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AGCA via For Construction Pros
Construction employment increased by 11,000 jobs in May to the highest level since October 2008 and average weekly hours set a series high for May as contractors struggled to find enough workers to meet demand for projects, according to an Associated General Contractors of America analysis of new government data. Association officials urged lawmakers and other public officials to address the growing shortage of available qualified workers by funding and re-invigorating career and technical education programs.
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Business.com
The internet is the first place that many consumers look before they make any buying decisions. Review and social media sites like Yelp, Google and Facebook give customers a way to discuss and share their experiences with your business.
Bad reviews can quickly tear down your reputation and turn off potential customers from patronizing your business. Luckily, there are ways that you can manage negative reviews so they do not destroy your good name. You can even use certain bad reviews as a way to improve your standing with certain target audiences.
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Bloomberg
If you're building or renovating a home in the U.S. these days, you've got plenty of company.
Americans' spending on residential construction projects — from the pouring of foundations to home improvement — just hammered out its strongest three-month period since 1994. Solid job growth, low borrowing costs and a recovery in home equity since the market crash a decade ago are generating momentum.
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Builder
News flash. Skilled labor shortage is a wicked problem not confined to the construction trades.
We've written here about the wicked problem: "Why Don't Young Americans Want to Do Construction Work?"
Answering the question doesn't come close to solving the challenge.
A pathway to doing that might be to look at how other business sectors, not just the construction trades, are also experiencing worker shortages.
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Door & Window Market Magazine
The final 2018 budget proposal from the White House released just a couple of weeks ago should look pretty familiar. It's almost exactly the same as the "skinny budget" released a few months back. The president is holding his ground, focusing a majority of the budget on national security, defense, homeland security, the southern border and veterans – while other programs face major cuts.
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Business News Daily
Online threats are on everyone’s minds after this week’s breach at OneLogin. The identity and access management company with over 2,000 enterprise clients was hacked, and the fallout isn't over. During the security breach, private information about users, apps, and various keys may have been obtained by the still unknown hackers. All we currently know is what OneLogin has announced on their company blog: data may have been collected and the hacker or hackers may have figured out a way to decrypt data.
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Reuters
U.S. construction spending recorded its biggest drop in a year in April as investment in both private and public projects fell, but a sharp upward revision to the prior month's data pointed to underlying strength.
The Commerce Department said recently that construction spending tumbled 1.4 percent. Spending in March was revised to show it jumping 1.1 percent to a record $1.24 trillion.
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