“A global jobs war is coming and there is no time to waste. Cities are crumbling for lack of good jobs. Nations are in revolt because their people can’t get good jobs. The cities...
Awareness and Recruiting
Are schools, organizations and media portraying the richness, variety and vitality of construction careers? Recruiting and renewing a sustainable work force means embracing a positive image for our industry, reinforcing it with our education and industry partners and fulfilling its promise through socially responsible industry practices.
Editor's note: The following article was originally posted on the MarekBros.com blog.Power tools are used daily in our line of work; we use them to cut metal, secure fasteners,...
The following was written by Paul Godwin, BIM Manager at Marek, and was originally posted on Marekbros.com.After attending the Spring 2014 BIMFORUM in Boston, it is apparent that...
The following article originally appeared in the June newsletter to clients of Kiley Advisors, LLC. Reprinted with permission.These are the times that will test.These are...
On May 29, 2014, I had the opportunity to be on the Louisiana Business and Industry Show to discuss the skilled labor market challenges and the tools available to more effectively...
Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF), a training affiliate of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston, honored 44 graduates in millwright,...
According to the NBC Nightly News, a recent report by the global search firm ManpowerGroup shows that skilled labor jobs are the hardest to fill both in the US and around the...
Recently, I described the reasoning behind the creation of Construction Career Collaborative (C3) and attributed it to the fact that the construction industry has an unsustainable...
Once when I was a kid, my parents had a truckload of dirt dumped onto our driveway. Their intent, and the eventual result, was that the dirt was to be used to level the low...
