Recruitment

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—The construction industry added 4,000 jobs on net in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has increased by 178,000 job...

As the construction industry rounds the halfway mark of the decade, the rearview looks a bit blurry. In just five short years, a global pandemic upended the way the world works, a supply-chain crisis sent material costs soaring and social justice protests forced leaders to reexam...

The construction industry in 2024 was defined by strong fundamentals, marked by a 10% increase in nominal value added and a 12% increase in gross output. Construction spending crossed $2 trillion and maintained a balanced trajectory in the first half of 2024. Despite facing a per...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 439,000 net new workers in 2025 to meet anticipated demand for construction services, according to a proprietary model developed and released by Associated Builders and Contractors. In 2026, the indus...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 23% of construction workers are at least 55 years old. Since the average U.S. construction worker retires in their early sixties, nearly one-fourth of the industry’s workforce is expected to retire within the next decade. T...

The goal of AI in construction should be to manage risk better than ever before. This is how we keep our people safe and, frankly, it is how builders make money. Whoever manages risk best wins! Years ago, I heard from a head of construction operations that the goal of a construct...

The two-year-old Dirt World Summit, started in 2023 by BuildWitt and sponsored by Ariat, is taking the construction workforce by storm in all the best ways. Debuting with an attendance of 750 registrants—including exhibitors, speakers and audience members—Dirt World nearly double...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—The construction industry had 249,000 job openings on the last day of October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as ...

Managing a new employee can be a challenge. A newcomer doesn’t know your company’s environment, routines, or do’s and don’ts. They’re hungry for validation, and you’re likely too busy to offer much. You have work to do, and getting another person up to speed adds more weight to y...

With a documented labor shortage in construction and an abundance of construction projects, construction business leaders in need of growing their workforce have an opportunity to tap into Gen Z to help build and sustain their talent pipelines over the long term. Research publis...