OSHA changed the rules for residential construction workers on March 15th, 2013. No longer will they be issuing reduced fines, helpful hints, and consultations on compliance with the fall protection regulations. They are in full-enforcement mode, and you should be in full-compliance mode if you want to avoid serious penalties. Unless you are able to […]

We promise to only recommend the best person available for the job. We promise to work diligently to fill your job opening. We promise to give you more information on a candidate than you could reasonably get on your own. We promise to be ethical in our hunt. We promise to be honest. We promise […]

Generally, we dress business casual.  Sometimes the guys wear sports coats.  On rare occasions, we’ll be wearing nice jeans. If you’re coming from a job site, we totally understand that and are fine if you come as you are.

2014 – 05/07/2014 – Watertown, NY, general construction company cited by US Labor Department’s OSHA for ‘entirely preventable’ fatal fall at Pulaski work site. SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Following the death of 23-year-old construction worker Kyle Brown, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that his employer, Watertown-based general construction contractor MTL Design […]

Schneiderman Announces Felony Guilty Pleas By Roofer Who Defrauded Capital Region Homeowners via A.G. Schneiderman Announces Felony Guilty Pleas By Roofer Who Defrauded Capital Region Homeowners | Eric T. Schneiderman. According to the article, “Decker admitted that as part of his scheme, he stole $5,000 last summer from a Malta homeowner who had hired him […]

New York State has a Law that makes it illegal for a company to have a blanket policy to not hire ex-offenders. In support of this Law, we’d like to first cite a famous philosopher and great man of God.  In the Bible, Jesus faced a mob that was eager to execute a woman caught […]

Corrections costs for the states have quadrupled in the last 20 years — to about $52 billion a year nationally — making prison spending the second-fastest growing budget item after Medicaid. To cut those costs, the states are being forced to rethink parole, probation, and reintegration policies that drive hundreds of thousands of people back […]

I get this email in response to an eblast that I sent out advertising a warehouse position that we were trying to fill: i want to let you know i have sent my resume to your company, i have extensive concrete, and building trade experience, as well as a degree in civil engineering, i called […]

When you talk with as many job seekers and Human Resource Managers as we have, there are certain truths that begin to emerge.   For example, I know without any doubt, that the person who gets the job is not necessarily the person with the most skills and experience. Almost without exception, it will be the person […]

I hate the reputation that “Temp Agencies” have.  That being said, apparently we deserve it. I borrowed the following excerpt about a bad interview experience from a job board––and then unfortunately lost the link so am unable to give credit to the author.  When I read stuff like this it only serves to strengthen my […]

A friend of mine said to me, “John, find me some drywall hangers and I will pay you for your time”. To which I said, “You’re a legit dude, so I’d be happy to!” I ran an ad here and 5 people applied. He ran the same ad and 30 people applied. I would like […]

A letter to the guy who called our office (twice) and screamed at us because we were offering a drywall job that paid $17 to $20 per hour.

A friend of mine told me a story of a lesson he learned from an old Jewish investor from NYC. Eli was an investor and owned a ton of properties in and around Buffalo.  Dorian had a small remodeling company that happened to be really good at drywall.   Eli and Dorian struck a deal […]

I was asked the question, “Is leaving a job on bad terms ever okay?” I believe that how a person leaves each and every relationship (professional or personal) is likely a measure of their character. And if not their character, then certainly their personality. The exception to this is if you leave during the initial […]

Out of frustration one day, I posed a question on craigslist.  I asked, “Why are people so negative on using a Recruiter”?  Michael M sent me an email.  In it he said, A recruiter or temp agency are people who can’t or don’t want to do the tasks but get paid for the people actually […]