ThinkWhy’s Jay Denton Provides Mid-2020 Construction Economic and Employment Outlook

Jay Denton assesses the trends in construction employment leading up to the pandemic and how things have changed.

July 9, 2020
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Labor Iq National Outlook By IndustryListen to this Digging Deeper podcast to hear Jay Denton, chief innovation officer at ThinkWhy, discusses his assessment of the trends in construction employment leading up to the pandemic and how things have changed, the latest employment data and what the future may hold as the industry begins the recovery process.

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