workforce development
Management: Hiring and Compensation Strategies
The following article was authored by David C. Phillips and originally published in AWCI's Construction Dimensions magazine.
IN EDUCATION.
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Old Solution Offers New Potential in Developing a Well-Qualified Workforce
How do you get a job without the right skills or credentials? How do you gain the right skills or credentials to get or succeed in a job if you can’t pay for the education needed to obtain them? From an employer’s perspective, how can you attract eager workers, ensure they develop the skills they need, observe their suitability for long-term employment, and see a return on your investment?
Behind the Build: Interview with Shannon Davis, Learning and Development Lead, MAREK
Pop quiz: What’s the most valuable resource in construction?
If your answer is a specific building material, process, or even technology, you’d be incorrect. Construction’s most valuable resource: people.
HISD announces CTE partnership with HCC, construction firm to provide students free certifications
The following post was published in the HISD blog regarding the commitment ceremony that was held recently for dozens of Houston
Corporate Craft Training Specialist
A construction craft professional was just assigned his first supervisor position as the jobsite foreman. Things went relatively well while the crew was small. As other crafts ramped up, it was necessary for his crew to increase in numbers to keep the job schedule on track. As he was accustomed to working with an experienced crew, he didn’t know his new hires for the jobsite would be less experienced and more entry-level.
In Houston, ABC National President Mike Bellaman Encourages Craft Professionals to Author Their Own Future
Craft professionals in construction have the “gift of choice” and the chance to be the author of their own future. That was the main message from Mike Bellaman, President and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors, as he spoke to students graduating from the Workforce Development Program at MAREK this year.
The Positive Impact of Training in the Construction Industry
When you ask Sam Nunez, Corporate Controller at MAREK, what he thinks about training programs at work, he will give you a straightforward answer. “It’s not an option, it’s a must.