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Online course · The Construction Hiring System

Stop hiring twice. Run a hire that sticks, every time.

The step-by-step course built on the system Robert Muckian uses to fill real construction roles. 10 modules, 95 short lessons and 29 templates you can use on your next hire. Every lesson is a read-along PDF you can work through on site, with the templates and checklists to put it straight to use.

UK & Ireland edition
01

Start here

10 lessons

  1. 1.1From “nobody's applying” to a system about 3 min read
  2. 1.2Meet Robert, and why this works on real sites about 4 min read
  3. 1.3The real cost of a bad hire about 3 min read
  4. 1.4Why the best tradespeople aren't looking about 3 min read
  5. 1.5The system on one page about 3 min read
  6. 1.6Pick your live role about 3 min readfast track
  7. 1.7Where you're losing people now about 3 min read
  8. 1.8Running a hire in three hours a week about 4 min read
  9. 1.9AU or UK: using the country lessons about 3 min read
  10. 1.10Fast Track or full course? about 3 min read
02

The brief

10 lessons

  1. 2.1Most bad hires start before the ad about 2 min read
  2. 2.2Name the exact trade or role about 4 min read
  3. 2.3The site, the project, the stage about 4 min read
  4. 2.4A real start date and how long it runs about 4 min read
  5. 2.5Must-haves vs nice-to-haves about 5 min readfast track
  6. 2.6Tickets and licences the role really needs about 3 min read
  7. 2.7Supervisor and manager roles about 3 min read
  8. 2.8Who does what in your hiring about 3 min read
  9. 2.9Where your ideal hire works now about 3 min read
  10. 2.10Finish your role brief about 4 min readfast track
03

Pay, terms and how you'll engage them

8 lessons

  1. 3.1Why pay goes in the ad about 4 min read
  2. 3.2Benchmark the rate in ten minutes about 4 min readfast track
  3. 3.4UK: pay floors, holiday, pension and sick pay about 3 min read
  4. 3.5Employee, subbie or agency? about 3 min read
  5. 3.7UK: status, CIS, IR35 and agency workers about 3 min read
  6. 3.8Selling more than the rate about 4 min read
  7. 3.9Probation and trial shifts done properly about 2 min read
  8. 3.10Write your offer summary about 3 min read
04

Find them first: channels and your network

10 lessons

  1. 4.1Post-and-pray vs go-and-get about 4 min read
  2. 4.2Where your trade actually looks about 3 min read
  3. 4.3Set up your employer account properly about 4 min readfast track
  4. 4.4Screener questions that filter for you about 4 min read
  5. 4.5Free or sponsored? about 4 min read
  6. 4.6Turn your crew into recruiters about 3 min readfast track
  7. 4.7Your old lists: ex-staff, past applicants, subbies about 4 min read
  8. 4.8Apprentices, colleges and career changers about 3 min read
  9. 4.9Facebook groups and word of mouth about 3 min read
  10. 4.10One tracker for every candidate about 4 min read
05

Find them first: search like a recruiter

10 lessons

  1. 5.1Sourcing: finding people who aren't looking about 4 min read
  2. 5.2Boolean basics in plain English about 3 min read
  3. 5.3Every name for the trade about 3 min read
  4. 5.4Indeed resume search about 3 min read
  5. 5.5Paid CV databases: SEEK (AU), CV-Library and Totaljobs (UK) about 3 min read
  6. 5.6Search LinkedIn like a recruiter about 3 min read
  7. 5.7X-ray search with Google about 3 min read
  8. 5.8Read a profile or CV in 60 seconds about 3 min read
  9. 5.9The first message that gets a reply about 3 min readfast track
  10. 5.10Follow-ups and a warm bench about 3 min read
06

Ads that get replies

10 lessons

  1. 6.1Why tradespeople scroll past your ad about 3 min read
  2. 6.2The headline: trade, site, pay about 4 min read
  3. 6.3The first five lines about 4 min read
  4. 6.4Cut the corporate lines about 4 min read
  5. 6.5Sell it honestly about 4 min read
  6. 6.6Make replying easy about 4 min read
  7. 6.7Worked example: carpenter / joiner ad about 4 min readfast track
  8. 6.8Worked example: site supervisor / site manager about 3 min read
  9. 6.9Fair, legal ad wording about 4 min read
  10. 6.10Post it, test it, fix it in 72 hours about 4 min read
07

Screen and interview

10 lessons

  1. 7.1Speed wins: reply within 24 hours about 3 min read
  2. 7.2The 10-minute phone screen about 4 min readfast track
  3. 7.3The five red flags about 3 min readfree preview
  4. 7.4Notice, start date and pay on the first call about 3 min read
  5. 7.5Questions only someone who's done the work can answer about 4 min readfast track
  6. 7.6Listen for detail about 3 min read
  7. 7.7Interview on site, not in an office about 3 min read
  8. 7.8Practical tests and paid trial shifts about 4 min read
  9. 7.9Interviewing supervisors and managers about 3 min read
  10. 7.10Score and decide within 48 hours about 4 min read
08

References, checks and right to work

8 lessons

  1. 8.1Why 'would you rehire them?' tells you nothing about 3 min read
  2. 8.2The right referee: a foreman or site manager about 3 min read
  3. 8.3The reference call script about 4 min readfast track
  4. 8.4Reading between the lines about 4 min read
  5. 8.6UK: CSCS and other site cards about 4 min read
  6. 8.7Trade licences and registrations about 3 min read
  7. 8.9Right to work checks done properly about 4 min readfast track
  8. 8.10Pre-start checks and storing them safely about 4 min read
09

Offer and the first 14 days

9 lessons

  1. 9.1Move fast: offer within 48 hours about 3 min read
  2. 9.2The offer call about 3 min read
  3. 9.3Lock it in writing about 3 min readfast track
  4. 9.5The written statement on day one about 2 min readfast track
  5. 9.6Notice periods and counter-offers about 3 min read
  6. 9.7Stopping no-shows between 'yes' and day one about 3 min read
  7. 9.8Day one: met, kitted, inducted, paired about 4 min readfast track
  8. 9.9Week one: a buddy and early wins about 3 min read
  9. 9.10The day-10 check-in and the day-14 call about 3 min read
10

Keep them, and run it every time

10 lessons

  1. 10.1Why good tradespeople leave, and what keeps them about 3 min read
  2. 10.2Stay conversations at 30, 60 and 90 days about 3 min read
  3. 10.3Pay reviews, tickets and progression about 3 min read
  4. 10.4Apprentices: hiring and keeping them about 3 min read
  5. 10.5Leavers and boomerangs about 3 min read
  6. 10.6Five hiring numbers to track about 3 min read
  7. 10.7Build a bench before you need it about 3 min read
  8. 10.8Hand the system to someone else about 3 min read
  9. 10.9Your hiring playbook in one folder about 3 min read
  10. 10.10Run it every time about 3 min read

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Questions

What's in the course?

Step-by-step modules covering the brief, sourcing, ads, screening, interviews, references, offers and the first 14 days, plus templates and checklists.

What does Course Plus add?

Everything in the course, plus a 60-minute 1:1 call with Robert on a live role and a written review of your first brief and job ad. It's £399.