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Building a Better Balance: Transforming Construction Companies with Work-Life Initiatives
Receive a Free Resume Audit Hi, I am Taylor Maurer Senior Managing Partner and Founder of Heavy Civil Resource Consultants and today I wanted to share some recent feedback we received from polling our vast network of civil construction professionals regarding Quality of Life in the Industry. The results are an affirmation of what…
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Poll Results – What is Your Outlook After Q2 for the Construction Market for the Rest of 2023?
Download Talent Capture Blueprint How is confidence in the civil construction market after the second quarter of 2023? Let’s take a look at our exclusive poll results which paint a different picture from the same poll we conducted after the first quarter of this year. Hi, my name is Taylor Maurer. I am the Senior…
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Poll Results – Reasonable Salary Increases for Great Candidates
Download EVP Assessment Do you know how much it costs to attract top tier talent in the heavy civil construction and engineering industries? I’m Taylor Maurer with Heavy Civil Resource Consultants, a boutique executive search firm specializing in talent discovery and engagement for exceptional contractors and engineering firms and I would like to…
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Poll Results – What is your Outlook After Q1 for the Construction Market for the Rest of 2023?
Poll Results – Hello, All. I’m Taylor Maurer Senior Managing Partner with Heavy Civil Resource Consultants and I wanted to share with you the results of our recent poll assessing civil construction confidence after the first quarter of 2023. First, let’s talk a little bit about what’s been happening with the economy in the recent…
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TCB 5: How to Catch Candidates at the Right Time
Ever heard the term timing is everything? Well, it’s true. If a candidate does not engage during outreach, when you have a proven message that converts, then it comes down to timing. What if you could reach the right candidate at the right time to bring them onto your team. Believe it or not, it…
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TCB 4: Why Your Hiring Message Fails
Why can’t you get candidates to engage or why are they falling out in the process? Today, I’m going to teach you a simple and surefire way to increase candidate engagement. Whether you are using job postings, email messaging, LinkedIn or InMail messaging, text, or cold calling, your message should always differentiate your company as…
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TCB 3: Where are your Qualified Candidates?
Where are your Experienced Candidates? A pool of experienced candidates is one of the three crucial elements to successful talent capture. So where are your top-tier candidates? In most cases the answer is; they are working for your competitors. Before you can cast your reel out into the water it is best to build a…
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TCB 2: Why Internet Job Postings Don’t Work
Why is that when you post a job ad on LinkedIn or Indeed, they frequently seem to get little traction with the quality candidates that you’re seeking? There are many answers to why this seems to happen in the heavy civil industry, but first we need to have some understanding on the context of acquiring…
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TCB 1: What’s the Cost of an Open Position?
What is the cost of having an open position go unfilled? So, you need to fill a position. It could be from attrition, company growth, or succession, the bottom line is position needs to be filled. The real question is how much is it costing you to continue doing business with the position vacant? This…
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Employer Branding and Employee Value Proposition
Your two most powerful tools for attracting the best-in-class industry candidates are your employer brand and Employee Value Proposition (EVP). If you are not crafting and utilizing these two tools in your recruitment marketing, then you are losing the war for talent. Let’s take a quick look at what they are and how you can…
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