Construction Job Openings Plunge By 51,000 in July
By ABC
September 9, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—The construction industry had 248,000 job openings on the last day of July, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as an...
Strategies for Tackling Workforce Challenges at Your Construction Company
By Brett Addis
September 9, 2024
The current construction industry outlook indicates that challenges with workforce supply and demand will continue well into the future.
According to Associated Builders and Contractors, “The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 501,000 additional workers on t...
Construction Job Openings Plummet by 71,000 in June
By ABC
August 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 30—The construction industry had 295,000 job openings on the last day of June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as an...
What Skilled-Labor Shortage?
By Grace Calengor
July 24, 2024
A company that has been around for nearly 150 years, it’s safe to say, knows something about employee recruitment and retention.
Founded as a mechanical contractor by two sons of an Irish immigrant in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1884, H.C. Blake Co. today is on its seventh generatio...
Poised for Productivity: Three Tips to Bolster Workforce Efficiency
By Adam Stark
June 25, 2024
The U.S. construction sector is at a crossroads, balancing surging infrastructure demands with stagnant processes and persistent headwinds that diminish profitability.
Perhaps most prominently, infrastructure projects are still reeling from rising financing costs and inflationar...
Innovative Ways to Lessen Your Labor Challenges and Improve on Delivery
By Sean R. Nacey
May 10, 2024
Contractors have been contending with labor shortages for several years. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like this will materially improve any time soon. Two trends indicate that contractors and their supply-chain partners will need to get even more creative to successfully naviga...
Properly Preparing Your First-Year Employees for Success on the Jobsite
By Randy Dombrowski
April 16, 2024
To keep pace with demand, contractors may need to hire 500,000 more workers this year above their normal pace of hiring, according to Associated Builders and Contractors. This at a time when many businesses still struggle to hire skilled workers.
The data shows there’s a tight l...
Increasing Support for the Increasing Number of Women in Construction
By Shanthi Rajan
March 19, 2024
The construction industry has long been male-dominated, but the tide is turning as more women are making their mark in this traditionally challenging field. It’s invigorating to witness the increasing presence of women in various roles within the industry, and the importance of t...
Barriers That Are Hurting Your Hiring and Recruitment Efforts
By Samantha Stephenson
March 5, 2024
Over the past decade, the construction industry has expanded its workforce by tapping into new segments of workers to find much needed talent. For example, women have seen steady employment gains in recent years. The number of women working in construction grew from 802,000 to 1....
Building TeamBuilder
By Patrick Hennessy
February 14, 2024
In an industry where people are the primary assets of the organizations that perform the work, one of the toughest and most important challenges is effective workforce planning. For Harkins, a general contractor headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with offices throughout the mid...
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