Builders Young Adults Say No to Trades A recent poll found that most young adults who are undecided on a career are not interested in construction trades
Labor + Trade Relations 15 Ways to Solve Your Trade Shortage A message for the Housing Giants to move the needle on addressing the trade shortage
Builders Young Adults Largely Uninterested In Working In The Construction Trades A recent poll from NAHB of young adults ages 18 to 25 across the nation found that only 3 percent of respondents were interested in a career...
Government + Policy Congressional Hearing on Skills Gap Looks at Construction Industry There are about 100,000 fewer people working in the construction industry today than in 2007
Labor + Trade Relations Immigration Reform and the Leadership Gap The U.S. is overdue for immigration reform, and it's time for builders to step up and play a leading role in that movement
Single-Family Homes Younger Construction Workers Lead To Growing Pains For Builders The labor force is becoming younger in many places, which has led to some hiccups. According to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index...
Labor + Trade Relations The Trade Shortage: Opportunity Lost ... or Gained? In terms of how builders run their companies, stop and ask yourself: Have we gotten better or worse since the crash?
Labor + Trade Relations Trade Shortage Survey Results, Part 2 The survey shows the trade shortage gets worse before it gets better
Quality Matters Framing in a Time of Shortage By facilitating and requiring collaboration among all construction trades, builders can mitigate the expense of framing rework and better avoid the consequences of the skilled labor shortage
Human Resources 7 Essential Steps to Good Hiring for Home Builders Labor shortages in construction are an industrywide epidemic. Here’s how home builders can bring on and retain top talent
