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Should Craftsmen Get A College Degree?

College has long been known for the place to broaden your mind and give you higher earning potential. However, with the rising costs of college and variety of online choices to get real-world preparation for a job, more students are looking at alternative options. Luckily, one of those options has been to consider working in … Continue reading

New Perks and Benefits That Will Attract The Best Craftsmen

It’s most definitely a job-seeker’s market right now, especially in the trades where there’s a labor gap and extra high demand for talented craftsmen! In order to attract the best talent, you need to be offering compelling benefits and perks along with good pay. In fact, there is a trend towards focusing on benefits instead … Continue reading

2020 Trends In The Trades And How They Will Affect Your Recruiting

We all know about the Labor Gap in the trades over the past few years, and that’s still going to affect your recruiting efforts this year. However, there are many new things happening that you may not have anticipated. Here are some trends to be aware of as you’re searching for good candidates in 2020: … Continue reading

Tips for Recruiting Generation Z (and Reversing the Labor Gap!)

The Labor Gap has continued to affect our industry, and seems to be only picking up momentum with more and more young people being taught to look down on the trades and go to college instead. In fact 64% of Millennials said they wouldn’t even consider working in construction if you paid them $100,000 or … Continue reading

How Education is Changing and Affecting The Trades

More and more students are starting to consider work in the trades again, rather than going to college for traditional blue collar work after graduation. That’s because the labor gap has helped make the trades a more competitive career path. And if you’re a fan of Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs, you know that he’s … Continue reading

Why Modularization and Prefabrication Is On The Rise

Construction using prefabrication and modularization means that some or most of the construction is done in a factory or warehouse away from the construction site, where several parts are manufactured or built simultaneously. With modularization, the building parts are largely assembled off-site, whereas with prefabrication the creation of prefabricated panels in a factory or warehouse … Continue reading

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Should Craftsmen Get A College Degree?

New Perks and Benefits That Will Attract The Best Craftsmen

2020 Trends In The Trades And How They Will Affect Your Recruiting

Tips for Recruiting Generation Z (and Reversing the Labor Gap!)

How Education is Changing and Affecting The Trades

Why Modularization and Prefabrication Is On The Rise

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