Labor & Workforce Development: Page 57

Personnel Management
How Written Operational Systems Can Improve Construction Businesses
Construction Business Coaching
Successful companies have written operational systems in place to allow managers to coach rather than micro-manage people
Construction business owners who an replace themselves with written operational systems will have time to find better customers, hire and train better people, and seek better opportunities.
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Designing a Hiring Program that Works
Cadillac Asphalt’s Future Paving Professionals Program showing promise in Michigan
Aaron Price says an unexpected benefit of the FP3 program is that it has helped Cadillac Asphalt improve its employment and employee development process. “Now we are much more embedded in the process and the system, which will ultimately raise the bar for us as an employer and organization,” he says.
Business Services
The Extra Costs of Paying Overtime
Businesses in the construction industry will need to spend the time and money to ensure they are in compliance to the new overtime rule
While there most certainly will be additional costs to your company with the introduction of the new overtime rule, it’s also an opportunity to assess employee classification and payroll costs, internal communications processes, compliance measures and other business operations.
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Making Sense of the New Overtime Rule and Its Impact on Construction Companies
Unlike other industries, construction has a unique blend of salaried employees, hourly workers and independent contractors, and the FLSA’s changes are structured differently towards each group
Thoroughly assessing your business, conducting a wage-and-hour analysis, and investing in the right advice and technologies, can ultimately save you a lot of time and money against costly and damaging noncompliance lawsuits in the future.
Business
[VIDEO] Trends in How to Find Qualified Skilled Laborers for Construction
AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson talks about how contractors across the country are actively finding qualified skilled labor through working with local schools
[VIDEO] Trends in How to Find Qualified Skilled Laborers for Construction
Apps
[APP] Capture and Analyze Construction Field Productivity
The Productivity Capture and Analysis mobile app is designed to accurately help construction contractors capture field productivity on an individual or crew basis
Once the data is inputted into the app, the app measures, on an interval basis, the activities of the workday to analyze how much time is being put toward productive time, support time and wasted time.
Business
Apprenticeship: Proven Source of Construction Labor Surging with New Resources
More than 115,000 new apprenticeships started since 2014 and unprecedented federal grants support a tried-and-true source of labor that returns nearly $1.50 for every dollar employers invest
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Coaching & Consulting
The Honor in Leading Others
Leading others is not about how smart one is, how talented one is or how charismatic one is, it is more about the commitment the leader feels to be the best that they can be
For any construction leader, being given the opportunity to lead others represents the trust that their senior leaders have placed in the leader to make the right decision, influence the right behavior and secure the right building practices.
Business Services
Colorado Construction Careers Now Trains State Residents for Free
Colorado's Construction Careers Now is a pre-apprenticeship training program designed to train young adults just starting out and older adults changing industries
Launched in July 2016 as a joint effort by the Associated General Contractors of Colorado (AGC), the Colorado Contractors Association and the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado, Construction Careers Now is a pre-apprenticeship training program designed to train young adults just starting out and older adults changing industries.
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Miron Construction Inspires Youth to 'Build Like a Girl'
Wisconsin contractor launches “Build Like a Girl” program to give young girls a hands-on experience and hopefully inspire an interest in careers in construction
The day-long event for girls in 7th through 10th grade included hands-on experiences including pouring concrete, setting block, setting steel and operating equipment
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How to Host a Construction Career Day
Most construction career day events include multiple contractors from the area (or even the state) and give students exposure to many of the different construction trade jobs available to them
One great way to attract students to the construction industry is to hold a construction career day.
Construction Toolbox
Is an Online Job-Matching Website the New Way to Find New Employees?
Hard Hat Hub brings together construction job seekers and construction companies looking to hire through an online search platform
An online job matching resource is a great tool for the construction industry, especially as the industry is trying to reach out to the younger, Internet generation. This is where the next generation of workers is. Plus, with smartphones basically attached to our hands, a website like Hard Hat Hub means those looking for construction jobs can find work or employers can find employees almost any time any day.
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