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Construction job openings expected to increase as industry rebounds
Construction employment in the United States will likely rebound soon due to the increasing number of projects set in place, Bloomberg reported. Government data show that October brought the most job openings and beginnings of construction projects that builders have seen in four years, and architecture firms are seeing the industry’s fastest progress since December […]
December 19, 2012
Workforce
Merrill Lynch: “We are on the verge of construction hiring”
Bill McBride has pulled in some optimistic comments from Michelle Meyer at Merrill Lynch. Meyer says 2012 will “go down in history as a year of transition for the housing market” with housing starts on track to be up 25 percent and home prices on track to increase 5 percent by year’s end. Meyer forecasts […]
December 13, 2012
Construction Equipment
How will you retain employees after the recession?
With an unemployment rate currently hovering near 12 percent, small- and mid-size construction company owners probably haven’t worried much about staffing their crews. There’s always someone looking for work. There’s some interesting numbers out lately, though. People in jobs from the top down are looking forward to the end of the recession, not only because […]
September 11, 2012
Business
ACG asks government to reconsider new hiring rules
On May 24, the Associated General Contractors of America and 10 other national business associations requested the Obama administration reconsider a series of new hiring mandates it wants to impose on contractors working on federal projects. The new rules, which are being proposed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), are designed to […]
May 24, 2012
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