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Home » Topic » Workforce » Careers

One Milestone at a Time

by Grace Calengor | Feb 14, 2024
Careers | Culture | Features | Leadership | People | Recruitment | Workforce

Breaking barriers can be intimidating for women business owners in construction, but Jessie Cannizzaro never shies away from a chance to better her company and her reputation. As the founder of Milestone Plumbing puts it: ‘Your work ethic needs to be what you strive to work toward and the path that you pick.’

Generation Yes: Recruiting Today’s Construction Management Students

by David McMillin | Feb 14, 2024
Careers | Cover Story | Features | Recruitment | Retention | Training | Workforce | Young Professionals

Today’s construction-management students are ready and eager to join the workforce. What can companies do to attract the best and brightest? Get to them early, create a close-knit culture, offer flexibility and travel— and don’t discount their affinity for technology.

A Merit-Based Business Is Built on Inclusion

by Andrew Sinclair | Jan 11, 2024
Careers | Recruitment | Training | Workforce

Disability on a jobsite doesn't have to be a deterrent.

Who Build the World? Girls!

by Grace Calengor | Nov 29, 2023
Careers | Departments | Workforce | Young Professionals

Driven by memories of being the only female student in her university’s construction-management program, a professor has launched a series of events whose name is their mission: Women in Construction.

How to Accommodate for Neurodiversity on a Jobsite

by Lauren Gilliam | Nov 3, 2023
Careers | Human Resources | Recruitment | Retention | Workforce

In any industry, no two workers are the same. Each has unique skills and abilities. Make sure your company can accommodate them.

Orion’s Jeff Whaley

by ABC | Nov 1, 2023
Careers | Culture | Job Interview | Nuts + Bolts | People

Orion Construction's Jeff Whaley shares the expertise he has gained from working in Wasilla, Alaska.

True Grit: A History of Delmarva Veteran Builders

by Maggie Murphy | Nov 1, 2023
Business Development | Careers | Features | Leadership | Workforce

At just 10 years young, Delmarva Veteran Builders has already made a name for itself as a contractor of choice on the Delmarva peninsula—to say nothing of being named one of the nation’s fastest-growing companies. Founder and U.S. Navy veteran Chris Eccleston attributes that success to one four-letter word.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Celebrating Trades Students With Career Signing Days

by Grace Calengor | Aug 4, 2023
Careers | Departments | Leadership | Recruitment | Retention | Training | Workforce

High-school signing days turn the decision to commit to a career in the trades into a public celebration—and a high-profile spotlight on opportunities in the craft workforce.
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