EMPLOYMENT

RECOMMENDATION
REPORT

Unit 2: Employee Recommendation

Report

Ryan King

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 EMPLOYMENT
RECOMMENDATION REPORT:
Jesse Morrow

English 320: Unit 2

By: Ryan King

October 15, 2010

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 Executive Summary
This recommendation is for you, Jesse Morrow, a Construction Management Major at

North Dakota State University, and is to help you decide between your three job listings,

Laborer with Burchill Construction in Wahpeton, North Dakota, Carpenter with Roers

Construction in Fargo, ND, and Project Manager with Cofells Plumping Heating Excavating Inc.

in Bismarck, ND. Based on what you said in our interview about your wants and needs in your

future job and knowing who you are and being able to tell what kind of job you want, I have

concluded that you should take the Carpenter position with Roers Construction.

Being a big company, but not a huge company, they will give you the best chance to

move up in your career like you have told me you would like to do. There would be no need to

reacquaint yourself with a new area because the position is in Fargo, where you go to school. I

hope this report helps you in your decision.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................iii

Introduction.....................................................................................................................................1

Job Opportunities............................................................................................................................3

Burchill Construction...............................................................................................................................3

Roers Construction Inc............................................................................................................................3

Cofells Plumbing Heating Excavating Inc.................................................................................................4

Locations..........................................................................................................................................5

Burchill Construction, Wahpeton ND.......................................................................................................5

Roers Construction Inc., Fargo, ND..........................................................................................................6

Cofells Plumbing Heating Excavating Inc., Bismarck, ND.........................................................................6

Conclusion and Recommendation...................................................................................................7

Works Cited.....................................................................................................................................8

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 Introduction
In this report, I am going to help a fellow classmate, a friend, and a former teammate of

mine find a potential career starting job. You, Jesse Morrow, are deciding between three

different companies to work for when you have finished your schooling . With this report I hope

to save you some time in researching all three companies and also make my personal

recommendation which I would like you to consider.

You are currently in your third year at North Dakota State University pursuing a major

degree in Construction Management with a minor degree in Business. Along with being a

fulltime student, you are also a pole-vaulter for the NDSU track team . Being a former teammate

of yours, I know how hard it is to keep up with school as track takes up almost 3 hours of

everyday. But you have obviously been able to figure this out by being highly motivated and

driven to do the best you can.

I had a chance to make up a questionnaire for you to fill out and to also interview you

about your career motives and goals. The reason you got involved with the idea of having a

construction related job was because your uncle is a General Contractor down in Colorado . You

always enjoyed going to visit and watch your uncle do the different projects .

Even though the construction industry is one of the biggest industries and has the most

jobs, you would like to be with a relatively smaller company to start with and stay in the

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Midwest. You want to stay moderately close to your family, who live in Watertown, South

Dakota. You said you would be willing to move around a bit for your first couple years if the job

insists it, but would like to end up in a steady and secure position near home . You don’t want to

stay around home just because of family though. You are an avid hunter and like you said, “No

other state has more pheasants than South Dakota” (Morrow). Considering all the criteria you

have given me about your ideal job, I broke down each job so you can see the details of each

company.

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 Job Opportunities
Burchill Construction
Burchill Construction has a Construction Laborer position open. Burchill is located in the

south eastern part of North Dakota, in Wahpeton. They are a relatively smaller company, being

locally owned and founded by two brothers. Their main focus is on designing and building

homes but they also do work in remodeling existing homes and installing new windows . You

were drawn to this company because it is smaller than big multi-state companies and because

they focus mainly on homes.

Burchill really prides themselves on their custom cabinets. “Not only can we design the

custom kitchen of your dreams but we can provide and install hard to find fireplace mantels,

woodwork for abnormal shaped windows, custom bookshelves for your library, built ins for

entertainment centers and soo much more”(Burchill). This is why you were really attracted to

this company; they do a lot of custom work and take pride in themselves for it. They also offer

“Full benefit package with opportunities for advancement”(Monster).

Roers Construction Inc.

Like Burchill, Roers Construction is another locally owned construction company but this

time they are out of Fargo, ND. They are offering you a carpenter position, “…seeking

individuals with wood framing experience.” (JobsND). You do have framing experience through

your schooling. Roers started out in 1976 as a smaller residential contracting company . Over

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the 30+ years it has been in business, it has grown into a general construction company with

over 100 employees. This is something you said you would like to eventually build up to. On

their website Roers stated, “RCI has special expertise in the areas of design-build, commercial,

multi-unit residential, historic rehabilitation, and institutional construction” (Roers) . By talking

to you in different classes and in our interview, this is something I think you would like because

they do so many different things that you would never get bored.

Besides just being in the construction industry, Roers also does land development,

Property Management, and Commercial and Residential Real Estate . This is good for you

because if you find yourself not liking the position you are in you can always try a different field,

yet stay with the same company.

Cofells Plumbing Heating Excavating Inc.

Cofells is offering a Project Manager position. They are a specialized company focusing

on plumbing and heating and air. They come into play after most of a construction project has

been completed. They are mostly subcontractors that do work for bigger, general contractors .

Yes, it is a managing position like you said you would want, but after talking to you and getting

to know you, I don’t think this is the right job for you . You told me you wanted to be involved in

the whole project and with this company you would not have that opportunity .

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 Locations
In our interview, you said you would like to stay reasonably close to home which is

Watertown, South Dakota. Also, talking to you in class and knowing a little about who you are, I

know that you like to go hunting quite a bit. So I am going to break down each location and try

and make it easier to decide a job. And since you are from South Dakota and don’t know any

land owners in North Dakota yet, I have figured out where the nearest public land to go hunting

is. Each graph will have to distance and time from the respected city to your home in

Watertown, and the distance and time from the city to some of the closest cities with public

land. All numbers come from Google Maps. Locations of nearest public land came from the

North Dakota Game and Fish website.

Burchill Construction, Wahpeton ND

Burchill is the closest to Watertown. It is also in the smallest town.

From Wahpeton Miles Time Traveled

to Watertown 111 1 hour 51 mins

to nearest public 30 34 mins

land(Hankinson)
to public 64.5 1 hour 9 mins
land(Lisbon)
to public 74.1 1 hour 25 mins
land(Enderlin)
(Google) and (ND G&F)

Roers Construction Inc., Fargo, ND

Roers is a little farther from Watertown and farther from public land, but is in a bigger city .

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 From Fargo Miles Time Traveled
to Watertown 141 2 hours 20 mins

to nearest public 47.3 53 mins

land(Alice)
to public 60.5 1 hour 11 mins
land(Galesburg)
to public 71.3 1 hour 12 mins
land(Pillsbury)
(Google) and (ND G&F)

Cofells Plumbing Heating Excavating Inc., Bismarck, ND

Cofells is the farthest away from Watertown, but is the closest to public land .

From Bismarck Miles Time Traveled

to Watertown 298 5 hours 2 mins

to nearest public 8 10 mins

land(Lincoln)
to public 37.1 55 mins
land(Regan)
to public 36.6 40 mins
land(Moffit)
(Google) and (ND G&F)

Conclusion and Recommendation

After conducting my research on the three different companies and talking to you about

your wants and needs in a job, I have concluded that the carpenter position with Roers

Construction Inc. in Fargo, North Dakota would be the best choice for you . This position with

Roers will give you a chance to start out in a lower position, learn to the company trade and be

able to move your way up and possibly become a contractor like you want .

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 The other two jobs, Cofells and Burchill, would be good jobs but I don’t think you would

enjoy them as much as the Roers position. Even though the eastern part of North Dakota is not

well known for its hunting, you can always go back to Watertown and hunt or come with me to

land I know. Whichever job you choose, I’m sure you will make the best out of it. Good Luck!

Works Cited

Burchill Construction Web. 10 Oct. 2010. < http://burchillconstruction.com/default.aspx>.

Google Maps Web. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://www.google.maps.com>.

Monster Jobs Web. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://www.monster.com>.

Morrow, Jesse. Personal Interview. 27 Sept. 2010.

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ND Game and Fish Web. 10. Oct. 2010. < http://gf.nd.gov/maps/plots.html>.

ND Jobs. Web. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://www.jobsnd.org>

Roers' Construction, Inc. Web. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://www.rcifargo.com/index.aspx>.