Young Professionals
Community Colleges Offer Opportunity to Get a Degree and Find a Career in Construction
By Julie Brandt
January 25, 2024
The building construction and service industry is ripe for disruption and further digital innovation. As the field evolves, it’s becoming in...
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Who Build the World? Girls!
By Grace Calengor
November 29, 2023
“The very first time I did this, I didn’t actually ask for help. My thought was people wouldn’t take time off of work for this, but they did...
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'Never Say No'
By Maggie Murphy
June 7, 2021
Husband. Father. Coach. Hobby rancher. Mayor. Vice president and partner of his company. Jim Ellis holds a lot of titles for a man who hasn’...
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Meet Derek Hoffine: ABC 2020 Young Professional of the Year Finalist
By Maggie Murphy
June 11, 2020
Born in Nigeria to a Ghanian mother and a Nigerian-born American father, Derek Hoffine’s path to a career with one of the United States’ mos...
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Meet Jim Ellis: ABC 2020 Young Professional of the Year Finalist
By Maggie Murphy
June 11, 2020
A husband. A father. A rancher. The mayor of an Iowa town. Vice president of his company. Jim Ellis wears lot of hats for a man who hasn’t e...
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Meet Kevin Strahler: 2019 ABC Young Professional of the Year Finalist
By Maggie Murphy
July 29, 2019
From the time Kevin Strahler started doing prefabrication work after graduating high school in 2006, he was hooked. “I could build something...
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Meet Steven Sattler: 2019 ABC Young Professional of the Year Finalist
By Maggie Murphy
July 26, 2019
West Point graduate Steven Sattler grew up on a Michigan dairy farm, where he witnessed firsthand mad cow disease wiping out the entire farm...
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Meet Fernando Sanchez: 2019 ABC Craft Instructor of the Year Finalist
By Joanna Masterson
April 24, 2019
It’s pretty special when a network of family members, teachers and colleagues can build on one another’s mentorship to guide a person into a...
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Meet Joseph Fentross: 2019 ABC Craft Instructor of the Year Finalist
By Joanna Masterson
April 16, 2019
The pressure guidance counselors place on high schoolers to attend a four-year college is a reality Joseph Fentross knows all too well. His ...
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Meet Joel Newton: 2019 ABC Craft Professional of the Year Finalist
By Joanna Masterson
April 10, 2019
As the second youngest of 14 siblings—three of whom are police officers—Joel Newton jokes about the struggle to stand out in his family. Tha...
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Meet Shaun O’Brien: 2019 Craft Professional of the Year Finalist
By Joanna Masterson
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Building Organizational Success as Gen X Craftsmen Exit the Construction Workforce and Millennials Come Aboard: It’s Also Time to Prepare for Generation Z
By Amerisure
Construction employers face challenges as Generation X craftsmen exit the workforce and Millennials come on board. Savvy contractors will set up mentorships, ongoing training and aligned policies and procedures to blend the oil-water relationship between Generation X and Generation Y and prepare for Generation Z entering into the workforce.
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How Millennials Have Shaped the Construction Industry—for Better and for Worse
By Anirban Basu
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