We found more information on the manpower shortages from around the world, not only in the construction trades, but in other jobs as well. This time Silicon India reported...
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 tallest building on the planet today is the Burj Khalifa rising 2,717 feet into the desert sky over Dubai. It is a building full of hyperbole built to illustrate some of...
Bank of America is heavily immersed in the future workforce issues through its community support activities. They have established a community support program that is good...
For anyone wondering who hit the reset button on the economy and also wondering just exactly what is going on, I recommend that you order a copy of The Great Reset: How New Ways...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the construction industry lost 22,000 jobs during the month of June. Some might assume this means that recruiting an adequate...
Mike Salsgiver, executive director of the Oregon-Columbia chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), recently wrote an interesting article about the state of...
We found a chart that you might be interested in on a site called Calculated Risk that charts the percentage of job losses for previous and current recessions. It is set up...
With the unemployment rate in the construction industry still lingering at about 24% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and with many former construction workers...
You might not know it but there is a shortage of skilled craftspeople in the industry. Today, with the 24% unemployment across the industry, probably not; however, look at...
