We ve had good success that way. That is less risky because you know who you are getting and what they can do, opposed to someone off the street you don t know at all. And they re likely to be loyal to you because they ve risen through the ranks. United promotes from within because most of its competitors are family-owned and employ family members, which makes them hard to recruit, Rutherford explains. The turnover rate is low, and managers do not jump ship at the first sign of more money.
People are pretty loyal around here.
United recruits for entry-level jobs from two major colleges with good construction management departments, he says, but has had little success with that approach. The supply of managers in California is not much different from Oklahoma. Cal-Air in Whittier, Calif., is experiencing a tight market as well. Using a recruiter is common out here but not really accepted, Middleton says. We tend to not go after companies in our immediate area, however.