Candidate Newsletter - March 2007

In this Issue:

• Topic of the Month: "Pop Quiz"
• Article: Blue-Chip Recruit
• This Issue's Cartoon!

Pop Quiz

It’s March, and time for your mid-term exam!

Here’s an easy question to start you off:

1] True or False.
Client companies know all about your qualifications and your dream job even if you don’t post your resume on a web board such as ConstructionJobs.com.

Answer: That’s false. Our clients cannot guess of your existence unless you allow them to establish contact through a third-party such as ConstructionJobs.com.

2] Multiple Choice.
The best way to let companies know about your accomplishments and career goals is to:
a) Hire a small airplane to drop copies of your resume over the city where you want to work.
b) Drive past headquarters of the companies you admire and trumpet your abilities through a bullhorn.
c) Create a profile of yourself on ConstructionJobs.com, confident that some of the strongest companies in the country post their jobs and hope to meet capable and proven candidates like yourself on our site.

Answer: C. Outstanding builders use our site to list key positions and meet candidates like you who are interested in a new challenge.

3] Multiple Choice.
The greatest service that ConstructionJobs.com can offer to you is:
a) Bright, helpful, innovative associates who know the business and who can attract and steer leading companies toward you.
b) Confidence that the time and money you invest through posting your resume on our site will yield access to companies who could offer you exciting projects to build and a chance to broaden your career.
c) Nationwide exposure on a website dedicated to your business that the industry knows and trusts.
d) All of the above, and more.

Answer: D, of course.

4] Essay Question.
Write a new resume, or update your old one to include your finest achievements, highlighting your ability to make money, save money, and solve problems … and post it on ConstructionJobs.com today!

Blue-Chip Recruit

What’s better than March Madness in College Basketball? What’s more fun than filling out your bracket for the Big Dance, especially if you’re a fan of the Florida Gators, Kansas Jayhawks or North Carolina Tar Heels in a year when they get #1 regional seeds?

Success in college sports is tied closely to recruiting top talent: would Ohio State have a #1 seed of its own without Greg Oden in the paint? Would Texas look like a dangerous darkhorse had the Longhorns not recruited Kevin Durant hard enough to earn his signature? Even the greatest coaches and most tradition-laden programs can’t win a championship without blue-chip talent on its team.

So, maybe Weber State will knock off perennial powerhouse UCLA, and maybe by the time you read this, Belmont will have become famous for taking down mighty Georgetown. But probably not. The Bruins and the Hoyas have too much size, speed, depth … too much talent.

Are you a blue-chip, five-star talent? Are companies recruiting you to join them? Do our clients – some of the top builders in America and the construction equivalents of Duke, Kentucky, Arizona, and Indiana – know what you can do for them?

If you’re being recruited to make a strong team even stronger, then that probably means you’ve found a great way to get your statistics out there for all to see. Your stats may not be points, rebounds, and assists, but a construction company will be dazzled by a candidate who can make money, save money, and solve problems for them.

A great way to attract the powerhouse recruiting that you want is to let everyone see what you can do. Put an updated resume on ConstructionJobs.com, and get ready to dance.

ConstructionJobs has helped thousands of job seekers all across America find employment. Our award-winning job board and resume database is endorsed by various top national associations (see Partners) as their preferred partner of online recruiting representing over 50,000 contractors and design firms. For more information or assistance with your account, please email us at: info@constructionjobs.com.

Happy Searching,
The ConstructionJobs Team