In this Issue:
Be Smart
2006 was, knock wood, the most successful year ConstructionJobs.com has had. Because the industry we serve prospered, we prospered. We work to become an ever-more trusted and solid source for top-flight construction professionals who want to post their resume on a website that caters specifically to their career and knows their craft, and we continue to post coveted executive, management and trade positions for those professionals to review.
With that said, we believe 2007 will offer ConstructionJobs.com an even greater chance to serve you.
After studying trends we saw in 2006, we offer these tips to you as you decide how to present yourself as a candidate for consideration for the exciting and career-enhancing jobs that we post on our website.
Take a moment to read through these suggestions and make sure that the manner in which you represent yourself offers a potential employer the best and most accurate view of your history, accomplishments and potential.
Register:
To state the obvious first, make sure your resume is registered on ConstructionJobs.com. Hundreds of leading companies visit our site hoping to meet eager professionals like you, and they want that process to be quick and fruitful. You have to have a dog in the fight to have a chance: make sure your latest resume is easily accessible.
Update:
We see candidates languish on our site every year because they post an out-of-date resume which makes it seem as if their careers are stalled or stagnant. Be sure to keep your resume updated (register it anew in 2007), listing your current company, recent projects, commendations you have received, and any professional development you have strived to pursue.
Distinguish Yourself:
You may be a top-notch Project Manager or Superintendent, but your name itself will not generate interest from potential employers; so, you have to distinguish yourself in your resume by using key words, listing specific accomplishments, and using concrete terms that will come up in a search.
The Big Three Criteria:
What can you do to make yourself stand out? Well, make sure you list these three items sure to engage the interest of any successful company. On your resume, make sure you explain how you … Make Money, Save Money and Solve Problems on any job you’re assigned. Did you bring a project in two weeks ahead of schedule? Did you consistently cut down on worker injuries on your projects? Did you negotiate lower prices on supplies than your competitors managed? Make sure you feature those elements front-and-center on your resume. Every executive at every company wants energetic, smart employees who can make money, save money, and solve problems.
Be Honest:
Let your long record of hard work speak for itself, and don’t undermine your chances for consideration for a new challenge by falsifying information on your resume. Dates and degrees are easy to check, and companies diligently follow up on candidate’s claims.
Following these steps will give you a fighting chance to attract the attention and admiration of some of the strong and growing companies that use ConstructionJobs.com to look for men and women who will make 2007 their most successful year ever. We hope it’s yours, as well.
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The ConstructionJobs.com Scholarship for
Students in Construction
An Exciting New Educational
Opportunity
ConstructionJobs, Inc. is pleased to announce the creation of the ConstructionJobs.com Scholarship for Students in Construction, a $1,000 scholarship we will offer to students from across the country who are attending school (community colleges or 4-year universities) and are simultaneously involved in the construction industry, with a particular emphasis on professionals working in trades. We are excited about this opportunity to encourage young men and women to pursue a career in a proud and important industry.
Alan Kerschen, the Sales Manager at ConstructionJobs.com, is excited that ConstructionJobs.com is working to address a serious problem facing the construction industry. “We are in contact every day with clients around the country, and we know they are concerned that there aren’t enough capable, committed students in college who are aiming for a career in construction. We hope this Scholarship will encourage and assist some young person who does want to pursue a career in this worthy field.”
Students eligible for the scholarship will be enrolled in school for the semester in which they apply for the ConstructionJobs.com Scholarship for Students in Construction. They will be majoring in a course of studies related to construction - construction management or civil engineering, for example - or a course specific to their trade – electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and so forth. If you feel you would be a worthy applicant for this scholarship, or if you know of someone who would benefit from learning about this opportunity, please visit ConstructionJobs.com and find our online application.
The first scholarships will be awarded for the Fall 2007 semester. ConstructionJobs.com will accept applications until May 1, 2007. Recipients will be chosen during May and June of 2007, and a prize of $1,000 will be deposited into each recipient’s account at the college where he or she is enrolled for the relevant semester.
We will award the Scholarship to students who have shown – through their work history and academic program – a commitment to construction. If you have questions, please contact us at scholarships@constructionjobs.com or give a call at 828-251-1344.
Additional information concerning the ConstructionJobs.com
Scholarship Program can be found on our website.
Save Time. Apply Online.
By Jennifer Anthony, Resume Expert
In today’s job market, you have many options when it comes to applying for a job; you can apply in person, via postal mail, fax, e-mail, or through an online job database site, just to name a few.
So, which one do you choose when you have all of those options? »more
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Happy Searching,
The ConstructionJobs Team
