Management Tips for Your Generation Z Employees to Help Productivity
Just when you were getting used to managing millennials, there’s a new generation in the workplace. The oldest of Generation Z is around 24, and many of them are graduating from college or completing trades school and looking for their first professional opportunity. They’re interested, engaged, and eager to succeed. As a manager, how do […]
How to Motivate Your Workforce When Morale is Low
Not everyone can have a great day all the time. Bad days happen, the main concern is when they happen more than good days. Have you noticed that morale is low in your shipyard? How do you counter that? How do you motivate your workforce when they’re just not feeling it? You and your management […]
Should You Be Making Physical Ability Testing Part of Pre-Employment?
Work in a shipyard is difficult. It’s often a lot of heavy work in a hot and unforgiving environment. Sometimes the bulk of the work is done in tight spaces. You need to know the people you’re hiring are capable of performing under these conditions. But how can you know that ahead of their start date? Should […]
Pipefitters 101: Skills to Get the Job
A pipefitter does just that. They lay out pipes according to blueprints, assemble them, install them, and maintain the entire system including supports. This can be for anything hydraulic or pneumatic related to steam or hot water, heating and cooling or even sprinkling. But becoming a pipefitter doesn’t happen overnight. What are the essential skills […]
The Importance of Hiring for Gender Diversity in a “Man’s Field”
Our culture has a long history of segregating jobs based on gender. In spite of the fact that many women took on roles similar to those found in the modern shipyard during World War II, the 1950s saw a return to what people considered traditional gender roles, and women were once again forced out of […]
Importance of Following Prospective Companies To Find Jobs
As a labor professional looking for a job in the marine industry, you probably haven’t put too much thought into social media. But today’s ever-interconnected digital work means that following prospective companies in order to find jobs is becoming increasingly more important. While following their website, Facebook page, Twitter feed, LinkedIn presence and more are […]