Turning Up The Heat On Wage Theft Alongside the U.S. Department of Labor, the Attorney General announced charges against Abdul Jamil Khokhar, the owner of nine Papa John’s Pizza franchises in the Bronx, and his company, BMY Foods, Inc. The defendants underpaid approximately 300 current and former employees by failing to pay minimum wage and […]

Here are a few great reads from other sites: The trouble with college, a listen from NPR going through the reason most students don’t graduate from community college (hint: it isn’t a money thing). Probable career paths in construction: a fantastic chart outlining what you need to do to get where you want to be […]

In Chapter 16 of 16 in his 2009 Capture Your Flag interview, “Start With Why” author Simon Sinek shares why passion is a result and not an action. He shares that finding one’s passion requires creating a process to make it actionable. Sinek shares why the first step is to identify what you love and […]

What is the best website to find a job? Before you go there, here are some things you should know.

We promise to do our best to always do the right thing. We promise that your application with Construction Personnel Group, Inc. has a much greater chance of landing you the job you want, then if you applied to any single construction company on your own. We promise not to waste your time. Headhunters often […]

Get your hiring manager talking about what’s really going on behind the job ad, and you’ll find that the quality of the conversation shifts dramatically.

Job-seekers who use their interview air time to ask questions about the processes, the obstacles in a hiring manager’s way and the thorny problems they’ve seen before in similar situations vault themselves to a higher level of conversation than the ones who don’t.

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 […]

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 […]

Let your true personality show though and don’t just rely on the info you have on your resume. Use this tip and you may even ace your next interview!

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 […]