Hiring and Firing

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    Rehiring Staff...?

    Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: When business picks up again, what indicators will you need to rehire staff?

     
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    Cut Staff...?

    Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. An introduction of the article and the participating remodelers.

     
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    Marketing Strategies That Are Working...?

    Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: What marketing strategies are working for you?

     
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    Red Flags Ignored...?

    Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: What red flags will you never ignore again?

     
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    Doing Less in 2009...?

    Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: What Do You Vow to Do Less of in 2009 and Beyond, and Why?

     
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    Biggest Mistakes...?

    Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: what were your biggest mistakes over the past three to four years?

     
  • Hiring Former Owners

    Hiring former owners as carpenters, project managers, salespeople, estimators, or office managers can be a big plus for all concerned. The hire gets a job and the one doing the hiring adds to his staff someone who knows how homes are designed and built, products ordered, work sold, and change...

     
  • Minnesota Law Cracks Down on 'Misclassified' Workers

    New Minnesota law scrutinizes construction industry employer-independent contractor relationships.

     
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    The Upsides of Downsizing Can Include Better Replacement Staff

    Layoffs can be unavoidable in the remodeling recession, but they can also be a valuable impetus for rewriting job descriptions and coming out stronger.

     
  • Getting Through Hard Times by Expanding or Contracting Your Overhead

    A mix of layoffs and reassigned duties may be necessary to get your business through tough economic times.