Unemployed? Well, you shouldn't be: according to the AIA Consensus Construction Forecast, non-residential building projects are predicted to be strong throughout 2017, which means that design talent is currently in high demand. As AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker explains in a press release, "virtually every segment of the design and construction market is reporting that recruiting and retaining qualified staff is a growing issue. Many workers left the industry during the downturn, and others left the workforce entirely, and rebuilding a competent and productive workforce is a challenge, particularly when the national unemployment rate is below five percent.” (By the way: if you want tailored advice for how to get hired at specific firms, check out Archinect's series "How To Get a Job At ___").
View full press release:
Washington, D.C. – January 31, 2017 – With construction spending continuing on an upward trajectory, 2016 can be considered a successful year for the nonresidential building sector. For the coming year, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast is projecting growth in overall nonresidential building spending of almost 6%, just below the pace of growth for 2016. The commercial construction sectors – retail, office, and hotel – will continue to lead the building recovery, while industrial construction is projected to see almost no increase this year. For 2018, the institutional construction sectors will generate much of the growth, particularly the large education structures market.
“Though most conditions look favorable, virtually every segment of the design and construction market is reporting that recruiting and retaining qualified staff is a growing issue,” said AIA Chief Economist, Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. “Many workers left the industry during the downturn, and others left the workforce entirely, and rebuilding a competent and productive workforce is a challenge, particularly when the national unemployment rate is below five percent.”
Job seekers should approach prospective employers with an eye out for how they treated their existing and former employees during the past recession. Basically, why haven't these hiring firms kept in touch with and approached their former employees? They could have brought some back on a part-time basis all along, no?
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What do you mean?
Basically, why haven't these hiring firms kept in touch with and approached their former employees?
after 1 - 1 1/2 years went by and these firms began to hire again - found better candidates
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Well, duh, with all that knob polishing at the WH.
Job seekers should approach prospective employers with an eye out for how they treated their existing and former employees during the past recession. Basically, why haven't these hiring firms kept in touch with and approached their former employees? They could have brought some back on a part-time basis all along, no?
Volunteer
What do you mean?
Basically, why haven't these hiring firms kept in touch with and approached their former employees?
after 1 - 1 1/2 years went by and these firms began to hire again - found better candidates
... and those candidates probably found better jobs.
You might want to revisit the 'Scorpion and Frog' Aesop's fable.
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