Builder Magazine: Hiring

Star Power? Don't Get Burned When You Hire a Star Employee

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:32:22 EST

That star candidate may not be so stellar for your company. Industry consultant Paul Winans blogs about how to avoid making a costly hiring mistake.

For One Big Builder, Pink Slips Are a Thing of the Past

Mon, 1 Oct 2012 03:36:01 EST

Sales growth has led to a boom of a different kind.

Competing at IBS, Show-Stopping Students Lack an Audience

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:42:11 EST

NAHB student chapters bring the rising generation's top talent to the show, but the program is still fighting for funding and for builders’ attention.

Former JetBlue Financial Chief Joins Taylor Morrison

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:42:00 EST

Ed Barnes, who will be serving as the builder's chief financial officer, will be focusing on expansion as the real estate market improves, he says.

When They Start Hiring Again, Builders Could Have Some Landmines to Step Over

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:06:49 EST

Noncompete and severance agreements, as well as potential discrimination issues, must be reconciled.

Job Growth Slows, Disappoints

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:26:31 EST

The Labor Department's monthly report on employment for May, released Friday morning, showed nearly all job growth came as a result of the hiring of temporary census workers and missed expectations by a wide margin. The report said total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 431,000 in May, with 411,000 of those jobs coming via the census. The private sector added only 41,000 jobs, which were counterbalanced by job losses of about half that amount.

KB Names Third CFO in Two Years

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:11:14 EST

KB Home (NYSE:KBH), Los Angeles, on Thursday announced the hiring of its third chief financial officer in the past two years. He is Jeff Kaminski, who will join KB June 7 from the same post at Federal-Mogul Corporation, a Michigan-based automotive technology company.

Feds Target Employers of Undocumented Workers

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:56:02 EST

Builders must be able to verify that they and their subs meet immigration and hiring statutes.

Real Estate Agencies and Builders Will Need to Adapt to the Next Generation Entering the Real Estate Sales Workforce

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:29:53 EST

The next generation of sales agents are motivated by a different set of standards and practices.

Government jobs report shows residential construction jobs continue to disappear.

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:16:11 EST

Government jobs report shows residential construction jobs continue to disappear.

February Editor's Notes

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:10:28 EST

Only the fortunate will be attending this year's NAHB convention.

Don't Slow Your Job Search During the Holiday Season

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:33:13 EST

"Not only don't things slow down in December, but there's a sense of urgency to fill jobs in many cases," says Tim Jones, vice president of human resources for Ixia, a communications technology test systems maker based in Calabasas, Calif. Even though you may have heard otherwise, don't drop out of the market over the holidays. By staying active, you'll have an advantage over candidates who think nothing happens in December and who take a break until January.

Managing Growth

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:30:04 EST

How to manage growth for optimal profitability.

Bruised by the downturn, builders turn to the fundamentals of the construction game.

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:49:48 EST

For builders, the current market conditions are no game and the stakes are nothing less than survival. You can't afford to drop the ball because there just aren't that many opportunities right now to put points on the board. That's why it's critical to master the fundamentals of the business: hiring and hanging on to good employees, holding a customer's hand through the sales process, controlling your jobsite, and building customer satisfaction through warranty service.

Breaking Into Your Dream Industry When You Lack Superstar Skills

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:10:41 EST

You want all the perks associated with a job in your favorite niche but your background isn't an ideal fit. Here's how to turn the odds of success in your favor.

Advice for Recent Graduates Stepping Into 'The Big Unknown'

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:10:04 EST

John Sadofsky wanted to be ready when he started his first postcollege job at a big accounting firm in Chicago last fall. The 23-year-old read financial books, sought a mentor's advice, attended a company networking event and bought some dress shirts. "When you graduate, you're going off into the big unknown," he says. As a new crop of college graduates prepares to follow Mr. Sadofsky into the workplace, not all will prepare themselves so thoroughly. And no matter how much they do to get ready, many students will feel a bit overwhelmed. But career counselors say there are steps everyone can take to get a head start.

NAHB Reacts to Preliminary Immigration Bill

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:03:47 EST

As a bipartisan immigration bill enters the arena of political and public debate, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) weighed in, focusing mostly on what it called the "deputizing" of the home building community."Home builders are home builders. Law enforcement officers are law enforcement officers," NAHB CEO Jerry Howard told BUILDER Online in a telephone interview on Friday. "Builders should not have to enforce the law." Howard's concerns relate to the possibility of any provisions of the bill holding general contractors "responsible for the hiring decisions made by their subcontractors [which] could have significant repercussions for the nation's business community."

Invisible Men

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:21:04 EST

The big builders that build two out of every five of the nation's new homes collectively pay at least $8 billion a year to hire undocumented workers, according to an analysis by BIG BUILDER. And they like it that way.

No Turning Back

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:37:45 EST

TEN TIMES,ADRIAN CALDERON SWAM THE RIO GRANDE in the dark trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States, carrying nothing more than an extra pair of jeans in a duffel bag. Ten times, he was turned back by border patrol officers. Finally, he had had enough.

One Fell Swoop

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:29:02 EST

BUILDERS IN THE FUTURE MAY WELL POINT TO May 9, 2006, as the day when the immigration debate stopped being academic for the housing industry. Early that morning, federal agents raided three of Fischer Homes' jobsites in Kentucky, Fischer's headquarters in Crestview Hills, Ky., and apartment complexes where contractors allegedly boarded illegal workers. That raid led to the arrests of 76 undocumented workers and four of the builder's construction supervisors.