Trailblazing Tactics: Hiring Smart - When to Train and When to Bring in Experts
Samantha Cordero Prestidge
Management & Operational Excellence Coach | Empowering Managers in Commercial GCs and Specialty Contractors to Cut the Chaos and Build High-Performing Teams | Host of Construction Trailblazers Podcast ???
Hiring for roles where you’ve had a lot of turnover, have struggled to find great initial applicants, or where you just constantly feel stuck with subpar workers can feel like a never-ending puzzle – do you bring in someone with top-notch technical chops or take a chance on a great personality who will need some training?
In this episode of Construction Trailblazers: Paving the Way to Excellence, I’m diving into a topic that has hit home for a lot of my clients recently. Either they have gotten way too needy on the qualifications for a role or they’ve been a bit too lackadaisical for roles that truly require some technical prowess. How are they supposed to suss out when to hire who?
I’m laying it all out there and getting into the nitty-gritty of making these decisions with key, strategic insights - no fluff. It’s the practical yet empathetic balance between ideal and real-world constraints that we all face in hiring.
This episode is perfect for anyone who's tired of the trial-and-error approach and wants to hear a clear, actionable strategy to make smarter hiring decisions. Whether you’re considering adding someone fresh to your team or you're in the middle of a hiring crunch, this conversation offers something for every manager and leader navigating the hiring maze.
Tune in, and let’s explore together what it really takes to hire smart in today’s construction landscape.
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1 个月Sister I could have used this one a few years back. My default was to hire people and develop them. But too many times what I really needed to do was hire expertise