With the full knowledge that our very existence consist of us working ourselves out of a job we strive to do our best and than go down the road with all the rest.
In the constant quest for the next big construction project you depend on various sources of information. Your ears are perked to any rumor of a job that sounds promising. You use the phone list in your wallet to stay in touch with several human resources representatives and old friends. You network with friends and mere acquaintances to radar in on the best prospects. You peruse the tradesman rag full of month old ads. You check your message service hoping for the big hit. You are keen to the signs of the eminent lay-off hoping to conventionally co-ordinate it with your next project. You carefully control your cash flow to reserve “drag money” for a long trip or a long unemployment period. During all this you are working hard to improve your skill and reputation. This is your life. You are an independent free spirit and you love it.
Now you have discovered the internet as a viable construction employment information source. The only trouble is that a lot of the human resources representatives in the construction industry don’t yet see the value of the net for construction recruiting. They still run ads in local generic news media. They still rely on the network contacts of past ad present employees. In lean times they don’t even answer the phone or return calls. Many of the ads you see are only for the purpose of improving databases and collecting information about salary and future prospects. At the end of the day it is up to you to ferret out the best opportunities, to separate the fact from fiction and make the best choices.