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Association News
To our conference attendees, the companies who sponsored and exhibited, and those who cheered NAWIC on from home, thank you for making the 67th Annual Conference a success! We'll see you in Portland.
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Education / Training
In March 2022, 4.5 million workers quit their jobs and there were over 11 million open jobs. Considering the unemployment rate, it also means that about 4.5 million workers started a new job. A little digging into the data shows that the driver of the “churn” in the labor market was from professional and business services and construction. Churn is a somewhat visceral term that, for me, brings an image of turbulence and disruptiveness. It is hard to manage effectively or efficiently if a business is battered by all that noise. As a project manager, coach, and small business owner I like predictability and calm. At the same time, I can appreciate the idea that there is opportunity in chaos. If you are thinking about what that churn means for you personally, you may want to ask yourself:
NAWIC Benefits Spotlight
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Industry Update
Jacobs Engineering Group will implement a new holding company structure on Aug. 29, according to a company press release.
Associated Builders and Contractors analyzed the unemployment rate for construction, and found two states with a rock-bottom low of just 0.9% in June.
As the construction industry's labor shortage intensifies, the number of women stepping into the industry has reached an all-time high.
The number of women working in U.S. construction hit 1 million this year for the first time, and women made up a record 14.1% of the sector's workforce in July, Bloomberg reports.
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