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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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2 Minute Tuesday | Is Your Voicemail Keeping You From Professional Opportunities?
Hi, Taylor Maurer here, Senior Managing Partner with Heavy Civil Resource Consultants. Back with another two-minute Tuesday tip of the week and this week we’re looking at is your voicemail keeping you from professional opportunities or lack thereof? A lot of people don’t put a lot of thought into their voicemails, but here is why…
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2 Minute Tuesday | The Power of Mentorship for Skyrocketing Career Growth
We are continuing on the topic of professional development. Why do we continue to develop professionally? Well, one of the biggest driving factors for most is usually is comes with some form of career advancement, which also means MONEY!! I mean who doesn’t want more money right? There is also a very powerful feeling of…
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2 Minute Tuesday | Personal Board of Directors
So a couple of week ago I was researching information for Mentorship Programs, I ran across this term that I had not heard of called the Personal Board of Directors. A personal board of directors lets you seek advice from a number of people you respect and trust on different topics. Setting up a Personal…
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2 Minute Tuesday | Professional Development Plan
I wanted to reach out to you today to encourage you to create a professional development plan or use milestones as a good opportunity to revise your exciting professional development plan. I know that in the civil construction field that after a 50+ hour work week it’s hard to imagine putting extra time into your…
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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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