West-MEC CTE Program Helps Shrink Labor Shortage
America is dealing with an unprecedented shortage of skilled labor. The Department of Labor reports that while there are 7.6 million unfilled jobs, only 6.5 million people were looking for work. This is the same situation in Arizona. The industries seeing the largest talent gap are construction, healthcare and personal care, followed by computer and […]
Expansive Opportunities for Women in Construction
Source: Arizona Builders Alliance Women totaled more than half of U.S. payroll jobs last December, just the second time women have outnumbered men in the workforce, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Yet while women made up just a fraction of the construction workforce at nearly 10 percent in 2018, that number is on the rise. In […]