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Jan 25 2021

Advantages of Remote Hiring and Onboarding for Architects

Our first experience with remote hiring was March 18, 2020 – the first day the firm started working from home. CO Architects is fortunate that our workload increased throughout 2020, so we had to adapt quickly to recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and integrating new staff virtually. We’ve hired and onboarded 25 new employees since March 2020, […]

Written by Jenna Knudsen · Categorized: Business, Hiring, Remote Teams · Tagged: Architects, hiring, onboarding, remote teams

Aug 21 2018

How To Retain Top Talent For Your Architecture Firm

This is the second in a three-part series on recruiting, retaining, and coaching new talent. It outlines how firm leaders can build cultures that top performers choose to stay in. To read Part 1, click here: How To Build Sustainable Recruitment Strategies for Small Firm Success. Top 5 Things To Remember About Retaining New Talent Firm […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: hiring, hr, human resources, recruitment, retaining talent

Jul 24 2018

How to Build Sustainable Recruitment Strategies for Small Firm Success

Recruitment Strategies for Small Firm Architects Recruiting new employees is one of the most important things a professional services firm can do to be sustainable. A solid recruitment strategy not only reduces employee turnover and minimizes cost, it also builds the firm’s reputation as one that actively invests in building sustainable futures for its employees […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: hiring, hr, human resources, recruitment

Jul 11 2017

5 Tips To Help Your Firm Hire Top Talent Outside of Architecture

How To Hire Your Non-Architect Team Members Architecture talent may be easy for you to spot, but what about talent outside of architecture? Do you need an administrative assistant? What about an in-house marketing coordinator or an accountant? These positions can be critical to your firm’s success. Finding candidates with the right experience and who fit well […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: hiring

Apr 11 2017

My 12 Rules for Landing Your First Job in Architecture

Being Unique Got Me Noticed In A Very Noisy World I graduated from Roger Williams University School of Architecture in 1993. The nation was slowly recovering from a recession and architects were not eagerly seeking help from intern architects. Throughout the winter before graduating, I wrote over 100 cover letters and mailed them with my standard […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business, Leadership · Tagged: Architects, architecture firms, first job, hiring, hr, interns

Jul 12 2016

A Guide to Successful Recruitment at Your Architecture Firm (Part Two)

(This is Part 2 of a guest post by Bob Morgan, an architect based in South-East Asia. Part 1 will be found here.) Good Morning Jobseekers! PART 2: Recruitment Specifics Having made the decision to ‘Recruit’, we need to analyze the requirements, and formulate a ‘Brief.’ Firstly, this will provide a level of ‘Analysis’ – Indeed, […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: hiring, human resources, recruitment at an architecture firm, team building

Jul 05 2016

A Guide to Successful Recruitment at Your Architecture Firm (Part One)

(This is a guest post by Bob Morgan, an architect based in South-East Asia) Good Morning Jobseekers! PART 1: Recruitment Options You have just pulled another ‘Candlelit Vigil!’ – On top of a 60 Hour Week! – We all have to give extra effort at times; but now it is becoming a ‘Regular Weekly Event!’ During […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: Architects, hiring, human resources, recruitment at an architecture firm

Mar 28 2016

How to Establish an Orientation Process for New Employees in Architecture

For this final week of March here at EntreArchitect.com, where throughout the month we have been sharing content on the theme of Leadership, we are sharing a great guest post from earlier last year by Norbert Lemermeyer of Architecture + Business. Establish an Orientation for New Employees The following outlines the standard orientation for a new […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: Architects, Architecture, Employees, hiring, leadership, orientation process

Oct 19 2015

12 Rules for Hiring a Powerful Team

You started your own firm. Congratulations. Whether it was a planned life strategy or an involuntary response to the miserable “downsized” economy, you’ve made the right choice. In this profession, being an Entrepreneur Architect is the single best decision you will ever make. Your future is now up to you. Your success or failure is […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: hiring, human resources, Teams

Feb 09 2015

Three Lists to Freedom

The EntreArchitect blog now hosts more than 26,000 views per month. The podcast is downloaded more than 7,000 times every 30 days. The Entrepreneur Architect Report, my free weekly newsletter, is delivered to more than 3,500 Entrepreneur Architects each week. Big things are happening here at Entrepreneur Architect. We are rapidly achieving our mission of […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Business · Tagged: hiring, productivity, virtual staff, virtual team

Feb 10 2013

Entrepreneur Architect Academy 006 | My 12 Hard-Earned Lessons for Hiring the Right Staff

You started your own firm. Congratulations. Whether it was a planned life strategy or an involuntary response to the miserable “downsized” economy, you’ve made the right choice. In this profession, being an Entrepreneur Architect is the single best decision you will ever make. (Tweet That) Your future is now up to you. Your success or […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: Academy Blog Series, Business · Tagged: Architecture, hiring, organization chart, staff

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