Tim Faller

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Ask the Expert: Pre-employment Tests

A remodeler asks: Are there any pre-employment tests out there to qualify an... More

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Pre-employment Evaluation Systems

How can you be sure youíre putting qualified people in the field? Without... More

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Engineering the Customer Experience, Part 2: The Production Process

Once the project is sold, it's up to your production folks to keep clients happy. More

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Controlling Labor Costs

With the economic slowdown, jobs are smaller, more difficult to get, and sometimes at decreased margins. Material costs are rising and about the only way to make a profit is to control or reduce labor costs. But how? More

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Remodelers Look For Ways To Attract Young Workers

Remodelers who lament the challenges of attracting new people to the profession... More

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Benchmark Performance Against Specific Goals For Your Company

How much volume should your project leads produce? I'm always reluctant to give a general answer because of the endless variables within companies, markets, and projects. More

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Practices for shoring up morale

The market slowdown has made job security a real concern for many remodeling professionals. If you foresee slowdowns, I suggest these practices for shoring up morale: More

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The never-ending, final list of little things

The never-ending, final list -- the list that drives us all crazy because it's the little things. How do we get carpenters to care? More

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Australian Remodelers Look to U.S. Model

Remodelers are coming into their own down under, where the first-ever "National Remodelling Conference" (spelling deliberate) was held July 11-13. More

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An effective bonus system

Carpenters and other field employees tend to think in terms of the quality of their work, and good remodelers wouldn't have it any other way. The downside is that carpenters' quest for excellence sometimes distracts them from the company's bottom-line goals and needs, and their attention to detail can take more time than the budget allows. More

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