America is the envy of the world with a high-intensity work ethic, but sometimes deciding to do nothing but work can, in the long run, hurt your work! In fact, a “vacation deficit” is a problem that many Americans now face that can have a long term, negative impact on their career! If you run
The economy is always a moving target, in that there are going to be highs and there are going to be lows. The reasons that these highs and lows occur can be varied, such as a natural disaster can affect a particular industry. In other cases, it may be due to financial or economic factors
Running a staffing company is all about efficient organization. Especially if you’re providing temporary workers to fill in certain jobs because that can often mean introducing workers into already well-defined, well-established routines and situations to do work for a limited time before stopping and moving on to a different task. One way that you can
No matter what line of work you’re in, deadlines exist for a reason, and when people fail to meet their deadlines, there always negative consequences involved. The scale of those consequences can differ, depending on the occupation. People submitting a report late can hold up proceedings in an office, but work can continue. However, when
Every business, even construction, is always evolving. New techniques come into play, new equipment is unveiled, or the market changes, and there’s an emphasis on a new trend in projects. Sometimes these changes, like price fluctuations due to trade wars, are things you have to adapt to and live with to survive. Other times, however,
Nothing ever goes 100% to plan all of the time, that’s just a fact of life. You may run into a traffic jam due to an accident that’s not your fault in any way, but it still makes you late. If there’s an emergency, such as a child in the family getting injured and needing
While it’s true that anything can go wrong in any business, construction is one of those industries where errors can sometimes cause a great amount of harm. The heavy equipment and tools used in the business mean that a slip up can result in significant property damage and, at the worst end of the spectrum,
No matter what line of work you do, there are going to be times when the unexpected happens, and you may have to put in more work than originally anticipated. Sometimes, this means that work is still unfinished at the end of the workday, and you can’t leave it like that. This means that you,
Keeping track of the time that employees have put in matters for everyone. Employees want to make sure their hours are clocked, so they get paid fair wages. Employers or HR departments need to know how much money is going out to workers, and who exactly is doing the work. In the past, this kind
When you run a business, especially one with as many moving parts as construction, you have to strike a balance between understanding what a job needs to be completed, having the administrative ability to stay organized, and make sure all those moving parts do their jobs smoothly. After all, the best welder in the world