Even though jobless claims started ticking up this summer, the U.S. unemployment rate remained well below 4% while millions of open positions remained unfilled. Employment data analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America suggested that the construction industry, in particular, had a record high number of openings in May. Yet, at the same time, the number of jobseekers with construction experience plummeted to a record low.
In other words, the construction industry continues to struggle with the skilled labor shortage.“This issue has become a crisis now,” says Jeani Ringkob, owner of StoryBuilt Growth Advisory, a consulting firm whose mission is to help busy
