Tag: new to construction

Workforce

Construction newbies: How to find your place at the right company and launch a successful career in the industry

In the previous installments of this series I wrote about what it takes to survive your first week and month as a construction newbie (see here,  here, and here). Assuming you survived and have proven to be a dependable employee, here’s some final advice on how to make a career in construction. The key in […]

July 17, 2014

Workforce

How to survive your first month working in construction

In a previous post, I described the attitudes and behavior newbies need to survive their first week on a construction site. Now let’s turn our attention to what folks new to the construction industry need to know to survive their first month. Assuming you show up 15 minutes early every morning, come prepared, and work […]

May 30, 2014

Business

Mailbag: Readers add criticisms, more advice for contractors and newbies looking for success in the construction business

We received quite a response from a couple of recent editorials, “The newbie’s guide to surviving your first week in construction,” and “The six habits of highly successful construction company owners.” So we thought we should share some of the additional ideas and suggestions we received via email from our readers—both the praise and the […]

April 8, 2014

Business

The Newbie’s Guide to Succeeding in Construction: 7 rules for your first week

Our industry needs young men. Young men need jobs. You would think these problems would solve each other, but there’s a disconnect. You could blame society, schools, Obama, the Bilderburger Group. Good luck getting any of them to return your phone calls. My solution is much simpler. If you know a young man who didn’t […]

February 12, 2014