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How Suicide Prevention Is a Workforce Development Strategy

Through quality management training to help put these measures into practice, and developing strong teams and peer support networks, the construction industry can change the statistics on suicide risk and workforce shortages.
By Michelle Walker
April 8, 2020
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by Michelle Walker
Michelle Walker, CCIFP, SPHR, is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at SSC Underground, based in Phoenix, Ariz. She is responsible for the accounting/finance and human resource/employee benefit functions of the company with a primary focus in workforce planning and development. She works as a member of the executive team on strategic planning, succession, compliance, safety and IT matters. Michelle’s combination of business acumen and passion for people have merged together as a founder and current chairman of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention. The CIASP exists to create awareness and provide resources to the industry in an effort to decrease suicide rates.

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