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A Guide to Construction Employee Handbooks

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If you’re a builder or contractor managing a crew, you’re going to need a construction employee handbook to protect your business, your clients, and your workers. If you need to create an employee handbook for your construction company and don’t know where to start, we’ve got your back. What is a construction employee handbook?

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How to Start a Construction Business in 8 Easy Steps

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Being able to build something from the ground up is an incredible skill: a skill you can monetize into your own construction company. But, how do you start a construction business? of construction businesses close within their first 5 years of operation. of construction businesses close within their first 5 years of operation.

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How The Engineering and Construction Sector Has Adapted to Become a More Diverse Workforce

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The fields of engineering and construction are typically masculine domains. of all UK engineers - while females represent only 23% of those working for construction and utilities companies. We look at how industries are cultivating a more diverse workforce, and what forward-thinking business can do to follow suit.

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Ilina Ewen: Born Into the Role of a Diversity Leader

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Our subject for this installment of our ongoing series on chief diversity officers and other diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) leaders is someone who says she was “born into” working to foster diversity and inclusion. That lived experience was a big factor in Ewen’s decision to pursue a diversity role.

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology.

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4 HR Challenges in the Construction Industry | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

It’s a paradoxical time if you’re part of a human resources team in the construction sector. More than 82% of construction materials are significantly more expensive than in 2020. But despite the hundreds of thousands of jobs the bill is expected to create, the construction industry faces a historic labor shortage of 650,000 workers.

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Gender diversity in the construction industry

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One in five construction companies in the UK have no women in senior roles. With some industry professionals believing that ‘there is a definite prejudice against women’ in the construction industry, there appears to still be an inequality of opportunity for women. What does the future look like for women in construction?