Intel
Field notes from
the institutional bench.
Notes on how US construction firms hire preconstruction, cost and project management people, written for the person carrying the requisition.
Hiring
The replacement guarantee is marketing: what to ask a construction recruiter before you sign
A replacement guarantee is only as good as the conditions attached to it. The questions that separate a search partner from a sales floor, with model answers.
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Your chief estimator retires in 18 months. The bid history goes with them
The hardest part of replacing a retiring chief estimator is not finding one. It is that you cannot advertise the role while they are still sitting in it.
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Your job posting is why good construction candidates are not applying
The posting is doing exactly what it was built to do. It is filtering for available candidates, and the ones you want are not available.
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Quantity Surveyor Recruitment for US Contractors: Hiring the Cost Control Lead
US results for quantity surveyor recruitment are all job boards. How a US contractor actually hires cost control and commercial management leadership.
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Confidential construction executive search: replacing a leader who is still in the seat
Some construction roles cannot be advertised because the person in the seat has not been told. Here is how that search actually runs.
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Construction headhunters, recruiters and search firms: what the difference means for your hire
Three words used interchangeably describe three different contracts. The distinction decides who you actually reach.
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What construction management recruiters should ask before a preconstruction search
Most preconstruction searches stall on the brief, not the market. Here is what a brief has to specify before sourcing starts.
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How to choose between construction search firms: the questions that separate them
Every construction search firm says the same things. Six questions expose which ones can actually do the work.
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What a construction executive search firm actually does, and when you need one
Executive search is a process, not a resume service. Here is what the process involves and when it is worth buying.
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What a construction search actually costs, and what you are paying for
Construction recruiters charge a share of the hire's pay. The share matters less than what it is attached to, and almost nobody explains the difference.