The hardest role to recruit in commercial construction?
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***The Highly Specialized Senior Project Manager with local market experience.***
- The Senior Healthcare PM with 5+ local hospital projects
- The Senior Pharma PM with 5+ local Pharma projects
- The Senior Interiors PM with 5+ local interiors projects
- The Senior Multifamily PM with 5+ multifamily projects
Harder than recruiting a Director or VP level?
Yes.
Harder than recruiting a CEO.
Yes.
These roles are often perceived as steps upward in a career. Don’t get me wrong, they are hard to fill, but there’s a scarcity around these positions such that when they come up, people are open to talk.
Harder than recruiting the Highly Specialized Super counterpart?
Yes.
Harder than recruiting the BD person?
Yes.
Typically, those roles ARE extremely difficult, but money can move people in those roles a little more swiftly.
Harder than recruiting the Precon Manager with market relationships?
Oh, just barely. (Some recruiters may argue with me on this one).
But, the highly specialized Senior PM typically has autonomy in the day to day. So, even if there is someone that bothers them in the office, or there is a bureaucracy that stifles them from up top, they can manage.
EVERY company wants to talk to the highly specialized PM, even if they are already fully staffed. They are recruited all the time. Their specialty can bring in a profit center. Meanwhile, they are coveted for Director and VP roles. Usually, they are paid well (base, bonus, etc.) where they are.
So, if you are looking for a specialist Sr PM with local market knowledge, it will be a painful search where more money is only a fraction of the consideration.
-Jenny