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Offering a 401(k) Can Help with Recruiting, Worker Retention

A top-notch 401(k) program is a key, affordable option for small businesses competing for skilled labor with larger construction companies

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Skyjack Helps Veterans STEP Back Into the Workforce

Skyjack is working with its partners to help veterans step back into long-term permanent positions. The Service to Employment Program (STEP) is catered to helping US veterans transition from active duty into rewarding careers as service technicians.

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Training & Education

Why America Needs to Follow Europe's Lead on Apprenticeship Programs

Most contractors in the UK run apprenticeship programs where new hires learn on the job while also attending school, with return on investment up to 25%

Robust construction apprenticeship programs and long-term training are investments contractors need to start making.

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Let's Fill the Construction Labor Shortage with Women

The construction industry fights many stigmas; that it's a man's industry is one stigma that needs to be eliminated

Women make up only 9% of the construction workforce, and it's time we see that number change.

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Labor Shortages Boost Wage Growth for Unskilled Construction Workers

Wages in the U.S. construction industry will continue to move higher, with lower-skilled workers experiencing the strongest growth

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Construction Associations Propose Plans to Expand Workforce Development

To overcome the perception of craft professionals as low or middle skill workers, “We must recapture the dignity of work as well as the pride and honor inherent in skilled occupations.”

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Survey Reveals Labor Shortage’s Widespread Impact on Construction Industry

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Teletrac Navman survey shows finding and retaining talent jumped 13% over 2017 as a top business challenge

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Contractors Optimistic with Strong Backlog, Fear Growing Safety Risks

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88% of contractors expect at least a moderate impact from workforce shortages in the next three years, with more than half expecting the impact to be severe

Improvement in the Q3 2018 USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index was likely driven by an increase in backlog figures since Q2.

Labor Shortage Not Hampering Year-To-Date Construction Spending Gains

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

Total US construction spending eked out a July increase despite nonresidential slippage but 2018 continues tracking ahead of 2017

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Technology Can Open Doors to Future Construction Roles

While some perceive new machine forms and technology as a job threat, they could open new opportunities for those willing to adapt to changing roles in construction.

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Consigli: Three Things Contractors Must Do to Secure Construction’s Labor Supply

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Here’s how to promote craft training, advance STEM jobs and incorporate new growth technologies to strategically combat the labor shortage

Consigli Construction uses technologies such as virtual reality to improve project profitability, but also to attract workers who value being innovators.

Is Your Construction Business Prepared and Protected for ICE Undocumented Worker Audits?

Understand and navigate the government’s amplified focus on undocumented workers to protect your business from escalating fines, jail time, delay damages and back-charges

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