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Senior construction leaders say they want an A-player. What they actually want is judgment. A four-factor framework for what it is and how to screen for it.
I have personally observed, coached, and post-mortemed hiring inside more than 130 construction companies over the past fifteen years. I have watched thousands of interviews, tracked hundreds of hires through their full arc, and sat across the table from leaders who range from brilliant to dangerously unaware. I have seen the same patterns destroy the […]
Your hiring process produces the appearance of rigor. Multiple interviews. Structured debriefs. Written assessments. A decision made by a committee.
What it doesn't produce, reliably, is accuracy.
You found a good candidate and are ready to hire. How do you make sure you aren’t missing something that will cost you in the long run!? There’s always something lurking, isn’t there? Most bad hires do not happen because the person and the company do not align at some level, but the challenge is […]
Some leaders think the hard part is finding the person. They think the win is getting the signed offer letter. I see this all the time in how leaders interact with recruiters, like they are “great candidate” vending machines. But merely making the hire is not the win. That is just selection. Selection is easy-ish. […]
Companies fight for the same candidates. They want the “Boy Scout.” They want the Project Manager with the perfect resume. They want the Superintendent who has never been fired. They want the safe bet. Because everyone wants them, these candidates are expensive. And honestly? They are sometimes overrated. The best leaders we know do not […]
I get a specific phone call often. A leader asks a simple question. “What should I pay a (insert construction professional title) with X years of experience?” It sounds like a smart question. It sounds like they are doing their homework. They want to be fair. But it is the wrong question. It assumes a […]
In construction, you would never pour a foundation without checking the soil. You need to know what is under the dirt. Is it solid rock? Is it loose sand? A clay layer waiting to slide down the hill? Is there a giant sinkhole waiting to swallow your concrete? If you find a sinkhole or unstable […]
At Ambassador Group, we believe that hiring is one of, if not THE, most important thing any leader does. Yet, most interviewers stay stuck in the shallows, verifying facts found on a resume rather than uncovering the truths found in a human being. Solving Hiring requires us to treat the interview not as a chat, […]
The business world is obsessed with “Fast and Simple.” We have convinced ourselves that everything should be effortless. We want “One-Click” applications. We want AI to write our emails. We want hiring to feel like swiping right on a dating app. Indeed, I would be the first to sign up if the product worked as […]
