Labor Department: Manufacturing and construction job growth sags in 2019

2019-08-05T13:31:00-04:00

In particular, the new numbers confirm that there is a major slowdown underway in the creation of jobs making things: manufacturing, mining and construction. Those “goods-producing” sectors, as Labor Department classifications call them, added an average of 58,000 jobs a month in 2018. That is now down to 23,000 a month thus far in 2019 — and a mere 15,000 in July.

The New York Times reports that as most economic figures remain steady, a look at some of the "fine print" of recent economic data might be cause for concern, particularly within the manufacturing and construction sectors, which are seeing lagging job growth.

According to The New York Times, recent United States Labor Department figures indicate that a softening housing market and sagging investment in new construction have reduced the number of new construction jobs by 75-percent over the last year. Slowing growth has also hit the manufacturing sector, which is producing half as many jobs in 2019 as in 2018.

5 Tips to Adjusting to Your New Design Job

2018-04-09T18:44:00-04:00

As designers when you start a new job the real work starts day one. Schedules are always tight. Budgets are always razor thin and there is always something to do. As owner of DBI, as well as my time at Callison and working to hire architects at Starbucks, I know that the first day expectations are high for new designers start a new role.

Since most of us do not change jobs that often I have created five tips to help architect and designers get ready for their first day on the job.

1. Get started before your first day of employment. Hopefully you have a good on-boarding plan and your new manager is able to share non-confidential information with you so you can start reading and understanding more about your new role. This on-boarding can also include all of your enrollment related activities to opt in for health benefits or other paperwork you can complete before beginning this new journey. It will demonstrate to your new boss that you want to be highly productive and confir...

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Labor Department: Manufacturing and construction job growth sags in 2019

5 Tips to Adjusting to Your New Design Job