HOW TO HIRE and KEEP GREAT EMPLOYEES IN THE STONE TRADES: A Practical Hiring Guide for Fabricators, Installers, Restoration Contractors

Finding dependable employees is one of the greatest challenges facing stone-industry businesses. Experienced fabricators, installers, and restoration technicians are difficult to find, and hiring the wrong person can lead to poor workmanship, safety problems, damaged customer property, and costly turnover.How to Hire and Keep Great Employees in the Stone Trades gives stone-company owners and managers a practical system for finding, screening, hiring, training, managing, and retaining the right people.Frederick M. Hueston draws on more than 45 years of stone-industry experience to explain how employers can look beyond previous stone experience and identify applicants with the reliability, mechanical ability, attention to detail, and willingness to learn needed to succeed.Inside, you will learn how to: - Define the position before advertising- Find applicants through referrals, schools, job boards, and related trades- Screen applications and conduct structured interviews- Ask useful questions while avoiding inappropriate hiring inquiries- Use practical skills tests and candidate scorecards- Check references, driving records, and background information- Prepare written conditional offers- Conduct effective first-day safety orientation- Create a 30-, 60-, and 90-day training plan- Correct performance problems and document warnings- Build career paths that encourage good employees to stay- Conduct professional terminations when employment must endThe book also includes ready-to-use forms for position planning, telephone screening, interviews, practical evaluations, reference checks, conditional offers, first-day orientation, employee training, performance warnings, and termination.Whether you operate a fabrication shop, installation company, or stone restoration business, this manual will help you stop waiting for the perfect employee and start building the workforce your company needs.