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Business
Number of Unfilled Construction Jobs Remains High
National Association of Home Builders
The open rate for construction jobs has been trending upward since 2012 with April average the highest since 2007
On a three-month moving average basis, the open position rate for the construction sector rose to 2.5% in April, the construction sector hiring rate declined to 5% and the number of job quits held declined to 105,000, the lowest level since the start of the year.
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Business
Construction Unemployment Rate Second Lowest Since November 2007
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
US construction industry adds 17,000 jobs in May 2015 bringing unemployment rate down to 6.7%
Nonresidential construction employment increased by 8,200 jobs in May, with nonresidential specialty trade contractors adding 5,600 jobs and nonresidential building employment expanding by 2,600 jobs. Residential construction employment added 8,500 net new jobs for the month.
Business Services
3 Problems with Using Incentives to Motivate Construction Employees
The Contractor's Business Coach
Bribing employees with money to motivate specific behaviors can be a dangerous path for construction contractors
Perhaps the biggest problem with using money to motivate desired behavior is that it leads to employees paying a lot of attention to a specific task or goal and does so to the harm of other duties and objectives.
Personnel Management
10 Tips to Cool Summer’s Hot-Tempered Construction Workers
Tips on how construction leaders can approach hot-tempered employees and help them cool down, especially as the outside temperatures heat up
Heat exhaustion, impatience and hot tempers can happen to even the best of your workers. Don’t push them to the point where tempers might flare, exhaustion might set in and you are risking good results.
Business Services
Wage Theft Big Problem in Massachusetts Construction Industry
In the past 18 months, the state attorney general's office has issued 253 wage violation citations resulting in more than $1.6M being recovered in penalties and unpaid wages
Business Services
How to Interview Potential Employees to See if They Fit the Job
The Contractor's Business Coach
How to get a potential job candidate to show you if they are a good fit for a construction position before you lay all your cards on the table
Interviewing for fit is a bit of a learned skill. It requires you to get the interviewee talking openly in a very relaxed manner. You need to ask very open ended questions. You need to share minimal information about the job and your company prior to getting to know the person.
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Business Services
The Star Concept: How to Increase Crew Power
The Star Concept assists the crew foreman by getting more support from those already engaged to work on the crew while still holding the crew foreman responsible for the final results
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Business
Indiana Senate Votes to Repeal Common Construction Wage Law
Proposal to repeal the state law passes by just five votes in the GOP-controlled Indiana Senate
Business
Pipeline Construction Agreement with Unions Will Create 3,000 Construction Jobs
Kinder Morgan deal means all of its construction contractors will use union labor at all Northeast Energy Direct underground natural gas pipeline construction sites in Massachusetts
Business Services
Construction Industry's Unauthorized Immigrant Workforce Declining
Number of unauthorized immigrant laborers in the construction industry has declined 5% since the recession
Business Services
33 States Added Construction Jobs Between January and February 2015
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
Texas led the 45 states that added the most construction jobs between February 2014 and February 2015; Mississippi led the four states that lost jobs, and employment was unchanged in Delaware
Thirty-three states added construction jobs between January and February and 17 states lost jobs for the month. The map above shows employment data by state.
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