NYSERDA Green Training ECC Workforce Development

Become one of the NATIONALLY accredited contracting companies that are increasing in demand for home energy efficiency. ECC Workforce Development offers this first step in national Building Professional Institute Certification.

How to handle being fired in your next interview?

Do not lie if you’re asked why you left your last job, and do not offer made-up stories

Confined Space Training happening on January 20

Upon completion of the course, students will learn how to evaluate and determine what hazards are present or likely to be present that could injure employees during confined space entries.

How do I know when I’m talking with a good headhunter?

If you’re a possible candidate for the headhunter’s client, you’ll get an interview in short order. If you’re not a fit, he won’t lead you on. He will move on. You may feel you’ve been dropped, but a busy headhunter won’t spend more time with you than his assignment warrants. He’s not being rude; he’s doing his job.

OSHA 10 Hour safety course offered to our registered job seekers

Sooner or later you will be required to have your OSHA 10 certification to be allowed on a particular job site.
Construction Personnel Group is hosting OSHA training and offering it to anyone who is registered with us and in *good standing.

I used a headhunter to help me fill a position in my group, but it didn’t turn out well

I used a headhunter to help me fill a position in my group, but it didn’t turn out well. The good news is that the headhunter found us a great candidate, and we made a good offer. But after some back and forth, the candidate decided to take a job at another company. This was [...]

Our Promise to Job Seekers

1) We promise that your application with Construction Personnel Group has a much greater chance of landing you the job you want, than if you applied to any construction company on your own. 2) We promise not to waste your time. 

On changing your career…

A new employer won’t likely take a chance on you if it has to figure out how you’ll make its business more successful. The challenge in changing careers lies in figuring it out yourself and explaining it to the employer.

Things that an Interviewer REALLY Wants to Know

ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS! Want to know what a savvy Recruiter is trying to find out about you? Go HERE to read what I recommend.

The jobs are with the small startups! Who is your job search targeting?

A Business First article on July 16, 2010 quotes the Kauffman Foundation as saying that startups are a better bet for job growth than existing businesses. New businesses add about 3 million jobs every year, while existing business cut about 1 million jobs, the study found.   The report, which is based on census data [...]

Building Analyst Class Starts August 2, 2010

Class: August 2,3,4,5, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Field: August 6 and August 9, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Location: ECC 45 Oak Street Room 143 Become one of the NATIONALLY accredited contracting companies that are increasing in demand for home energy efficiency.   ECC Workforce Development offers this first step [...]

Resume Help

We sort through thousands of resumes. We’ve seen many great ones and even more really, really bad ones. What is yours saying about you? We’re happy to help you sit with you and discuss yours.

Some great advice on an elevator pitch

Honest Applications

A lot of guys come in to the office for our initial conversation with a CAN-DO! attitude. In other words they “can do” anything. They try to sell their skills for all jobs from turning flapjacks to raising the Empire State Building to flying a B52 Bomber and anything in between. They are ernest and [...]

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