Truth #1: Don’t get sloppy with your job search. Don’t spam your resume. Rather, be meticulous. Read, invest time, thought and care into your search. Truth #2: What you’ve done is the foundation on which you build your potential. It is so much easier to talk about what you can bring to a company if […]

I am a headhunter for the construction trades, and my clients have great jobs! I am a carpenter by trade and have lived and worked in Buffalo all of my life. My company is Construction Personnel Group, Inc.. We are not a national chain, a job board, or an aggregation website. We are the human […]

We have a hotel to wire in Olean and a hospital addition in Springville coming up in the very near future and could use some help. If you know what to do with MC cable, have time to jump on a project, and live in that neighborhood …then reach out to me.

I wasn’t going to bother writing because I figure—it’s the height of the season, unemployment is low, there are mountains of opportunity out there—you’re probably happily working and making lots of money! If for some crazy reason you or someone you know is not checking all of those boxes, I know of 192 pretty decent […]

10).  You’ll never meet a good roofer who’s unemployed 9).  Ask any banker—the most important thing on a building is its roof 8).  You get to work outdoors, in the sunshine and fresh air 7).  Few people get to see the world from a roofer’s perspective 6).  Roofing on your resume earns respect from every other trade 5). […]

Construction Personnel Group, Inc. working with Paramount Roofing installed EPDM on The Forge on Broadway. On site were Dan Rosario, Patrick Shea, and Luis Velez Jr. Another partner, Heatwave Heating and Cooling, has Kervin Davis installing HVAC.     To apply, send an email to recruiter@cpgbuffalo.net

Over the last 21 years, I or my staff have interviewed a cumulative 45,000 job seekers. It’s easy but often dangerous to draw random anecdotal conclusions about things like industry wages and why simply from our experience. Ideally, we would be able to collect real verifiable data. So I built my first survey..which I’ve learned […]

If you want your resume to get noticed, then stop making it read like a thousand other people who want the same job. Job Coaches who advise you to sell yourself are giving you bad advice. The act of selling implies that you are trying to convince hiring managers to trust that you are a good […]

You need an OSHA 10 certification to be in compliance with OSHA standards. Not all construction companies enforce this regulation—just the good ones 🙂 You can buy this class online for about $85 or get it here for free When: Mon 5/20 & Tues 5/21 — both days are 4:00 pm till 9:15 pm Where: A.D. Price […]

Today I interviewed a girl who wanted to learn a trade and be just like April Wilkerson. Check out her channel. She’s pretty badass!

I was scanning some old files and found this positive endorsement of our company. We were in our 5th year back then. Kimberly had just earned her degree in Accounting from Canisius. If I am not mistaken, she is now a Controller at a prestigious law firm. I’m proud of her! I regret to inform […]

This is construction. We build stuff that we can feel good about—things that endure, sometimes for generations. Construction Personnel Group, Inc. acts as your agent to find some of the best opportunities in construction. If you have experience, we’ll recommend you to the jobs that make the most money and have the greatest long term […]

Hammer time from r/Perfectfit

Journeyman level guys in just about every trade are impossible to find if you’re looking to hire. If your company can use a $30 wood framer to run jobs please reach out to me. I just so happen to know somebody looking for work.

Over the last 20 years, we’ve talked to 38,069 job seekers in WNY—The first 37,000 are probably wondering why I haven’t called them lately. Well life is short and you could get old waiting on me—so maybe it’s time to take action. Call me! I have 63 awesome jobs on my board! All we need is for […]