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It’s been getting ridiculous, I as the President and 100% owner of a well established practice, gets 2 LinkedIn requests a week to apply for their job! Seriously, if engineering companies want to solve their problems, stop treating Professional Surveyors less than Engineers, pay them what their value is, when you subcontract firms like mine, stop trying to do the pay when paid contracts, we don’t play that game! Moreover, the large firms need to stop buying smaller firms and then ruining the culture and quality of that firm! To begin with 3 x EBITA is insulting, 9x or higher is the value! The small firm looses more employees when you buy them anyway, than if you just contracted small firms and paid their normal rates net 30 period! Stop trying to make Surveyoring firms operate like engineering firms, we are more closely aligned with law firms! My two cents!

In the screenshot below you will see I received two (2) unsolicited invitations to apply for senior surveyor/survey manager jobs in Northern California yesterday. I've been getting 2 or 3 of these a week. This is insanity people. I'm posting this as a public service announcement for giant engineering companies: TELLING YOUR RECRUITER OR HR PERSON TO SPAM MESSAGE EVERY LICENSED SURVEYOR IN CALIFORNIA ON LINKED IN ISN'T GOING TO SOLVE YOUR SURVEY PROBLEMS. No person like me (worth hiring) wants your job for $90K a year at 65 hours a week (on salary) in a major California metro area. Please stop asking. I've said this before, but I'll say it again: Hiring one licensed surveyor (even one like me with 20+ years of experience) isn't going to seriously move the needle on your survey backlog. You need 3 or 4 of me. Plus a team of technical people underneath that. So does every other civil engineering company in California. Here is your solution: Build a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship with a small survey business like RH. Treat your surveyor well. Pay them promptly. Listen when they give you advice. Do you ACTUALLY want to move the needle on your survey backlog and get projects moving? Hire my team of 14 highly qualified mapping surveyors as a sub-consultant. We can be working on your project next week. Clients: Why are you putting up with this? If your civil engineer can't start projects because of survey delays, cut them out of the middle. Contract directly with a company like RH. We'll get your project moving and we will help keep your design team honest and on-the-ball. You can call/message me at 209-298-7521 or e-mail me at landon.blake@redefinedhorizons.com if you are serious about building a good relationship with a great mapping team. I'll talk to you. A couple of footnotes: 1) I have finally seen the salary ranges on a few of these job offers approach the $150K range. That is just beginning to be reasonable. 2) I don't know if these companies realize all the other companies like them are trying to hire the same surveyor. That is why I'm making this post! PS - HR folks: You have my permission to share this post with your executive management team. #landsurveying #ineffectivestrategy #dontbedumb

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5 Reasons Why Construction Companies Should Partner with Construction Survey Agency Before their Next Big Project The construction industry is highly competitive, and companies are always looking for ways to gain an edge over their rivals. Hiring the best workers is one way to accomplish that goal. Skilled construction professionals are in great demand. If you want top talent, you’ll have to spend much time and energy sourcing and screening them. Construction companies look to build a skilled workforce while remaining within budget and hitting project deadlines. Employers can stay ahead of the competition by partnering with survey agency . Here are five reasons you should rely on these experts can help builders source and hire skilled, experienced candidates who are ready to work.    -Opportunity to take advantage of the construction survey agency expertise    -Construction Survey Agency have access to a pool of qualified and talented candidates    -Construction Survey Agencies hire quickly and efficiently.   -Delivered quality of work with highly experienced staff.    -Survey Agency providing full support related of all survey activates and drawing. FOR MORE PLEASE CONTACT- FORTUNATE ENTERPRISE Survey Agency - Contact No-7738840508 #survey #surveyagency #landsurvey #surveyor #civil #project #contractor #construction #infrastructure #company #hiring #surveyteam #totalstaion

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#hiring Principal Planner, Acton, United States, fulltime #jobs #jobseekers #careers #Actonjobs #Californiajobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/gN6hH7DU ABOUT US4LEAF, Inc. is a professional engineering services firm specializing in providing services to municipal Planning, Building, and Public Works Departments throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and New England. We are seeking Principal Planners in the Shasta County, California. DESCRIPTIONThe Principal Planner position within the professional planning series. The Principal Planner manages, supervises, and participates in advanced, highly-complex professional planning activities. This position may perform duties of a senior planner or act as a Deputy Director. The Principal Planner researches, analyzes and prepares reports and recommendations on planning related issues of minimal to moderate complexity; makes oral and written presentations; and performs related professional and technical planning duties as assigned.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Checks building plans for zoning compliance.Processes staff level planning permits such as tree removal permits, off-street parking exceptions and variances.Interprets and applies applicable state, county and local codes, ordinances, and regulations.Initiates actions necessary to correct deficiencies or violations of regulations.Conducts review of various development applications including plats, permits, site plans, variance requests and re-zonings.Conducts extensive research in specific or general project areas.Writes and presents formal and technical reports, working papers, and correspondence.Writes, or assists in writing, a variety of ordinances and regulations relating to development controls.May attend a number of evening and weekend meetings.TYPICAL KNOWLEDGEExperience with Accela and/or BlueBeam is ideal.Well-developed knowledge of planning principles and practices.In-depth knowledge of one or more planning specialization, such as economic development, transportation planning, or environmental planning.Knowledge of principles, methodology, practices of research and data collection.Knowledge of effective writing techniques.Knowledge of or experience in community remediation and redevelopment, and knowledge of relevant Federal programs.Statistical, algebraic, or geometric knowledge and ability to apply such knowledge in practical situations.Knowledge of computer hardware and software programs, which may include Microsoft Office, Internet applications, econometric or transportation modeling, database management, or GIS.TYPICAL SKILLSOral communication and interpersonal skills to present research findings to various boards and committees.Creative problem-solving skills to gather relevant information to solve less well-defined practical problems.Ability to review plans and apply provisions of the ordinances and codes to determine compliance with such regulations and to apply re