Summer has arrived, and enthusiastic high school and college students are looking for summer internships. Internships are not a problem if you are paying interns at least minimum...
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.
The Associated General Contractors of America is working through its local chapters to find ways to address the catch-22 of older workers retiring while fewer graduating students...
381 Companies Engage Thousands of Georgia StudentsCharles Crosby owns his own construction company in Atlanta. Every year he carves out three full days to volunteer for the...
If you are a skilled crafts worker in the construction industry, boy do we have good news for you. Ken Simonson, chief economist for AGC America, recently spoke to the...
In December 2009, a small group at the Houston Associated General Contractors held its first discussion about developing the craft workforce needed for the commercial construction...
Editor’s note: The original version of this article written by Matthew Waller was published in the San Angelo Standard‑Times and other newspapers across Texas from the...
Mike Holland wrote that 26 years ago, in response to the ongoing struggle for an adequate craft workforce, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston (ABC) and the...
Originally posted on MarekBros.com.Marek’s Atlanta Branch sponsored and participated in the annual CEFGA Career Expo and Skills USA State Championship on March 13th-14th. This...
Now that the Texas Legislature is taking a hard look at the way education reforms are being implemented across the state, I thought now would be a good time to reflect on my...
