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    Career Matchmaking and Dating

    As a Career Matchmaker I get many single professionals asking me if I can also introduce them to the right love match.  There are many similarities with dating for long term relationship and dating for a career match. Although […]

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    The Balance of Power in the Workplace

    Who is more important in the workplace, employer or employee? Established business owners know you can’t grow and sustain a business without the right human capital. Human capital refers to the stock of knowledge, talent, skills, and abilities brought […]

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    Gentle Workplace Management

    Being the dominant personality I am, I grew up hearing the words “be gentle” quite often, but I never interpreted it to do with character. It was more when handling things such as small chicks or ornaments for the […]

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    A Big Career Step in the New Year

    Reflecting back and setting goals for 2022 included, for me, assessing the matches we made this year. Thankfully we had very few matches that didn’t work out. The “fall-offs,” as we call them, do, though, all have a common […]

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    Eyes Open in the Workplace

    Countenance as dictionary.com states is appearance, especially the look or expression of the face. Merriam-Webster states:  facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling. The verb form countenanced or countenancing means to approve, support, permit, tolerate, encourage.  You should have countenanced […]

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    Interpretation and the Follow-up Questions

    Have you ever seen the lists that circulate social media asking how many items can you check off the list? The question asked is whether you have done or have never done each item on the list. Some of […]

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    How Did You Lead This Year?

    Leadership has been tested at an all-time high these past two years. Sick time, typically being at a minimum for hard-charging construction professionals, became the forefront of business planning and implementation. New technology implementations became necessary to provide remote […]

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    Effects Spending Habits Have on Your Career

    We turned the calendar to November, officially ushering in the holiday season. This is frequently the time of year many in the workplace are in the celebration way, using remaining PTO, maybe looking forward to a bonus, and, as […]

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    Calling All Developers and Builders

    This month we invited Kristi Gibbs, national executive director/CEO and founder of Construction Angels to come by and give us an update. We personally introduced our newer staff members to Kristi and discussed how we have supported the charity […]

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    Work is Part of Your Life

    Recently on LinkedIn, Adam Grant, Organizational Psychologist at Wharton, posted: “For generations, we’ve organized our lives around our work. Our jobs have dictated where we make our homes, when we see our families, and what we can squeeze into […]

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    Hiring Smart to Support Your Field Managers Who Directly Manage Working Foremen and Trades

    This past year, more than years past, we’ve had more superintendents and field managers want to leave self-performing contracting firms for roles where the contractor subcontracts the trade labor. They state there is a shortage of qualified tradesmen and […]

    3 years ago, by
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    Humble Confidence at Any Stage in Your Career

    This week we facilitated a class at FIU where we coached Construction Management and Engineering students on how to prepare their best selves when entering the workforce and taking the next step in their careers.  Specifically we discussed ‘humble […]

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