Tag: jobs

Turner Staffing Group acquisition combines firms’ unique expertise

August 16, 2023By Marie Emerick and Kevin Yanik

Thomas Haun discusses Turner Staffing Group’s recent deal with HR Advantages, detailing the strengths of the two staffing firms focused on placing talent across the mining industry.

ABC: Construction employment up in May

June 3, 2022By Jack Kopanski

Construction industry employment was up 36,000 jobs last month and 283,000 jobs year over year, according to the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC).

Getting workers back into a pit or quarry in 2022 is sadly easier said than done. Photo: isabela66/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettY Images

How tweaking your hiring approach can attract, retain workers

March 9, 2022By Mark E. Battersby

Although producers are finding people in short supply, an adjustment in hiring approach may yield the employees they need to run most effectively.

MACC Tech is a two-year program designed to provide students with basic knowledge of aggregate production, asphalt and concrete production, and construction equipment and techniques. Photo: iStock.com/1715d1db_3

Further construction jobs gains made in nonresidential

January 7, 2022By Kevin Yanik

Construction added 22,000 jobs in December as the industry’s jobless rate fell to 5 percent. Leaders from the Associated General Contractors of America offer more detail.

Will Congress commit $1 trillion toward infrastructure? Photo: iStock.com/kozmoat98

AGC: Lack of ‘qualified’ workers still plaguing construction

December 20, 2021By Kevin Yanik

Construction jobs decreased in 13 states and increased in 36 states from October to November, based on the Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) latest assessment.

AGC: Nonresidential weighing down construction job gains

September 7, 2021By Kevin Yanik

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) says construction shed 3,000 jobs last month, with the only categorical gains limited to homebuilding.

AGC: Most metro areas adding construction jobs

September 1, 2021By Jack Kopanski

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) says COVID-19, price increases and supply chain issues could, however, slow those gains.

AGC pores over the latest construction jobs numbers

March 23, 2021By Kevin Yanik

Construction employment slipped in 225 U.S. metro areas from January 2020 to January 2021, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) reports.

Construction employment lagging pre-pandemic levels in most states

March 17, 2021By Kevin Yanik

Construction employment in January remained below pre-pandemic levels in all but eight states, the Associated General Contractors of America reports.