Great Resignation

• "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.
• This is the secret about construction that many people don’t get: positions that typically pay good money require technical knowledge and significant training, while others can mandate certifications and college degrees.
• 2019, construction careers paid laborers on average $42,320 a year; carpenters took home $53,150, while managers earned $103,960, according to the BLS. Certifications differ for trades like electricians and plumbers, as well as for types of construction such as residential, commercial and industrial. Training time varies from 4-week introductory courses to two-year trade school certificates
• When you say 300,000 available jobs, they’re not all skilled labor—but many of them are,” said Ed Brady, president and CEO of the Home Builders Institute, a non-profit training program associated with the NAHB.
• Nathan Barry, dean of career and technical education at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska, said instructor salaries need a boost, too. His 1,000-student education center offers courses ranging from civil engineering and architecture to electrical welding and construction management. Some trade-school faculty can easily make six figures working in construction rather than teaching, Barry explained.
• Imagine a 15-year-old telling mom and dad, ‘Well, I think I want to be a plumber.’ Mom and dad are going to say, ‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but let’s have higher aspirations.’” Meanwhile, some 70% of plumbing is new construction and starting plumbers make $50,000-60,000 a year—using cameras and an iPad to do much of the work.