Workforce
Forward Progress
Many contractors today are urgently transforming their recruiting practices to attract the right kind of worker. That’s because productivity has taken a huge hit in today’s red hot economy as worker numbers dwindle in an ever-tightening labor market.
By Sam Barnes
September 2, 2019
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Workforce
by Sam Barnes
Sam Barnes worked more than two decades as a McGraw-Hill Cos. regional editor and Engineering News-Record regional correspondent. He currently provides freelance writing and photography for a variety of businesses and publications. He earned his MBA at Louisiana State University in 2001 and a bachelor's degree in journalism at University of Louisiana Monroe in 1986.
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