Skilled labor recruiting targets young workers

Skilled trade companies are desperate for talent. Donald “Bo” McNabb, senior instructor in construction management at Indiana State University’s College of Technology. McNabb’s son is a vocational high school teacher who took his class to tour a limestone quarry in Bloomington, IN.

“The gentleman in charge of the plant said ‘We'll take just about everybody right now who has a good attitude and is willing to learn,’” McNabb said. “’We’ll hire them on the spot.’”

One report last month estimated that more than one in four workers who started a new job in 2021 left their previous jobs without a new position lined up. Read ConstructionDive’s full report here.

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