How do you find good help these days?
Frustrated contractors ask this question
every day while wringing their hands at
a botched job. Their troubles would disappear,
they think, if only they could
find good help.
I've been working in construction for
over 15 years as owner of a small company
—one house a year and a couple
of remodeling projects — and I've never
had any trouble finding good help. I
think one reason for my success is that I
came into construction after spending
several years in education. As a teacher,
I realized that you rarely find good
students — you cultivate them. Just as
many poor students are a product of
poor teachers, the