48 FEBRUARY 2025 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Four Steps to Hiring and Retaining the Best Workers Adapted from Information by CONEXPO-CON/AGG As many companies can attest to, labor shortages and difficulties in recruiting and retaining high-quality workers are serious challenges facing the construction industry. CONEXPO-CON/AGG, along with Dr. Larry Kokkelenberg, developed a comprehensive guide to help employers overcome the challenges in hiring and retaining employees. The guide covers common industry issues, such as high turnover rates, difficulties in finding qualified candidates, and the impact of workplace environment on employee satisfaction, and how to solve them. Here is a brief rundown of tips the free guide has to offer: 1. Attracting the Right People - Recruiting the right people for the job is important for any company’s success. The right individuals not only bring the necessary technical abilities and industry experiences, but also a commitment to safety, quality, and teamwork. How do you find these people? Utilizing your current staff, social media, job search platforms, as well as internship programs, job fairs, and local schools to help bring your company to their attention. 2. Conducting Effective Interviews - Interviewing prospective workers can be complicated. Dr. Kokkelenberg suggests asking open-ended questions is the best way to gain insight on whether a candidate will be a right fit. The guide provides ideas for the types of questions you can ask. It also offers a reminder that some people don’t interview well and yet they’re good workers. So, don’t let an applicant’s interview performance be the sole determining factor in whether to hire them. 3. Providing a Good Onboarding Experience - An employee’s first week is critical. This is typically when new hires form their opinions about coworkers, the company, and the nature of the job. Ultimately, the first week will determine their longevity with your company. Providing training manuals, handbooks, and training guides with clear job expectations can help with the training process. Consider assigning a mentor for a few weeks to allow workers to get some firsthand insight into their new job. The guide offers several other techniques to assist with bringing a new hire onboard. 4. Retaining Staff Year-Round - This is probably one of the most important issues. Once you have trained a new employee and they are a good fit with your company, it’s important to make sure they stick around. Although pay isn’t the most important thing, competitive compensation is foundational to retaining good workers. Other important factors include showing a sincere sense of appreciation for those working for you and basically, just being a good boss. Above all, employees want to be respected and appreciated. The guide offers a lot of insight on how to improve employee retention. Keep in mind - You can’t hire someone you don’t interview. You can’t interview someone you haven’t enticed to apply. And, the pool of job seekers at any given time never consists of only qualified applicants. Don’t let staffing challenges slow you down. Download the free Hiring and Retaining Good Employees guide at: https://www.conexpoconagg.com/news/a-stepbystepguide-to-hiring-and-retaining-the-bes CONST Deadline for SPACE RESERVATION for advertising in WWDR’s March issue is January 25th NOON. AD COPY is due the 1st of February. Considering it? Call 850-547-0102 ask for KEVIN.
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