by FLCC Team | Oct 15, 2020 | Career, Construction Industry, Hiring
Last week, I interviewed a construction manager who previously worked on a Trump Organization project. This organization ought not to be confused with “The Trump Group” developers, who have no relation to our sitting President or to his family. Like other Trump...
by FLCC Team | Aug 12, 2020 | Construction Industry, Hiring, Interviewing, Workplace Behaviors
Time Magazine’s cover for May 2013 was entitled, “The ME, ME, ME generation”. The article that accompanied it is about the Millennial generation, born between 1980 and 2000. It discusses how the good intentions of the parents of this generation in trying to boost...
by FLCC Team | Jul 2, 2020 | Career Development, Construction Industry, Hiring, Interviewing
Marketing coach and author Grant Cardone had a reality television series a few years ago entitled “Whatever it Takes”. The series, based in Miami, featured individuals of all ages, races, and backgrounds competing for a job in sales and marketing with the Cardone...
by FLCC Team | Jun 10, 2020 | Construction Industry, Hiring, Interviewing
On Friday, the nation received encouraging news that 2.5 million jobs were added to the economy last month, causing the unemployment rate to drop to 13.3% (source US Department of Labor). The construction unemployment rate fell to 12.7%. Although this is 9.5 points...
by FLCC Team | Jan 17, 2020 | Career, Construction Industry, Hiring
The 2020 AGC/Sage Construction outlook survey just came out. I attended the webinar in which they confirmed over 900 companies participated in the survey. 81% of the respondents said they are having staffing challenges. The top 3 employer concerns for 2020 are...
by FLCC Team | Nov 7, 2019 | Career, Construction Industry, Hiring
Why do some companies always seem to hire the right people every time? My first CEO coach (when I just started building an organization at my company) pounded home to me the saying, “people for jobs, not jobs for people”. The truth of this is verified when one has...