{"id":2871,"date":"2014-06-18T13:12:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T18:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/?page_id=2871"},"modified":"2025-01-13T03:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:27:50","slug":"do-you-have-an-ideal-hire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/publications\/do-you-have-an-ideal-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have an Ideal Hire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Originally published for \u2013\u00a0<span style=\"color: #4c4d4f;\">Tuesday, June 17, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many construction companies have a target market when it comes to new customers, but does the human resources team have a vision of its ideal employee?<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content cf\" style=\"color: #4c4d4f;\">\n<p>If the company has a high turnover rate, managers may be hiring the wrong types of people. Here are some tips for getting the right employees on board.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #b0d243;\">PERSONALITY<\/h3>\n<p>Think about your best employees. They probably have some common personality characteristics. This is why family members and friends of your best employees can also be great employees\u2014they might share similar values and work ethic.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #b0d243;\">CULTURE<\/h3>\n<div class=\"in-content-zone\">\n<div id=\"banner-1-widget-container\" class=\"sidebar-container\">\n<aside class=\"zone\">\n<div id=\"beacon_03b36bd19b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/constructionadnetwork.com\/www\/delivery\/lg.php?bannerid=226&amp;campaignid=205&amp;zoneid=80&amp;loc=http%3A%2F%2Fenewsletters.constructionexec.com%2Fmanagingyourbusiness%2F2014%2F06%2Fdo-you-have-an-ideal-hire%2F&amp;cb=03b36bd19b\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" title=\"\">What is the culture of your company? Marketers call this the brand; not just a logo, but the collection of experiences one has with a company. For example, if you think of the Apple brand, you may picture Apple\u2019s logo, but you\u2019re also going to think about your experiences with their computers, mobile devices, commercials and the Apple store itself.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: #b0d243;\">BRAND<\/h3>\n<p>Knowing one\u2019s brand is important because once the company knows who it is, it can find people that fit its brand. Race, gender, religion and age don\u2019t matter (and they can\u2019t legally). What matters is the person\u2019s personality, work ethic, experience and other factors deemed important to gauge whether they fit within the company.<\/p>\n<p>For example, one veteran-owned construction company hires service-disabled veterans and veterans with U.S. Army Special Forces training as nearly all of its project managers. Its company culture is to take challenging projects that no one wants because challenges are fun. The team doesn\u2019t work Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. like many companies\u2014that work would bore them, and they believe the tougher the project, the better.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #b0d243;\">BEST FIT<\/h3>\n<p>When it\u2019s time to rebrand the company, this means more than changing the logo; it means changing the company culture and creating a new package of marketing materials to match the current culture.<\/p>\n<p>When the culture is transitioning, the human resources department should look for candidates that fit the company\u2019s new culture and personality as well as warn leaders that they may lose some employees who don\u2019t fit the mold. These employees may be great people, but if the company is becoming technology savvy and an employee hates smartphones, he or she isn\u2019t a good fit anymore.<\/p>\n<p>As a case in point, the Army Special Forces construction company mentioned above tried to hire civilians because it was concerned it was too narrowly focused, and it thought diversification would be a good thing. The plan backfired, and those new hires didn\u2019t last because they didn\u2019t fit in with the team\u2019s work-hard, play-harder mentality.<\/p>\n<p>By aligning employees\u2019 personalities with the company\u2019s firmly established brand, any construction firm has the power to build its ideal team, as well as reduce unwanted employee turnover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published for \u2013\u00a0Tuesday, June 17, 2014 &nbsp; Many construction companies have a target market when it comes to new customers, but does the human resources team have a vision of its ideal employee? If the company has a high turnover rate, managers may be hiring the wrong types of people. Here are some tips<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/publications\/do-you-have-an-ideal-hire\/\">[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1445,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2871","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6198,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2871\/revisions\/6198"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.brandconstructors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}