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| Page 1 of 2 | Previous | Next | CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY JANUARY 3, 2012 Arizona Construction Salary Survey Says… The Arizona Construction Salary Survey provides you with the employee compensation benchmarks for budgeting and data for best practices during your salary negotiations. The Construction Financial Management Association, Valley of the Sun Chapter is in the process of compiling the results of the December 2011 Arizona Construction Salary Survey. My favorite question in the Salary Survey is “What are the primary sources your company uses to recruit new hires (check all that apply)?” The actual reported LinkedIn recruiting usage in the survey were 8.7% | CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY JANUARY 11, 2010 Construction Salary Survey Carol's Construction Technology Blog Technology Solutions for the Construction Industry Home About News Events Webinars and Workshops Social Media Email Archiving jump to navigation Construction Salary Survey January 11, 2010 Posted by carolhagen in budgeting , Construction Industry - Software. I’d be interested in knowing if any other construction salary surveys have been conducted recently and if their numbers are congruent with the Arizona survey. was humbled by the expertise of my fellow survey committee volunteers and their dedication to the industry. web 2.0 | | | | | |
| MARKUP AND PROFIT MARCH 30, 2011 You Shall Take a Fixed Salary. Mar 30 You Shall Take a Fixed Salary. It says: You shall take a fixed salary from your business each month. Let’s get real – if you aren’t being paid for your work, you don’t have a business you have a nice hobby. You should be paid a salary to run your business, that salary is part of your overhead expense. 2) Are you paying your spouse for his or her work in your business? 4) You should figure that a normal workweek for a business owner is about 50 hours a week. Markup and Profit saved our business! | TRAIN4TRADESKILLS JANUARY 13, 2012 The Manufacturer Praises Train4TradeSkills for Research Contribution According to the research, British workers believe a decent salary is key to career satisfaction, cited by 64%, as well as a sense of achievement in your work (59%) and being able to work the hours you want (46%). However, better salaries don’t always equal greater job satisfaction. Mike Head of Train4TradeSkills, commented: “There are many people working in Britain who are not satisfied in their current job and while pay is deemed important, it’s interesting to see that big salaries do not always equal career satisfaction.”. Do you feel satisfied in your current job? | CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY DECEMBER 8, 2011 Construction Budgeting Resource for Arizona Construction company budgets are heavily weighted to the salary and compensation plans of their employees. Here in Arizona, the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is conducting an on-line Construction industry salary survey. Take the AZ Construction Salary Survey on-line: https://novisurvey.net/n/7g2.aspx. View the questions before taking the survey: 2011 AZ Construction Salary Survey. All contractors (GCs, highway/heavy and trades) doing business in the state are welcome to participate. | CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS NOVEMBER 6, 2011  Tough choices, simple decisions With something like two decades in business (I can trace my first publication to 1988), I’ve seen my share of ups and downs. I increased my costs, thinking a couple of additional sales reps (with salaries to start) would help us secure some new and established markets. Here, since we use a salary base model, the calculations are complicated. Business management | | | | | | | |
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CONSTRUCTION LAW MUSINGS | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011  Repudiation, Termination and Negotiation in Construction Cases (An Appellate Perspective)
Jay (@ jayokeeffe ) practices business and appellate litigation with Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore in Roanoke, VA. In Bennett , the eponymous executive was named president of Sage, at a salary of $360,000. Four months into his year-long contract, he advised the company by email that, if it did not increase his salary about $1,000,000, he would begin to look for work elsewhere. Business of Construction Appeal Breach of contract Construction Law construction lawyer contract Court Lawsuit Supreme Court of Virginia Trial courtThat was foolish. So I panicked. license. MORE >> -
 Delegation, stress and construction marketing choices
The mass of diverse files on my desk (and in my mind) is challenging, as I juggle diverse responsibilities of operating writing/editing for several publications while retaining general business management responsibilities of our organization, as we grow again. I chose to put our operating funds and retained earnings to work in hiring an additional sales representative, rather than use the same monthly budget for a staff writer/editor (or simply taking the profits out for immediate debt repayment or as dividends or an increased salary for myself). Business managementTweet. MORE >> -
CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011  Lunch with a billionaire
He said, in his speech, that he started his business with a $4,000 bank loan. Matthews didn’t describe his abortive first attempt at a business — importing lawnmowers from Britain with fellow entrepreneur Michael Cowpland. And knowing what you are doing means having confidence that your clients actually are interested in purchasing your product or service before you really start down the business path. I believe the success to failure ratio of technology businesses and venture capital concepts is like one success for 10 failures. Terry Matthews. MORE >> -
 Defining marketing and recession pricing: Some thoughts
A firm that does that will be unable to pay salaries and invest in technology and marketing at competitive levels. Harding, of course, has some real advantages — his Rain Making books such as Rain Making: The Professional’s Guide to Attracting New Clients are consistently the most useful guidebooks for business development for pforessional service providers (including architects, engineers and consultants). Business management lead developmentWe define it as any activity, other than direct calls, that put us in front of a prospective client. Well, maybe. MORE >> -
 More from less: Hourly or “value” pricing
On one level, I feel the “ouch&# as our business continues to earn 99 per cent of its revenue from advertising sales — but I appreciate the fact that delivering real value to our advertisers is far more than the ink on paper (or pixels on the website) — in part, it is in delivering enough supplementary resources to ensure that the advertising dollars prove to be an effective investment; and free, practical and effective marketing consulting certainly meets that standard. It is also one which I discover is one of the most humbling aspects of business ownership. MORE >> - Stressful choices: Money, competency and relationships in construction marketing CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS | MONDAY, MAY 16, 2011
- Social Media development. The UK Twitterati, tCn and PeerIndex story: Part Two. CONSTRUCTION MARKETING UK | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- Make Those Decisions MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
- Another look at fairness in the bidding process CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS | SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011
- The decade after Osama Bin Laden changed our world CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- Negotiating – Not MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
- If it wasn't in the budget. MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010
- Bigger doesn't always mean more profitable MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011
- Honesty, truthfulness, straight dealing MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
- Computer Use in the Office MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010
- Note from a former “Hammer Swinger” MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
- Websites – what you don't know can cost you money MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010
- Construction companies lightly represented in Fortune's Top 100. CONSTRUCTONOMICS | THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #19 – Fuel Purchases MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010
- How to discover the “beyond the beyond” in construction marketing CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS | THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011
- How should you hire (and pay) for your sales representatives? CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011
- Money Saving Tip #8 – Sub-Contractor Agreement MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010
- Getting Something for Nothing MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011
- Are You Too Good to be True? MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2010
- Paying a Salesperson MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #27 – Employee Reviews MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #10 – Cell phone use MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #16 – No Make-Work Projects MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
- There's Nothing Like a Handwritten Note MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011
- Professional relationships with your clients MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011
- Website Opinions MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Women and Compensation GREEN GODDESS | SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010
- Should Salespeople Have to Generate Leads? | Markup and Profit Blog MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010
- 5 Ways to Outwit and Outprice your Competition in 2012 LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT NETWORK | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012
- Your Contractor Isn't Telling a Tall Tale. MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
- Quit Worrying About the Other Guy MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
- Guarding Your Time MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
- The things that matter. MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2011
- What's Your Influence? MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010
- Unlicensed Contractor MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010
- Construction Marketing Mistakes MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011
- Don't Forget Your Wiring MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
- Money Saving Tip #9 – Eliminate invoices MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #13 – Present contracts in person MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #17 – No Promises Without a Commitment MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #18 – Hire Smart MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #20 – Time and Material Jobs MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #21 – Employee Bonuses MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #23 – Paying Subs MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #25 – Work with Sharp Tools MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #26 – Prevent Breakdowns MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #29 – Use Solid Contract Language MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #30 – Ask Lots of Questions MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #31 – Clear Pricing on Change Work Orders MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2011
- Money Saving Tip #33 – Don't Buy New MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011
- Money Saving Tip #34 – Review Change Work Order Language MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011
- Video Conferencing for free MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010
- Real Contractor Stories: George Urvari of Oriole Landscaping. LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT NETWORK | MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011
- 4 Incentive Programs to Motivate and Retain Field Service Technicians THE SERVICE COACH | MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011
- Take Responsibility – and Vote MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010
- Do you Act or React? MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011
- Growing Your Company MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
- Tax Treatment of Subs versus Employees MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010
- JLC Live Show Recap MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2011
- Money Saving Tip #22 – Spend Your Time Wisely MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #24 – Employee Issues MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010
- Employees Asking for Draws MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010
- Holiday Decorating – Keeping the Bills Paid MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
- It All Comes Down to Who's More Determined to Win MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #32 – Renting vs. buying equipment and tools MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
- You know how to unplug a toilet, but not everyone does MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #1 – Delivering Material to the Job Site MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #14 – Make them think MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010
- Outside the Box on Door-to-Door Marketing MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #15 – Time cards MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
- Cleaning Up After a Low Bid Contractor MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010
- Miscommunication – It's not pretty MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
- Surprises on a Construction Job MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
- Help Them Call! MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
- Who Asks the Questions? MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010
- Daily5Remodel – Valuable Construction Industry Info MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
- Your Employee Manual — Time to Review and Update! MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010
- The End Game – Have one MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010
- Make Sure You Can Collect that Final Payment MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010
- Greatest Country in the World MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010
- One markup, and only one markup MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011
- Starting Over MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
- Oh No! I've Graduated With a Construction Management Degree. CONSTRUCTONOMICS | SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2010
- Contractors Should Use Caution In Terminating Employees BUILDERS COUNSEL | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
- Cutting Labor Rates MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
- How to Recognize the Qualities of Superstar Employees || Landscape. LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT NETWORK | THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
- Construction marketing: Be honorable and generous in the right places CONSTRUCTION MARKETING IDEAS | MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2011
- my week's dose of education at construction association meetings CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
- The Good and Bad of Service Tech Outsourcing THE SMART VAN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012
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