| Chalk it up necessity and the changing patterns of | | | | Funkhouser said. "The contest took on a life of its |
| employment. In 1958, the average job tenure was 23 | | | | own and resulted in a boost to recruitment and |
| years. Less than 40 years later, it was down to just | | | | retention, as employee morale got pumped up." Social |
| three years as workers became more mobile and | | | | sites can be a double-edged-sword. Funkhouser said |
| companies began restructure, downsize and | | | | he trolls sites for talent. "It can be incredibly effective |
| outsource. | | | | for finding candidates, just searching by company |
| Now Hiring You gives an insight of various firms. As | | | | name," he noted. |
| mission of Now Hiring You is to provide the highest | | | | Hiring and retaining qualified personnel is priority No. 1 |
| level of recruiting services while building strategic | | | | for the West Palm Beach- based Florida division of |
| partnerships with our clients and is an industry leader | | | | Suffolk Construction. With 260 local employees, it is |
| in professional staffing, executive recruiting and | | | | the largest construction company in Palm Beach |
| consulting services. Founded in 2001, with a diverse | | | | County and ranked the fourth largest general |
| background of specialties including legal, financial and | | | | contractor in the region South Florida Business |
| technical staffing. | | | | Journal's 2008 Book of Lists. |
| "Times have changed and job security is under | | | | Suffolk recently ranked 40 th among Training |
| pressure," said Marko Evans, co-founder of Pompano | | | | Magazine's Training Top 125 list. It has partnered with |
| Beach based headhunter firm Now Hiring You. Evans | | | | the University of Florida to develop and deliver a |
| speculates that for someone entering the workforce | | | | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
| today at age 20, he or she is likely to have eight of | | | | (LEED)-accredited professional designation program, |
| more jobs within the next dozen years and as many | | | | and with Florida Atlantic University of management |
| as 20 jobs in a career lifetime. That means firms like | | | | training. |
| Evans', as well as companies across the board; have | | | | "Most building professionals know that their training |
| to focus on recruitment and retention like never | | | | really starts after they've received their four-year |
| before. The results can be the difference between | | | | college degrees, and they know it will last for a |
| success and failure. | | | | lifetime," said Fred Day, director of training for |
| "Recruiters are leveraging the social network sites, | | | | Suffolk . Day recently served as the national director |
| like YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook, as well as job | | | | for apprenticeship and training for Arlington , VA |
| sites like Dice, Monster, and CareerBuilder," and Alex | | | | based Associated Builders and Contractors, a major |
| Funkhouser, president of the North Bay Village based | | | | construction industry trade organization that |
| recruitment firm Sherlock Technology Staffing. | | | | represents more than 25,000 contractor firms. He |
| He said tax, audit and consulting firm KPMG held | | | | sees LEED certification as vital for ambitious |
| low-cost, high energy contest among its employees | | | | professionals, as many government entities and |
| to produce videos about why it was great to work | | | | municipalities are moving to mandatory LEED |
| at the firm. Hundreds participated worldwide. "The | | | | requirements. "One of the things we offer our |
| winners were judged by the number of hits and | | | | recruits is a diversity of career paths and work |
| ratings they received on YouTube and other sites," | | | | types," Day said. |