Kris Roberson
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Compete For Talent Articles
The Blueprint for Construction Talent: Streamlining Your Hiring Pipeline
Still facing challenges in building up your construction company’s workforce in 2025? You aren’t alone: 78% of companies are experiencing difficulties in hiring hourly craft workers. While 69% of companies expect an increase in new recruits, 55% also expect hiring challenges to continue–or worsen. Despite a slowdown in residential construction, booms in the public sector, […]
Better Hiring Articles
Unlock Potential: Hiring and Training the Future of Construction
Needed in 2025: 439,000 net new workers to meet the demands of increased spending in public sector construction. Thanks to shifts in the construction industry, the gap is less than it has been in previous years. The top challenge remains that there are simply not enough trained construction workers to fill every role, which means […]
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Train for Gain: How to Train New Hires for Success
Waiting for that perfect candidate to pop up in your talent pipeline? Unfortunately, such an ideal is more of a pipe dream than a pipeline reality. In unskilled, hourly positions, staffing shortage challenges stack up quickly. Therefore, it’s vital to accelerate your chances of finding a good candidate rather than delaying for a perfect one. […]
Personality Assessment Articles
Soft Skills for Success: Skills Based Hiring for Entry Level Roles
Would you hire a candidate for your unskilled, hourly position if they didn’t have a resume? By the end of this article, the answer might surprise you. Unskilled workers may not have specialized knowledge, technical skills, or a robust resume, but even those without much prior experience bring potential. The reason? They often come with […]
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6 Effective Strategies to Hire Hourly Workers Faster
If you’re looking to hire hourly workers quickly, reducing your time to hire is crucial. Many companies hiring for hourly positions have their time to hire down to a week. However, most candidates are applying to multiple jobs and pouncing at those that express interest in them the quickest. Reaching out within 24 hours makes […]
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The People Behind the Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
New automation processes and digital systems have the power to transform the manufacturing industry, creating factories where innovative teams are supported by real-time data and production lines operate at full capacity. This Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is a future that many manufacturers are striving for but haven’t quite reached. For the 74% of companies […]
