Hiring and Firing

Hiring and Firing

• Let others do your hiring

  I recently hired someone for an important position. I'm pleased with her potential. The odd thing is she had a good job and was happy there. I found her through an agency.

   
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  Open house for carpetners

  In its quest to find carpenters, Bowers Construction has hosted five open houses in the past two years. The idea came from vice president John Coburn, who wanted a more personal approach for hiring. He also wanted a quicker solution because the process of running an ad and conducting interviews...

   

• Basic truths about remodeling

  Having worked in and around remodelers for more than 35 years now, I've put together a list of some important truths about this business I'd like to offer for your consideration.

   

• Involve Lead Carpenters in Hiring Process

  Upper-level field staff should be included in the hiring process for a new employee who will become part of their team. Most lead carpenters are not familiar with hiring. Here are a few tips to help them evaluate potential employees during an interview.

   

• Remodelers Need to be Proactive Planning for Growth

  Milestones as goals can be tangible, like moving from being an employee to being self-employed or hiring your first office person or first lead carpenter. But they can also be less tangible, like spending more time with your family, working only 50 hours a week, or taking a two-week vacation...

   

• The parts of a remodeling business too important to delegate

  My goal is to create a company that operates within clearly defined systems and procedures, with each department (sales, production, and administration) managed by a key employee. If I am indispensible in any way, then an unexpected event that takes me out of the picture is a death blow to the...

   

• Method for Hiring Field Staff

  Hiring field staff is one of the most important parts of a manager's job — especially in today's tough labor market. Getting the right people in the right jobs is so critical, it cannot be left to chance. Here's a method that one prominent remodeler in Maryland uses to help insure a qualified hire.

   

• Portable Data Storage Devices Pose Threats If You Aren't Diligent

  Remodelers' hard drives might not be the most tempting targets for hackers, but there are still plenty of threats to your digital security. Portable storage devices have made it easy for your data to walk right out the door with a careless or disgruntled employee.

   

• Effective interviewing and hiring methods

  How many times have you hired someone because that person happened to be in the right place at the right time, only to find out later that he or she wasn't really qualified?

   

• When to fire a field employee

  Good field employees are so hard to come by that letting someone go can be agonizing. Therefore, when an employee makes a mistake like showing up late to work or not returning extra materials for credit, we give them a few warnings before termination.