HR Carnival

The new HR Carnival is up at the Evil HR Lady.

Construction Interview Tips

The most popular search term that's bringing visitors to my blog is construction interview tips, so it seems like something people want to know about. Therefore, I thought I would give you a tip. Apply for positions that match your experience and be prepared to describe specifics in your experience that indicate a true fit to the position. I constantly see resumes of applicants who are not a fit for our company. There are different kinds of construction. Some examples of construction types are:

- Industrial
- Commercial
- Bridge & Road (Heavy)
- Residential

Austin Industrial does industrial construction - we build, upgrade, and maintain chemical plants, refineries, ethanol plants, power plants, petrochemical plants, and heavy manufacturing facilities. However, I often receive resumes of people who have built airports, office buildings, hotels, etc. So, if your experience is building office buildings an hotels, etc., then apply with companies that do commercial construction. If you have built homes, apply for jobs with residential construction companies. If you apply with industrial construction companies, such as my company, then be prepared to discuss specific construction or maintenance projects that you've worked on that are chemical plants, refineries, etc.

Another interview tip is let the interviewer finish talking before you start responding. I've sat in on several interviews recently when the candidates would start talking over the interviewer before he had finished talking. Interrupting someone who is considering you for a job is not the best choice if you want the job. It's common courtesy.

Lots o' Hiring

Employment is taking off here at Austin Industrial. I have 2 new employee-owners scheduled to start next Monday and 9 people already scheduled to start work in July. July is going to be a crazy month for me.

This evening is the ASTD meeting. That should be interesting. Hopefully, I'll meet some good Training Managers there.

Recruiter position

A manager that I used to work with started a consulting firm with 2 partners. They specialize in infrastructure and IT-related consulting to the oil and gas industry. He is looking for a recruiter. If you know of any good recruiters who are looking for a job, please let me know. Their firm is in the Rice Village area. If you are interested, you can e-mail your resume to me. My e-mail is in my linked-in profile.

Presidential Candidates

I went to the HR Houston meeting this morning. They had 2 speakers talking about where the Presidential Candidates stand on workplace issues. Guess what. The Republican candidate supports legislation that is favorable to business and the Democratic candidate supports legislation that is favorable to employees and non-employed people (I.E. higher taxes, bigger government). Who knew? LOL. I never would have guessed. : )

HR Carnival

It's that time again. The new HR Carnival is up at Jon Ingham's Strategic Human Capital Management Blog. (That's a mouthful.) Enjoy.

Grand Canyon

Over the memorial holiday weekend, I went to see the Grand Canyon. It was breathtaking. I haven't been since I was 5. We went to the Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, and Lowell Observatory as well. They were all wonderful things to see. It was an excellent trip. If you haven't been to the Grand Canyon yet, you definitely need to go!

HR Carnival

The HR Carnival is up at the Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog.