Tag: construction recruiting

Workforce

ConExpo 2020 to showcase career opportunities in equipment industry for youth

This year’s ConExpo show will be the site for a new effort to help the heavy equipment industry address the worker shortage by recruiting young workers. The show will feature a new Workforce Solutions Area, where more than 1,000 students will learn about career opportunities in the industry. Various organizations will introduce students, as well […]

March 3, 2020

Recruiting & retention

Dozer Day is building the next generation of equipment operators and construction professionals

What kid doesn’t love big construction machines? While the industry struggles to find manpower, Dozer Day is exposing kids ages 2 to 12 to the world of heavy equipment in the hopes that they’ll carry that enthusiasm into their teenage years, their educational choices and eventually their adult careers. That’s the theory anyway, behind Dozer […]

September 24, 2019

Workforce

AEM announces $50,000 in equipment industry workforce development grants

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is awarding the grants to organizations that are helping to further equipment industry workforce development.

June 21, 2019

Workforce

AGC launches push to diversify construction workforce through high school training

AGC aims to diversify the construction industry workforce by launching a national campaign to increase vocational training available to high school students.

January 18, 2019

Recruiting & retention

S.D. tech school hosts high schoolers at Construction Awareness Day Camp

Western Dakota Tech held its annual Construction Awareness Day Camp for over 100 high school students. Get more details on the event here on Equipment World.

October 24, 2018

Recruiting & retention

AEM intros online toolkit to help contractors tap schools, community for workers

Association of Equipment Manufacturers developed the Workforce Development Toolkit that aids contractors find workers by accessing schools and the community.

September 19, 2018

Recruiting & retention

The labor shortage is getting worse. Here’s how construction companies and AGC chapters are fighting back.

As labor shortage increases, construction companies and AGC chapters are taking matters into their own hands to remedy the situation. Get the details today!

August 31, 2018

Workforce

Construction industry unites to launch Go Build America, a nationwide workforce initiative

Across the nation, employers need more than a million workers to meet construction industry demand – but the work force is shrinking, becoming older, and fewer young people are entering the trades. The average age of a tradesman today is 47, and only one out of 10 are women, according to Go Build America, a […]

January 5, 2018

Workforce

Students pursuing college construction degrees up 30%

College students are showing more interest in the construction trades, with a 26.4 percent increase in enrollment, according to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes education data. Construction trades include many subjects, such as carpentry and management, and many four-year schools offer a bachelor’s degree in the […]

August 17, 2017

Construction Equipment

Heavy equipment simulators helping contractor recruiting efforts in North Iowa

Projecting construction positions to be among some of the best paying jobs over the next five years, groups in Iowa are working to attract more new blood to the industry with the help of equipment simulators. According to a report from KIMT TV, a partnership between Iowa Workforce Development, Iowa Works, Hawkeye Community College and […]

March 14, 2016

Workforce

Alabama’s new building permit fee will fund statewide construction education and training

Though the construction industry’s rebound is in full effect with spending at a nearly 7-year high and jobs at a six-year high, contractors across the country are still struggling to find enough skilled workers. The latest survey on the U.S. industry’s shortage from the Associated General Contractors of America found that 83 percent of construction firms […]

July 7, 2015

Workforce

Go Build Tennessee program will work to attract students to construction

The Tennessee construction industry is in dire need of new blood, and in an effort to attract younger people to the profession, Gov. Bill Haslam recently signed the Go Build Tennessee Act into law. According to a report from the Memphis Business Journal, Haslam signed the bill on May 20, thus creating the Go Build Tennessee […]

June 12, 2015