Posts Tagged: Construction Recruitment Agency

Navigating the Holiday Season as a Construction Professional

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Navigating the holiday season as a construction professional can be challenging. You might feel anxious and overwhelmed while trying to maintain a work-life balance. You might feel stressed about purchasing gifts for family and friends, participating in family gatherings, and engaging in holiday events. You also could feel overwhelmed about taking off work to help… Read More »

5 Ways to Ensure Your Construction Workers Are Delivering Quality Work

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Ensuring your construction workers create quality work is important. Monitoring quality control throughout each project leads to improved work delivery. Delivering quality construction work results in minimal rework and increased revenue. This improves your bottom line.   Implement these five tips to ensure your construction workers are delivering quality work.   1. Create Quality Standards… Read More »

Do You Have the Skills to Be a Construction Laborer?

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A construction laborer carries out a range of physical tasks on building sites. The laborer follows building plans and is supervised by construction foremen. A construction laborer who specializes as a helper assists skilled workers during specific phases of construction. These phases may include carpentry, bricklaying, roofing, pipefitting, and interior and exterior painting. Working as… Read More »

Tips to Help Manage Supply Chain Issues and Project Delays

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  Like most construction employers, you likely are experiencing project delays due to supply chain issues. These problems can be frustrating to you, your employees, and your customers. Fortunately, you can take steps to minimize project delays due to supply chain issues. These tips can help. Follow these guidelines to help manage supply chain issues… Read More »

2023 Construction Trends

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  The construction industry continuously is changing. New technologies and methods lead to ongoing improvements in the field. Remaining aware of these changes is imperative. Knowing what to expect impacts your team and company. This lets you prepare accordingly. Look for these construction trends in 2023. Remodels Kitchen and bathroom remodeling and basement refinishing projects… Read More »

Leadership’s Role in Creating a Best-in-Class Construction Safety Program

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A successful construction safety program begins at the top. Leadership influences the behavior that occurs at lower levels. Leadership’s support in prioritizing and leading the company’s construction safety program is important. The workforce’s safety must be at least as important as the quality, productivity, and profitability of construction projects. Leadership must remain visibly involved in… Read More »

Can the “Construction Skills Gap” Be Closed by Current Construction Managers?

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The construction management skills gap continues to exist throughout the United States. There are not enough project managers to complete the tasks required to finish projects. The lack of construction managers leads to internal conflict, poor execution, missed deadlines, decreased productivity, and lost business. These issues impact a company’s bottom line. Understanding why the construction… Read More »

Should You Reconsider Your Pre-Employment Screening?

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With the Great Resignation happening, you may be looking for ways to speed up your hiring process. This lets you bring aboard qualified applicants while they’re still looking for positions. One method you may be considering is the elimination of your pre-employment screening process. Eliminating this step would free up time to extend more job… Read More »

6 Ways to Have an Effective Performance Appraisal

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A performance appraisal lets an employee and their manager discuss the employee’s performance, goals, and future development opportunities. This typically includes reviewing previously set objectives, setting new objectives for the next review period, and taking notes on the discussion. A performance appraisal often is used along with other performance assessment tools. Examples include the following:… Read More »

Safety Isn’t Just Physical: 9 Mental Health Safety Tips

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The fact that May is Mental Health Month emphasizes how important mental wellness is. This is especially true for construction workers. Construction workers need to maintain mental wellness so they can devote their attention and energy to their tasks. This lets the workers meet the rigorous demands of their jobs and move forward on projects.… Read More »