Chris came to CPGworks as a referral from a friend of a friend- funny how that works…. anyway… he was looking to make a clean break and fresh start- “Just give me the opportunity and I will prove to you I am someone to take a chance on” he said to me. I met Chris back in November 2008. After the interview we ended up just chatting about. He is someone who came in with your basic carpentry skills and odd jobs behind him. He learned some hard lessons along the path of life but was making the effort to change those things. I asked him about doing demo work and he was all for giving it a shot. This was his chance to show me. If you don’t show up with your basic tools and are not prepared, then don’t show up all I told him.
I sent Chris to at the Gowanda project. The foreman, who is a man of few words said to me, “Good worker, shows up and just works, no telling him to work, he just does.” Whenever I would speak to the foreman about Chris, it is always positive feed back.
Getting to know Chris, you feel safe and comfortable. There was one time when I had a walk-in show up in my Springville office, soon after speaking with this guy, i knew something was not right, like maybe he is on something, anyway, the guy made me feel uncomfortable- yeah. Chris shows up at that instant to get his check and I ask him in private if he would stick around till the guy leaves. Well, Chris just stood there and stared this other guy down until he got up and left. Chris is someone who is always there with a smile.
By early February the company wanted to give Chris a .50 increase due to the great work – very impressed with his work ethics-
Chris is now Permanent with the company and will be put on their books as soon as the season opens back up. Still working on the Gowanda project and will follow them to Buffalo once that is over.
GOOD FOR YOU CHRIS- You showed everyone you meant business!
Kim Tatoian
CPGworks Recruiter
Springville NY
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