The National Association of Women in Construction recorded in 2014, women accounted for only 8.9% of construction workers in the United States. This relatively untapped resource has interested construction companies who are desperate to make up for the labor shortage in the United States. According to the National Association of Homebuilders, there is a growing figure of …
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Blue-Collar Industries Facing Massive Skills Shortage
A significant labor shortage is on the way in more than just the trucking industry. Blue-collar industries such as manufacturing, trades, and construction will be soon facing the same problem. In the trucking industry, the lion share of the truckers are nearing retirement age with not enough new incoming drivers to replace them. The need …
Women Solving the Truck Driver Shortage
In the past few years, more and more trucking companies have started to deal with a major driver shortage. The downside is that these shortages hurt the industry. They make the current drivers work overtime and sometimes they can end up losing efficiency. According to the American Trucking Associations the industry is facing a shortage …
The Future for Women in Construction
In the past, the construction industry may have been male-dominated, but with more and more women choosing to learn skilled trades, the industry’s gender stereotypes are being reconstructed. Gender diversity in the industry is extremely low, at only 2.6%, the possibility of seeing a woman on the job site is rare. Also, this number includes …