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TJ’s advice on the challenges and market changes relevant to SME construction companies searching for talent on the West Coast.
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We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience. John Dewey You or your team hired someone who failed. They may not have had the skills, character, personality, or perspective that the position required. It’s easy to write the failure off completely to the candidate, setting yourself up to make your mistakes […]
We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience. John Dewey You or your team hired someone who failed. They may not have had the skills, character, personality, or perspective that the position required. Hello I’m a title It’s easy to write the failure off completely to the candidate, setting yourself up […]
“Expectations are dangerous when they are both too high and unformed.” — Lionel Shriver No one hires someone they expect to fail, so why do they? HIRING SUCCESS Success is properly set expectations. Ergo, be specific about sharing and understanding expectations in an interview to give everyone the best chance at success in the role. […]
“Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” — Richard Branson You cannot solve all your company’s problems but you can hire all the right people to solve them and then your company will be successful. ACCURIZE YOUR HIRING 1. Understand your […]
THESE HIRING MISTAKES ASSUME WE SHARE A FEW BELIEFS. LET’S GET INTO IT.
“Dating and hiring have a lot in common.” – Scott Wintrip A challenge our clients face in a candidate-driven market (fall of 2021) is spending copious time and energy with a promising candidate, only to have that candidate unexpectedly take an offer with another firm, or worse, explicitly leverage the offer to secure a better […]
If you’re not proactively managing your online reputation, someone else is. In 2021, it is impossible to grow and succeed as a company with a bad online reputation. For those that aren’t actively online expressing their culture and values, the story gets told for you by unhappy employees and customers. Below is the full scoop on […]
Everyone who is honest with themselves finds interviewing, job-seeker or employer, challenging; infuriatingly, bewilderingly, and expensively challenging. There are so many unknowns. Personalities, performance expectations, relationship dynamics, cultural standards, and more. The fact is, and I speak from extensive experience, everyone finds interviewing extremely challenging. The best companies I know with phenomenal leadership, top-tier work, […]
The beginning of any employment is inherently an evaluation period and some companies embrace this with a probationary time, trial period, or some such language. The intent is to communicate the extra scrutiny the employee will experience to establish trust, learn the company, and contribute acceptably. By making the period explicit it reinforces the need […]
First, answer a few questions. Companies are ultimately reflections of their owners. Consider what it is about your core values which influence your culture which influences your operations which influences the daily workflow, which influences how people are treated, and consequently, how they feel about working there. People want to be proud of their work […]
