AMBASSADOR UPDATES
What do people want in a job? You find someone with great skills. You make an offer. Then they say no. Or even worse, they say yes but quit six months later. Why? It is frustrating and costly. It slows down your projects. Many leaders think the answer is just more money. Money matters. But […]
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 […]
Thirty years ago, hiring was simpler. If you were a leader in construction, you held all the cards. You had the job. People needed work. You put an ad in the newspaper. People lined up. You looked them over. You picked the strong ones. You told them what to do. You did not need to […]
Most recruiting firms work backwards. They start with a job description. It is a box. Then, they go out and find a person. They try to stuff the person into the box. If the person does not fit, the recruiter says, “This candidate is not a fit.” It sounds like a judgment. It sounds like […]
It only takes one minute to ruin a project. It is not always a safety issue. It is not always a bad contract. Sometimes, it is the exact moment a leader loses their cool. We have all seen it. A Project Manager gets bad news. Maybe the concrete is late. Maybe the client changed the […]
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 […]
Most people think they know what a recruiter does. They think we are just salespeople. They think we try to hide the bad parts of a job just to get a fee. They think we paper over weaknesses in a candidate just to fill a seat. But those people are wrong. If you hide the […]
Fitting in on a good day is easy. The real test of a new hire isn’t how they operate when everything goes right, it is how they fit when the pressure is on. Most companies stop at “Can they do the job on paper?” and are shocked when the candidate crumbles in a rough situation. […]
I have spent thousands of hours interviewing people. I have sat across the table from Project Managers, Superintendents, and Executives. I have read more resumes than I can count. In the beginning of my career, I thought I had a superpower. I thought I could talk to someone for ten minutes and know everything about […]
