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I found this to be really insightful! For those of you who have been in construction for a long time, what other advice would you share to those coming into the industry?

Ever wished for a friendly face to guide you through your first week at a new job? 🏢 ✨Calling all Construction Pros: Imagine having a seasoned colleague helping you break into the construction world smoothly. How would that have impacted your start? Share your thoughts! 💬 Drop your comments below and let us know if this post resonates with your on-the-job experiences. #AdamsLimitless #OnboardingBuddy #ConstructionCommunity #FirstWeekSuccess

Have you noticed the construction industry has an image problem? Skilled labor shortages are real. But the constant negativity isn't helping. So, let's flip the script and highlight the positives: Working with your hands. A Rewarding career. Joy & fulfilment. Good living. People ARE entering the field. We need to share their stories and show that there's a place for everyone in construction. What do you love most about working in the construction industry? Share below.

Empower yourself for success in construction! 🚧 Why not share your own habits? Or tag a mate who's nailing it in their career! 👷♂️👷♀️ #ConstructionSuccess #CareerGrowth #BuildYourFuture #hiring #recruiting #career #job

A few weeks before my grandfather passed away, he told me that I will become a leader at one of the mines. My first thought was: “I will be a boss.” Fast forward a few years later…I quit my well-paying safety officer job in the engineering industry and decided to go for that position in the mining industry.  However, he conveniently forgot to include a few crucial details. I will have to start from scratch and support my whole family with a stipend of R4500.00 pm, work 12 hours per day, and do hard labor. Now that was a rude awakening! I am still trying to recover from that reality. There are still days that I feel like quitting. On the other hand, if I quit, my grandfather will become a liar. So, quitting is simply no option.  All the courses that I’ve done came in quite handy: Corporate Finance assists me to overcome budgetary constraints and survive with the R4500 pm; Strategic Supply Chain Management guide me to get what I need, when I needed it, at the best possible price; it was a textbook move (calculated risk – Operational Risk Management) from the engineering industry to the mining industry; Business Research Methods was applied when I wrote and published my first article on Behavioral Based Safety in the mining industry. Along the way, I came to learn that employee relations – teamwork (Human Resource Management) assist everyone to have a safe day underground. The leadership position…well, I forgot about it and just enjoy my vocation. 🔄

In 2023, construction employed more than 10 million people. If you’re not working on making yourself stand out, You’re working too hard in a too competitive world. One thing I’m sure about as a recruiter, You’re remembered if you stand out. And the good part? You don’t have to invest much to stand out. You’ll go further faster if you use the 9 ways of making yourself stand out. I’m sharing the 9-step blueprint to help you stand-out, in Monday’s Meaningful Life. Yes, I want the 9-steps to change my career trajectory: https://lnkd.in/gSsMxJ5z ---------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Mayra Martinez ⚡️ for Tips to live a Meaningful Life! #MeaningfulLifeWithM2 #Construction

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Rebrand is well underway and making a big impression in the #construction and #recruitment industry. Delivering a 2.0 relaunch on a business that has been providing the best candidates for 20 years for some of the biggest and boldest #construction projects has been 🔥 We’ve not finished yet. In fact, a brand launch is a key part of a marketing communications business plan. Plan isn’t a plan if you don’t get it done. Some just throw some new paint on it and forget the other bits and that’s a rebrand done. Not here. Experience and delivery ✅ wins every time. Some big things coming that many recruiters won’t be doing. #staytuned 💥

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What a brave post from Luisa. So much I want to say and debate on this. It isn’t just the company you work in. And it isn’t just women either. People of minorities experience similar issues. We are exposed on site, in teams, at events where we must network to progress our careers… and even with some clients. We receive judgement, even from people you would probably class as quite nice, and you would think are good and decent people within the industry. I wonder, would you function OK and be confident in your job if you felt constantly uncomfortable? But what if you either cannot say anything because it’s just the norm, or the problem is just so far spread that there is just no point of constantly bringing things up, or because you are made to feel like a pain in the 🍑 Education of the mass majority of the workforce in our industry, and probably other industries too, on how behaviours make others feel… is so needed. What Luisa explains here is just the low level, low grade daily undertone that exists in the industry… the micro aggressions… it doesn’t even touch the more serious abuse and degradation that does occur. We will lose valuable talent from our industry if we do not have a mass overhaul and stop pretending that there are not problems, and everyone is generally decent. The comments on this post are very thought provoking too - well worth a read. Very well done Luisa Panuccio for speaking up 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #womeninconstruction #workplacebullying #behaviourchange #equality #equity #fairness #judgement #diversity #inclusion #speakup #mentoring #mentoringmatters #diversityandinclusion #culturechange #cultureshift #sustainability