35 min
Non-Traditional Hiring with Steve Huizinga The RecogNATION: An Employee Engagement Podcast
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- Business
Steve Huizinga is a college dropout, a two-time felon, an addict… and President of Allied Mechanical Services (AMS). We learned about his journey and his unique values which include giving second chances and hiring nontraditional employees.
In this episode Steve answers:
- How did you get to where you are now? What has your personal journey been? (3:43)
- How do you bring the vision statement "Change people's lives through employment" to life? (7:42)
- What led to AMS winning a National Diversity Excellence Award? (11:20)
- Do other employees get involved with helping others that may need more assistance learning or adjusting? (12:57)
- Does Allied Mechanical hire for culture fit? (15:44)
- What can the average tenure of 14 years at AMS be attributed to? (17:06)
- What does growth look like and how do you approach it as an organization? (20:06)
- How do you track the goal "25% of AMS’ field employees to be nontraditional within 5 years?" (22:12)
- Are females deterred by the idea of working on a team of all males in this industry? (23:22)
- What does it mean to "Reshape the traditional view of strength?" (24:47)
- How often do you see natural (and planned) collisions of connection? (26:55)
- Are grace and forgiveness important at AMS and are there ground rules? (28:58)
- How can you help you employees become something they don't see? (31:06)
To learn more about The Delta Project, visit https://www.thedeltaproject.co
If you are looking for more discussions and resources, join our LinkedIn group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9133023/
To hear more music from The Fracture, follow this link: https://linktr.ee/thefracturemusic
Steve Huizinga is a college dropout, a two-time felon, an addict… and President of Allied Mechanical Services (AMS). We learned about his journey and his unique values which include giving second chances and hiring nontraditional employees.
In this episode Steve answers:
- How did you get to where you are now? What has your personal journey been? (3:43)
- How do you bring the vision statement "Change people's lives through employment" to life? (7:42)
- What led to AMS winning a National Diversity Excellence Award? (11:20)
- Do other employees get involved with helping others that may need more assistance learning or adjusting? (12:57)
- Does Allied Mechanical hire for culture fit? (15:44)
- What can the average tenure of 14 years at AMS be attributed to? (17:06)
- What does growth look like and how do you approach it as an organization? (20:06)
- How do you track the goal "25% of AMS’ field employees to be nontraditional within 5 years?" (22:12)
- Are females deterred by the idea of working on a team of all males in this industry? (23:22)
- What does it mean to "Reshape the traditional view of strength?" (24:47)
- How often do you see natural (and planned) collisions of connection? (26:55)
- Are grace and forgiveness important at AMS and are there ground rules? (28:58)
- How can you help you employees become something they don't see? (31:06)
To learn more about The Delta Project, visit https://www.thedeltaproject.co
If you are looking for more discussions and resources, join our LinkedIn group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9133023/
To hear more music from The Fracture, follow this link: https://linktr.ee/thefracturemusic
35 min