HOW TO GET A JOB, WHY SHOULD I HIRE YOU?

If you are trying to get a job in construction please read the last post and also read this one! I started doing small jobs in school and by the time I was 15 I had a crew of 6, a new truck and a driver. That was over 40 years ago and the tips I have learned over the years still work!

These tips are no fun, but that is why it is called a job, not a vacation!

Sunday is a day of rest! Give the beer and other partying a rest too. This is very important, I can spot a hungover pot head at 50 feet and I can probably make a good guess how many beers you had yesterday, and whether you got high. Do you want to bet your job on it? I'll win, I always win, I'm the boss. I can drug test anybody for any reason, or just pass you up and hire somebody else.

5 AM Monday morning wake up, shower, shave, brush teeth, brush hair, put on neat, clean clothes, they do not have to be new, but dress for success! NO SHORTS! NO T-SHIRTS! Boots, long pants or jeans, a shirt with no sayings. Act professional, Look professional, be professional, smell professional!

6 AM be looking for coffee shops with construction trucks in front, you should know what they look like! Vans and pick-ups with roof racks. Have a small pad of paper and a pen when you go inside. Don't be shy! Don't be aggressive or hyper either! Talk to the people inside, ask if anybody is hiring or where they are. Be friendly, not pushy, you want to be nice and respectful! If no luck at this place go to the next one. If you can, leave your name and phone number with a few of the guys.

7:30 AM Look for construction sites, ask if they are hiring, put in applications. Please make sure that they might need you. If they are moving furniture in they probably don't need a concrete man. If they are pouring footings, they won't want a painter.

Do not limit yourself to just one trade, most of the time all I want is a worker who does what I tell him to. If you are good I WILL FIGURE IT OUT! You will watched and noticed whether for good or bad. Be well rounded in your skills. Be a do it all, but be honest. If you don't like heights, say so. I don't like hanging off of 7 story buildings either. That's what I hire other people for.

DO NOT LET YOUR PRIDE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR JOB! It all pays, I have done it all and still do it all. I have been the super on $200 million jobs and when the concrete guys or plumbers need help I can still run a shovel or finish! I even had to walk the owners dog and fill his car with gas. IT ALL PAYS THE SAME! If you need help, ASK!

If you are not successful on Monday, try again on Tues, Be persistent but not pushy.

GOOD LUCK AND BE SAFE!

HOW TO KEEP YOUR JOB

This is about construction jobs, but most of it applies to any job. What makes me an expert? I have had over 40 years exp. as a foreman, contractor, superintendent.

First-- Appearance! Yes it counts a lot! If you show up wearing gang colors with your pants around your knees, you are not getting a job!
Dress neatly, cleanly, do not wear a T-shirt. Wear full length pants, and a plain shirt without sayings or slogans on it. Dress like a pro, you may become one!
Take a bath! Shave! Brush your teeth! Get a haircut! You might get a real job! Nobody wants to interview or work with a nasty stinky person.
Dress appropriately!
Be bright eyed and bushy-tailed, do not show up with red eyes and a hangover. Don't be under the influence of anything, except maybe coffee.

Second, actions! I am not BOSSMAN, HOMEY, BRO, DUDE, or anything but SIR or MISTER until you have been around for awhile, maybe never.
I am doing you a favor hiring you, you are not doing me a favor working for me, always remember that!
I DO NOT CARE about what you do after work! DO NOT LET YOUR LIFE INTRUDE IN MY WORKPLACE! If you absolutely have to take the baby to the doctor, see your parole officer, or whatever, Please tell me as soon as possible, I understand you have a life, and I have a heart and family too! BUT remember that as far as I am concerned, IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE JOB, I don't need you! I CAN GET SOMEBODY ELSE. The job will be completed with or without you.

No phone calls, no visits, no yelling, no selling, no smelling. You are here to work not socialize.

I want to work with these people:


NOT THESE:

BE NICE,NEAT CLEAN, AND COMPLETE, ON TIME, ON THE LINE AND MAYBE YOU WILL BE MINE! above all stay safe!

WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE - THE AWARD GOES TO LIQUIDATION.COM

We recently won a bid at Liquidation.com of merchandise that when received was not from the same category that it was ordered from. A simple mislabeling of the product. If somebody would of looked in the box,maybe not even happen. Simple mistake.
I opened up a dispute and sent pictures, over a week later they ask for more pictures, no problem ,I sent them the next day, even though it took them over a week to look at 3 pictures, I don't know maybe they were studying them real good.
A day later I get an email saying that I was too slow sending them the pictures and the dispute was denied.

BASICALLY LIQUIDATION.COM SAID F*** Y** WE GOT YOUR MONEY AND WE DON'T CARE IF OUR F**-UPS COST YOU MONEY - TOO BAD SUCKER.

So I am out $400 and have a house full of junk I have to store for evidence for a lawsuit.

What are your experiences with this company?