Great Resignation: Difference between revisions

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"Above all else, creating an environment that encourages collaboration, teamwork and recognizes performance is key"-[1]
Flexibility is key. Getting control of one's life. [2]
Average construction pay is - California construction workers bring in some of the highest salaries in the country, with an average hourly wage of $21.26.
US. construction is sprawling, employing roughly 5% of the nation’s workforce (7.3 million employees) at some 680,000 firms, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
But if you are one of those unemployed Americans willing to try, be forewarned: entry level construction workers are not what many firms are looking for. You have to know what you’re doing.
Flint, Michigan-based American Metal Roofs, said he tried to fill 10 positions last year for seven residential roofing crews throughout Michigan. It took him more than 6 months—despite paying his employees bounties for bringing in successful new hires. “A third of our applicants can’t read the tape measure,” he said.

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 *US. construction is sprawling, employing roughly 5% of the nation’s workforce (7.3 million employees) at some 680,000 firms, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
 *But if you are one of those unemployed Americans willing to try, be forewarned: entry level construction workers are not what many firms are looking for. You have to know what you’re doing.
+*Flint, Michigan-based American Metal Roofs, said he tried to fill 10 positions last year for seven residential roofing crews throughout Michigan. It took him more than 6 months—despite paying his employees bounties for bringing in successful new hires. “A third of our applicants can’t read the tape measure,” he said.