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Technology on the Job
Technology on the Jobsite In today’s digital world, the tiny smartphone in your pocket has twice the computing power that desktop computers had just 10 short years ago.…
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Marketing Yourself…as a Contractor
Marketing Yourself…as a Contractor There’s plenty of skilled contractors out there in the world that are incredibly gifted and innovative in their trade. However the problem in this…
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Handling Rejection in a Tough Industry
Handling Rejections in a Tough Industry Everybody knows the story…you put a lot of time and detail into a proposal, assessing all the angles, hand-picking materials and methods,…
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The Construction Business is Changing
This Isn’t Your Dad’s Job – The Construction Business is Changing When the housing market started to dry up in the early 2000’s, thousands of construction workers were…
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Top OSHA Construction Citations in 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As 2016 comes to a close, it’s worth noting that OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has raised the cost of job-site safety violations for the first…
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Pouring the Foundation for Success
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”30064″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Networking & Your Contracting Business – Pouring the Foundation for Success In the contracting world, you will come across many different contractors that appear to…
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It’s Nearly 2017 – Don’t Get Caught Without a Contractor’s License…
If you’re working in the construction and skilled labor industry in the current year and you don’t have your general contractor’s license or trade certification, then you’re…
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New Year, New You
It’s November which means that you are probably looking towards 2017 wondering if this is the year that you become a licensed contractor. Without a doubt, this is…
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California’s Place in National Unemployment
Over the last 8 years, the construction industry has seen a steady decline in national unemployment rates. Starting with the disruption caused by the housing crisis and exacerbated…
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5 Thoughts Before Becoming a Contractor
So you want to become a contractor. Maybe you went through a trade school or spent your youth on construction sites working through apprenticeships and now you think…
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Top 3 Ways to Beat Test Anxiety
So today is the big test day. Your guts are in a knot, your palms are sweaty, and you’re remembering back to Mrs. Smith who always seemed to…
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How Freezing Pipes Lead to Better Customer Relations
As a contractor working with residential customers, it’s important to keep relationships at least marginally alive, even after the work is done. Most of the time, this is…
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