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Topic of the Month: "Green Buildings, Blue Skies"
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Green Buildings, Blue Skies
Summer is officially here. The skies are blue, the grass is green, the kids are out of school and the pools, lakes and beaches are feeling the love and enduring the stampede. Summer is a time of year when even those who build buildings for a living – the shelters where we work and live – yearn to be outdoors. But there is certainly no dichotomy there: increasingly, the construction industry is becoming a leader in bridging a gap between the natural world and the developed, or built, world.
The built environment has a profound impact on our natural environment, economy, health and productivity. In the United States alone, occupancy in the buildings in which we work accounts for:
- 70% of electricity consumption
- 39% of energy use
- 39% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
- 40% of raw materials use
- 30% of waste output (136 million tons annually)
- 12% of potable water consumption
Many organizations such as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have developed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, a set of criteria meant to establish universal standards for the adoption of sustainable “green” building and development practices. The LEED program provides benchmarks for water conservation, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality, among other measures.
Construction Jobs.com is a great resource for companies who are looking for LEED certified candidates. LEED, green building and sustainable building are all keywords and phases that can be searched by employers to find the exact candidate they are looking for.
If time is a limited resource, Construction Jobs has tools that will automatically search for the candidates with the qualifications you are looking for to meet your Green Building practices. Don’t forget our associates are happy to offer assistance as well.
And there’s an added value as well: not only can Construction Jobs help you “Go Green” in finding LEED certified candidates, we can help your company save money, space, and time in the process. Since all transactions with ConstructionJobs.com are carried out via computer, you can cut down on paper consumption and waste. Resumes are searched online and can be saved in candidate folders very easily by the employer. Resume searching can also allow you to cut down on those unwanted paper resumes piling up on your desk. You can pick and choose the resumes you want to spend your time looking at.
Whether your companies is “Going Green” or not, just remember Construction Jobs.com is a recruiting tool that can help your company find the candidates you are looking for quickly and economically. The movement to live as “green” as possible has found its footing in Construction as well, meaning you and the candidates you seek are contributing to keeping the skies blue and the grass green.
Laura Summerlin
Regional Account Executive
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It isn’t that hard to find articles explaining the growing relevance and usefulness of specialty web boards such as ConstructionJobs.com. Reasons for this emergence aren’t that elusive, either: there is a legitimate series of differences between the huge web boards and our niche board that serves only your industry.
And while we here at ConstructionJobs.com work hard and believe in what we do, perhaps it would carry more weight if you heard from other job seekers that have had success with our site.
So, here are four testimonials from people like yourself; these four have all used the services we offer at ConstructionJobs.com and sent us these statements which declare their satisfaction – and then some -- with how we are were able to help them find jobs.
Read these, please, and please consider turning to ConstructionJobs.com the next time you need help.
"One stop shop! Great site. User friendly, covers all aspects of the construction job industry. I’ve recommended this site to a few of my friends. They give it a thumbs up too."
~ David Farrell, Ohio
"Wow! Using ConstructionJobs.com I found a job within days, where it was taking months the old fashioned way."
~ Zack Meekins, PA
"I used the tips for resumes, interviews and job hunting when I was laid off last fall. I got a new job within 2 weeks. Great site."
~ Richard Hunt, TN
"When I was looking for a job, no other site was as helpful and easy as ConstructionJobs.com. There is simply no smarter way to get a good job in the construction field. I am operating a crane and I owe it all to ConstructionJobs.com."
~ Tyler Wallace, FL
Remember! Posting or updating your resume on ConstructionJobs.com during the month of July qualifies you for a drawing to win a Gasoline Gift Card with a $250.00 Value!
Article: What’s YOUR Weakest Link?
Building a Strong Job Search Chain
Deborah Walker, Resume Coach and Career Coach
A chain is only as effective as its weakest link—and you don’t know which link is weak until the chain is tested. If your job search is falling short, one of your job search skills may be the weak link. By analyzing your chain of job search skills, you can build a stronger chain, one that can stand up to any test.
There are three critical links in your job search chain. Consider each of them carefully to determine your weakest link, then work to strengthen that link. » Read Full Article
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