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| Page 1 of 2 | Previous | Next | MARKUP AND PROFIT SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 Cutting Labor Rates Sep 16 Cutting Labor Rates Tweet A buddy of mine from the east coast called the other day. Recalculate your sales price, assuming a lower labor rate. Be reasonable – can you find a labor rate that puts you more in the running and still pays a fair wage to your employees? As things improve and the company starts developing a backlog of jobs, labor rates will be increased with the goal of getting back to making a decent living. careful with labor cost. Apprentices and laborers topped out at $18. We have all heard that song before. You make the call. | THE SERVICE COACH JULY 12, 2011 Talent Gap Challenges Future of American Skilled Trade Workforce Manpower concludes that organizations are challenged with finding skilled trade talent when they need to fill a role. They go on to report that 22% of employers say their applicants lack the technical competencies or “hard” skills needed for the job. The lack in skilled trade talent is not a new problem facing Americans, in fact back in 1984 Congress passed The Carl D. | | | | | | | THE SERVICE COACH JULY 12, 2011 Talent Gap Challenges Future of American Skilled Trade Workforce Manpower concludes that organizations are challenged with finding skilled trade talent when they need to fill a role. They go on to report that 22% of employers say their applicants lack the technical competencies or “hard” skills needed for the job. The lack in skilled trade talent is not a new problem facing Americans, in fact back in 1984 Congress passed The Carl D. | TEMPEST BLOG OCTOBER 5, 2011 Where Will An Upswing Leave You? New estimators and project managers may not have the technical and personnel skills to perform as well as needed. Construction Competitive bidding practices construction economy contractor craft labor designer Don Short estimator low bidder mentor Owner project management schedule Tempest CompanyA few of our contractor clients have seen an upswing in their markets. Yes, they are in specialty areas. However even specialty areas were, or are, depressed as much as the overall construction market. This upswing is both good and bad news for them. | CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEGE MARCH 30, 2011 Female Construction Supervisors Out-Earn Men « Construction Knowledge compared to $1.00 for men. However, there are some exceptions. recent Forbes article titled 15 Jobs Where Women Earn More than Men listed Construction Supervisor. Apparently 97% of Construction Supervisors are men, but those few women make more. The article states, “Researchers have found that both sexes fare better when they are in the minority,” says Caren Goldberg, a management professor at American University ’s business school in Washington, D.C. wonder if Port-A-Potties have anything to do with it? Comments (0) Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. | BUILDERS COUNSEL SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 Contractors Should Use Caution In Terminating Employees You might also create a similar situation if you promise attainment of a particular skill (i.e. Construction Liability Employment & Labor Managing Risks at will employment at-will employees improper termination non compete contracts non-compete agreement promissory estoppel terminating employees washington employment law wrongful discharge claimscertification, training, etc.) | | | | | | | | | -
WELD MY WORLD | SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2011 Southwest Louisiana in Need of Welders More and more people are finally beginning to understand what those who have worked as skilled labor have known for years: the number of new skilled laborers is declining. For years, high school students have been told to pursue college degrees in fields such as business and accounting and steered away from careers in skilled labor. In reality, many skilled laborers, such as welders, actually make more money per year than those who have four-year college degrees – and they don't have the huge student loans that often go with those degrees. MORE >> -
The Root of Great Employees: Great Training || Landscape. Your staff – your office managers, site supervisors and laborers – is the driving force behind your business. Your employees need to see that you, yourself, are continuously training and developing to improve your knowledge and skills. Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales The Root of Great Employees: Great Training We’re only as good as the people behind us. With the right self-empowered and innovative people on your team, your business has all the building blocks for success. But what is ‘great’ training? Engaged employees take pride in their company. MORE >> -
WELD MY WORLD | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011 Welding Careers and Salaries - Welding Resources and Tips Welding is one of the most highly sought after and high-paying skilled trades, with positions available in a variety of industries including construction, heavy industry, manufacturing, shop-building and other welding specific jobs such as underwater welder, certified welding inspector, welding technician and more. Welding Resources and Tips Learn to Weld with the Latest Welding Information, News and Tips Home About Subscribe Quick Welding Tips -- Welding Supplies -- « Safeguarding Employees with Robotics | Main | Fact or Fiction Revisit: Have You Kept Yourself Recession-Proof? MORE >> -
WELD MY WORLD | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Earn Extra Money Publishing Your Own Welding eBook Skilled Trades Welders As you’re probably aware, the demand for skilled trades workers, especially welders, is on the rise, due to a shortage of skilled labor in the construction, manufacturing and industrial fields. If you’re a veteran welder with years of experience in the welding trade, your practical knowledge and expertise represents a goldmine opportunity to earn great money by publishing your own welding eBook. General Welding Tips, Resources Welding School & Job Info MORE >> -
WELD MY WORLD | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011 Enjoy the Races With a shortage of skilled labor such as welders all over the country, a welder pretty much can pick and choose where they want to work and what they want to do. Do you love the thrill of auto racing? Do you enjoy watching the race and wish you could somehow be a part of it? Ever wanted to be right in the middle of the excitement? How about being a valuable member of a NASCAR or IndyCar crew? As a welder, you can be. There has never been a better time to be a welder than now. Welders can. Welding School & Job Info MORE >> - Mike Rowe Testifies Before the Senate Commerce Committee CONSTRUCTION INSURANCE BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011
- Upcoming Speaking Engagements on Building Codes & Going Solo CONSTRUCTION LAW MONITOR | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011
- Job-Hunting Advice for HVAC and Field Service Techs: Q&A with Mike Moore THE SMART VAN | WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
- 3 Legal Concepts That Are Counter-Intuitive…and Dangerous CONSTRUCTION LAW MONITOR | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010
- Building the Secondary Market for Reclaimed Building Materials CONSTRUCTION LAW MUSINGS | FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2011
- Don't Blame the Construction Workers « Construction Knowledge CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEGE | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011
- Encouraging Employees to Think Like Entrepreneurs || Landscape. LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT NETWORK | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011
- Help Wanted: Why the HVAC Industry Is Short 20,000 Technicians — Q&A with Mike Moore THE SMART VAN | TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011
- How Will Professional Tradesmen Jobs of the Future Be Filled? TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011
- Welding, is it a Job or a Career? WELD MY WORLD | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011
- Tips on How to Get the Most out of Social Media Marketing TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
- It's Not the Economy Holding You Back, It's Your Aging Workforce. THE SMART VAN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011
- Improve productivity without hiring more staff LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT NETWORK | THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011
- How To File A California Mechanics Lien CONSTRUCTION LIEN BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011
- Money Saving Tip #8 – Sub-Contractor Agreement MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010
- Working for a Living? GREEN GODDESS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010
- Are You Too Good to be True? MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2010
- Getting Something for Nothing MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011
- Make Those Decisions MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
- Negotiating – Not MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
- Guarding Your Time MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
- Quit Worrying About the Other Guy MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
- Let's Blog Off: Reducing Stress for Thanksgiving HTRC | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
- Are Your Foremen Managers or Leaders? LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT NETWORK | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
- Paying a Salesperson MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010
- If it wasn't in the budget. MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #16 – No Make-Work Projects MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
- Professional relationships with your clients MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011
- There's Nothing Like a Handwritten Note MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011
- Website Opinions MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
- Carpenter Heal Thyself GREEN GODDESS | SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #10 – Cell phone use MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #27 – Employee Reviews MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2010
- Are Changes Coming to Pennsylvania’s Mechanic Lien Laws? CONSTRUCTION LIEN BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
- You Shall Take a Fixed Salary. MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011
- Your Contractor Isn't Telling a Tall Tale. MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
- Unlicensed Contractor MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010
- What's Your Influence? MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010
- Should Salespeople Have to Generate Leads? | Markup and Profit Blog MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010
- Construction Marketing Mistakes MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011
- The things that matter. MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2011
- Don't Forget Your Wiring MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
- Bigger doesn't always mean more profitable MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011
- Employees Asking for Draws MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010
- Honesty, truthfulness, straight dealing MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #9 – Eliminate invoices MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010
- Video Conferencing for free MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 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 #19 – Fuel Purchases MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 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
- Surprises on a Construction Job MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
- Note from a former “Hammer Swinger” MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
- Growing Your Company MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
- Help Them Call! MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
- Who Asks the Questions? MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010
- You know how to unplug a toilet, but not everyone does MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
- Holiday Decorating – Keeping the Bills Paid MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #1 – Delivering Material to the Job Site MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
- Daily5Remodel – Valuable Construction Industry Info MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
- Websites – what you don't know can cost you money MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010
- Tax Treatment of Subs versus Employees MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 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
- Take Responsibility – and Vote MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 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
- It All Comes Down to Who's More Determined to Win MARKUP AND PROFIT | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
- 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
- Cleaning Up After a Low Bid Contractor MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010
- Make Sure You Can Collect that Final Payment MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010
- Computer Use in the Office MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010
- Greatest Country in the World MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010
- Money Saving Tip #32 – Renting vs. buying equipment and tools MARKUP AND PROFIT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
- Do you Act or React? MARKUP AND PROFIT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011
- One markup, and only one markup MARKUP AND PROFIT | THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011
- Starting Over MARKUP AND PROFIT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
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