Day Zero Training: A Safety Program to Mitigate Risk among New Hires
- Best Practices, Safety, WORKFORCE, Workforce & Professional Development
- June 25, 2024
By Jack Rubinger, writer People — caring, feeding, nourishing and retaining — are the big story for the construction industry as we head into 2022. While other industries have done a great job keeping people happy, healthy and in good humor, the construction industry has lagged behind in these skills. Driven by deadlines, increased pressure
READ MOREBy Nicole Needles, NCCER The construction profession has been a generational and long-standing career path for many families. Others have found success working their way up from apprentice to journey-level to owning their own company. Using creativity, employing critical thinking skills and working with their hands to make something tangible leaves craft professionals feeling accomplished
READ MOREBy Dale Carnegie Research HR is often tasked with raising employee engagement scores. Looking across the ranks, HR sees a multi-generational team. Each generation has its unique mindset, work style and ways of communication. This translated into different attitudes and concepts of what drives employee engagement. To cope, HR sets out to train managers to
READ MOREBy Patrick Hogan, handle.com Labor shortage is one of the biggest challenges for the construction industry. Construction companies are struggling not only to hire new blood but also to keep and retain their current labor force. There are various reasons why construction workers easily quit and jump ship to other companies. Beyond the drive to
READ MOREJohn Biggs, writer The construction industry is in the midst of a war for talent on two fronts. The global labor shortage makes it difficult to match jobs with candidates in the first place, but keeping the talent you’ve already got is an equally pressing matter. The U.S .job market as a whole could be
READ MOREBy Jessica Meno, Raken The labor shortage in construction has made turnover an even bigger challenge. For companies, now’s the perfect time to look inward—and make sure your workers are happy to stay. Here are six ways to improve employee retention at your construction business. 1. Pay everyone accurately, and on time Payroll delays and
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