WORKFORCE Archives

The Retention Roadmap: How to Structure Career Pathways That Workers Won’t Leave 1
- Best Practices, HR, Improving Productivity, WORKFORCE, Workforce & Professional Development
- August 4, 2026
By Cathy Tyler, NCCER Ask any subcontractor about their biggest operational headache, and it’s often workforce-related. As the industry grapples with an ongoing labor shortage, the challenge has shifted from simply recruiting fresh faces to retaining them over the long term. The modern jobsite has craft professionals of all ages and experience levels. Every generation
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You Cannot Choose a Career You Have Never Seen 0
- Legally Speaking, Outlook & Trends, WORKFORCE, Workforce & Professional Development
- June 30, 2026
Why Exposure May Be Construction’s Most Important Workforce Strategy By Angie Simon, Maxim Consulting Group “You cannot choose a career you have never seen.” That simple reality may be one of the biggest reasons the construction industry is facing a workforce crisis today. Across the country, subcontractors are struggling to find skilled workers. Experienced tradespeople
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“Put the Rookie In – We Paid for Them So Let’s See What They are Worth”0
- Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, WORKFORCE, Workforce & Professional Development
- June 30, 2026
How organizations persistently run a deficit in the personnel arena By Gregg M. Schoppman, FMI Corp. No one has ever said, “If we lose <INSERT NAME>, we are in so much trouble…” Consider a championship football team. There are only 11 players on the field at any given time representing a team. However, whether collegiate
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Rethinking the Labor Gap: Why Productivity May Matter More Than Headcount 0

By Yael Meretyk Hanan, Pelles.ai For years, the construction industry’s response to labor shortages has centered on one goal: find more people. It’s an understandable focus. After all, you can’t build projects without skilled people in the field, experienced project managers in the office, and estimators capable of turning opportunities into work. The challenge is

The biggest expansion of federal scholarship money in 50 years is at hand — and almost nobody is ready for it 0

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report At a time when polls show two-thirds of Americans think a higher education is no longer worth the price, Forsyth Technical Community College has a message for them. “College,” it says, “could cost you nothing.” The planned marketing slogan is a reference to the most dramatic expansion in more

The Current Buzzword of Construction Recruiting: Retention and Belonging 0

By Brian Drucks, Where Trades Go After 50 years in construction, I’ve learned that labor shortages are rarely caused by a lack of work. They’re caused by a lack of people willing, prepared, and inspired to do the work. Today, the construction industry faces one of the most significant workforce challenges in its history. I