  • Employee Problems? Are they the cause or could it be you?

    I can’t seem to hire good employees. Some get the job done, some don’t. Some are slow, some are fast. Some understand what I want, some don’t. Nothing’s consistent. Does every contractor have this problem?
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  • Health Savings Accounts: Cost-Saving Mechanism and an Executive Benefit

    The Health Savings Account (HSA) is capturing an ever-larger share of the health insurance marketplace. Today it is commonly used by larger companies, but creative, profit-minded companies of any size should consider it. It is a unique opportunity both to save money and to benefit employees, particularly executives.
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  • There Just Aren’t Any Good People Out There

    Where are all the good employees? Why I can’t seem to hire them?
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  • Improve Productivity with Performance Evaluations

    Amidst a sea of policies, procedures, tactics and best practices, one of the most critical tools an organization must have in place is a credible performance evaluation system that will serve to increase productivity and efficiency, improve customer satisfaction and market share and increase employee commitment. With a well-developed system in place aligning organizational, team/departmental and individual goals, the organization will be in a much better position to achieve their overarching financial goals.
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  • What Is Your Hiring Philosophy And Does It Fit Your Business?

    How different ideologies shape company culture, workforce quality, & long-term success
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  • Prequalifying Subcontractors

    With this new infusion of subcontractors to the commercial marketplace, are you, as a general contractor, being selective with regard to which subcontractor you will use? As a subcontractor, are you trying to position your business to be a preferred subcontractor?
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  • E-Verify Now Required For Federal Contractors

    The controversial rule that will require most federal construction contractors to use E-Verify to check the work eligibility of their employees officially went into effect on September 8, 2009. This rule, originally issued in November 2008, had been delayed for several months pending review. In July, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the new administration would move forward with implementation, meaning that thousands of federal contractors will soon be obligated to enroll in and use the government’s E-Verify system.
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  • 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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