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BUILDING THE FUTURE:
HIRING TALENT

Wehner customized Downs’ test for “I also have my shop foreman take them this is a stepping stone, that we intend
Cabinet Concepts, paring it down to on a tour of the shop to get his opinion.” to cross-train them, but they have to be
three pages. patient,” he adds.
Wehner has also found himself paying
The test focuses on nuts and bolts more attention to a candidate’s The Wehners both played college
knowledge and skills. Can you read a tape personality. How driven and motivated sports, and he says they love to see
measure? Can you convert decimals to do they seem? How do they present team experience listed on resumes
fractions and vice versa? Can you look at themselves? How confident are they? because that candidate is more likely
a cut list and pull information from it? to have experience with the work ethic
“When we bring on people for entry- and camaraderie that is a big part of the
“That’s how I vet the young kids,” he says. level/nonskilled positions, we tell them Cabinet Concepts philosophy.

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