Attracting and retaining skilled professionals is essential for business success. This course provides practical strategies for improving recruitment outcomes by aligning your company’s approach with the current expectations and priorities of qualified candidates. Based on proprietary data and industry insights from a national recruitment firm specializing in architectural openings, participants will gain a deeper understanding of compensation trends, candidate motivations, and the common factors that influence talent acquisition and retention. Attendees will also be encouraged to reframe recruitment as a core business function—critical to long-term growth and competitiveness.

Credits: 1 LU | Elective AIA; 0.1 ICC CEU

At the end of this session, attendees will:

1. Assess recruitment practices and value proposition to prospective employment candidates to identify areas for improvement.
2. Interpret industry compensation trends for key roles such as Project Managers, Estimators, Detailers, and Salespeople using recent survey data.
3. Identify common factors that drive candidates to leave or join companies in the building sector.
4. Develop actionable strategies to position recruitment as a strategic business function and attract high-performing, long-term team members.