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Employers in Construction Industries Must Work Harder to Engage and Keep Employees
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. It’s no secret that skilled jobs are the hardest to fill. The problem is only going to worsen if employers aren’t willing to attract and engage their workforce. According to an article on Constructionequipmentguide.com, at the recent Association of Equipment Manufacturers ConExpo-Con/AGG 365 initiative, Ethan Martin, ...
Failing Roof Brings Community Together
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The North Carolina family has been fighting cancer and unable to afford to replace their aging, 40-year old failing roof. A recent article in The News Herald detailed how one community came together to replace the roof on Rev. Danny Townsend and his wife Michelle’s roof. ...
RCS Partners are the BEST
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, Partner RoofersCoffeeShop®. Meeting up with RCS Partners on the Road. In this road trip edition, I want to share some of the amazing customer visits I have experienced. In the late spring of 2018, I was invited to visit Tremco, WTI, and Cotney Construction Law. As some of you ...
Believing in Safety: One Company’s Approach to Closing in On Zero Incidents
By Karen Cates. OSHA’s Safe + Sound week is coming up August 13-19. Why is it that despite the best intention and prevention, people still get hurt or worse while on the job? This question was the premise for a consulting engagement several years ago. My client had asked, “How do ...
Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) Annual Charity Golf Events
The company raised over $30,000 to support their local Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center. Wheeling, WV - West Virginia-based Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) held its annual charity golf events benefitting the Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center in Wheeling, West Virginia on July 12-15, 2018. On Thursday, July 12, a vendor sponsor ...
The Power of Gifts: Feel-Good Moments That Last
By Karen Cates. Learn how the gifts that you incorporate into your employees’ lives can really make an impact – especially when it’s something that enables parents to share their experiences with their children. When I’m not consulting, coaching, or writing children’s books about roofing, I am an Academic Director at the ...
Top 5 Blogs on RCS for June 2018
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Top 5 Blogs - Check out what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop.com this past month. Looking back at the most popular content lets us know what our roofing contractor audience is most interested in learning more about. Our site visitors love learning about others working in the industry ...
RCS is Reporting from the Road
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, Partner RoofersCoffeeShop.com. Heidi J. Ellsworth’s Roofing Road Trip Blog. Vickie has asked me to start this blog. For those of you who do not know me, I have been lucky enough to be friends with Vickie for over twenty years. So many of you who are on the ...
Fire Chiefs, Ballet Dancers and Roofing Workers
By Karen Cates. Children’s book encourages kids to consider a career in roofing. Fire chiefs and ballet dancers are officially on notice. Children, ages three to twelve, are talking about doing much more when asked what they want to be when they grow up. According to one national survey, girls and boys ...
Children Today, Roofing Professionals Tomorrow
A focus on children is one more way to fill the pipeline of employees for the industry. By Karen Cates. For the 20 plus years of my involvement with the roofing industry, I have heard a common lament about the labor shortage in roofing. Advances have been made to attract new workers. ...
