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Labor & Workforce Development

How Tech Can Help Construction’s Staffing Crisis

This Digging Deeper podcast episode features Adam Stark, CEO of Jet.Build discussing why tech-enabled construction talent is key to solving this generation’s staffing crisis.

June 24, 2024

How The Tech-Savvy Generation Can Help Construction Staffing

Labor & Workforce Development

Caterpillar Competition Winner Talks About the Industry & Her Win

Caterpillar - Cat

Kait Burds with Mortenson loves the industry and wants to see more women join.

April 12, 2024

Burds accepts the overall winner trophy.

The Contractors Best Friend

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 7 Episode 15: Ideas to Keep Potentially Talented Employees Engaged

Caterpillar - Cat

Construction expert Brad Humphrey sits down with Jason Hurdis, Caterpillar’s global market professional for quarry and aggregates, to discuss retaining workers.

December 20, 2023

The Contractors Best Friend

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 7 Episode 14: 'Second Chance' New Hires

Caterpillar - Cat

Many contractors are giving former employees a second chance on the jobsite to help fill workforce gaps.

December 6, 2023

The Contractors Best Friend

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 7 Episode 12: When It Rains, It's Time to Train

Caterpillar - Cat

When adverse weather strikes, slowing work productivity on the jobsite, it's the perfect time to train employees.

November 8, 2023

The AGC Construction HR Summit

What are the leading construction HR software vendor and the leading construction association doing to make hiring and retention easier?

June 28, 2023

The Contractors Best Friend

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 6 Episode 30: Transition Non-Construction New Hires to Crafts People

Caterpillar - Cat

Fewer people are growing up with a farming, mechanical or construction background. It's no small hurdle, but most contractors are dealing with it today: teaching construction skills to young and new workers without construction experience.

March 29, 2023

Turning Construction HR into a Strategic Discipline

Technology Editor Charles Rathmann is joined by construction consulting expert Larry Silver and Arcoro’s Ric Chaney for insights on how HR can use HCM software, a proactive attitude and even tax credit dollars to hold the ear of senior management.

July 22, 2022

Using Technology to Achieve Workforce Diversity in Construction

Hosted by ForConstructionPros.com technology editor Charles Rathmann, this inaugural episode of the HR Punchlist Podcast focuses on workforce diversity in construction.

April 28, 2022

McCarthy Building Shares Steps to Help Construction Find and Grow its Craft Workforce

McCarthy Building Companies

McCarthy's Erica Gilliland discusses the challenges the construction industry faces in hiring and retaining craft workers and other skilled laborers, and the steps construction companies can take to not only attract but help build the talent needed.

April 25, 2022

Caterpillar Expert Examines Equipment’s Ability to Grow Productivity & Close Workforce Gaps

Caterpillar - Cat

Caterpillar’s Jason Hurdis discusses the role construction equipment and related technologies can play in helping to address the industry’s labor and skills gaps by allowing existing workers to do more using these tools.

February 21, 2022

Labor & Workforce Development

The Contractors Best Friend Podcast Season 5 Episode 19: Where Do You Find Your Workforce?

Caterpillar - Cat

Brad Humphrey and Caterpillar experts talk about options for construction contractors to find the talent necessary to build the new infrastructure push and keep pace with expanding demand for new commercial construction and housing.

December 1, 2021

Project Exec Shares Her Own Rapid Growth & Opportunities for Other Women in Construction

Consigli Construction

Jody Staruk, Consigli Construction, shares her experiences rising through the ranks in the industry, as well as discusses the various opportunities for other women to find fulfilling careers in construction.

November 29, 2021

Labor & Workforce Development

Virtual Reality Tech Brings Real-world Feel into Caterpillar’s Heavy Equipment Training Simulators

Simformation LLC

Annette Kiesewetter at Simformation, a long-time Caterpillar partner in developing simulator training technology, highlighted the latest advances, plus shares how contractors are utilizing simulators to attract the next-generation workforce.

November 24, 2021

Labor & Workforce Development

The Contractors Best Friend Podcast Season 5 Episode 17: Transition of a Foreman

Caterpillar - Cat

Brad Humphrey and the Caterpillar experts discuss the important transition to the role of construction foreman and the skills needed in that position.

November 3, 2021

Coaching & Consulting

The Contractors Best Friend Podcast Season 5 Episode 14: Quick Wins for Operators

Pinnacle Development Group,Inc

How can you take your operators to the next level?

September 21, 2021

Caterpillar's Griffin Reome Talks Solving the Workforce Shortage

Caterpillar - Cat

What needs to be done to attract a new generation to fill the service technician shortage.

August 2, 2021

AED Foundation, Caterpillar Teaming Up to Reduce Workforce Shortage

During CONEXPO 2020, AED Foundation explained how one of its studies spurred Caterpillar to get more involved in development of industry technicians.

July 19, 2021