Success Stories: Employee Testimonials

Janice
Internal Director of Marketing, Corporate Division
July 1999 - Present

My success with Gemcraft Homes started with purchasing a home. I enjoyed the Builder so much I started working for them part time as a Sales Assistant at my community Tiffany Woods in Abingdon. Later I was promoted to a Community Sales Manager and thoroughly enjoyed meeting the people and selling them their dream homes. With the help of my earnings, I purchased my second Gemcraft Home in Bel Air. After that I was promoted to Director of Sales in Delaware and enjoyed leading my Sales Staff very much. But then there was an Company Job Opportunity at Corporate, for which I applied for, and was awarded the position. Now, I currently work as Internal Director of Marketing. I'm involved in the Community Grand Openings, training Community Sales Manager’s and Community Sales Associate’s and I also work in assisting Gemcraft’s Decorators and the Divisions with their Model Homes. My job is so diversified that I never have a boring day. I have learned so much and plan to continue to grow and learn. Gemcraft Homes has given me this opportunity.

Jeff
Inside Production Manager, North Division
May 2002-Present
Grove City College 2002

I was recruited by Gemcraft Homes the fall of 2001, my senior year at Grove City College. I was a Business Communications major in search of an assistant production supervisor position with a homebuilder.

In the spring of 2001, I pursued such a position with an established national builder. The company was well known throughout the country; they had been recruiting on campus for years and as a result had developed a strong reputation for being the top builder to work for. I was one of thirty other applicants that interviewed with a representative from their human resources department. It was evident that the culture of that company was highly competitive and that there were very structured career paths set for you once you were hired.

My first impressions of Gemcraft Homes as a company were very positive after meeting and speaking to one of the owners, and vice presidents at the informational meeting held on campus. They were a young company looking to expand rapidly and needed to hire highly motivated, driven people. I interviewed with one of the production mangers at that time. He knew what was entailed in the assistant production supervisor position. Following the interview, I felt that I had gained an accurate representation of the job and company as a whole that I was interviewing for. Gemcraft has a culture that allows an individual to advance and grow based on their own performance, not on set time frames and career paths. I received a call two weeks later with an offer and accepted the position.

Gemcraft Homes was and continues to be a fast growing company, where job opportunities are constant and advancements within the company are abundant. My experience with this company has given me more opportunities than I would have ever had with any national builder.

Kim
Director of Advertising
March 2001 – Present

Highlights thus far:
It is definitely the people that I have had a chance to work with. I have learned so much about the home building industry from my peers. I have also had the opportunity to work with Gemcraft’s architects, advertising agency and subcontractors. Everyone has been very helpful every step of the way.

What I like best about Gemcraft:
It is definitely the desire the owner’s have to teach their employee’s as much as possible. From hands on field training to classroom training, Gemcraft takes the time to educate their employees. Recently I attended a two day sales and marketing seminar. I am very excited to apply the new techniques that I have learned to Gemcraft advertising!

Opportunities:
I have been very fortunate to be able to take advantage of several opportunities at Gemcraft. When I started in March of 2001, I did not know anything about the home building industry. I started in the Purchasing Dept as a Purchasing Coordinator. When Gemcraft started the Architectural Dept about a year later, I became the Architectural Manager. I worked closely with our architect’s to revise existing plans and to develop new product. In 2005 I moved back to the Purchasing Dept and became the Purchasing Manager. I worked with subcontractors on pricing issues and with our Estimating Dept on pricing for our product and options. Spring of 2006, I accepted a position in our Marketing Dept. Currently I work with our advertising agency on all of our advertising. There are a lot of opportunities at Gemcraft, and I thank everyone at Gemcraft for the opportunities that they have given me!