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What’s Wrong With Working In Construction? How Image And Diversity Issues Are Affecting The Shortage Of Skilled Labor

机译：在施工中怎么了？形象和多样性问题如何影响熟练劳动力的短缺

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The construction industry is facing an unprecedented, nationwide shortage of skilled labor. Construction is thesecond largest employer in the country and according to a Construction Industry Institute study 75% of contractorsare experiencing labor shortages that are manifesting themselves as cost overruns and/or schedule delays. This crisishas been a long time coming and our current culture has not helped the problem. Young people who don’t go tocollege are seen as “failures,” and fewer native-born Americans want to work with their hands, outdoors—at anywage. In fact a group of high school students surveyed about attractive careers listed construction 498th out of 500possible occupations. Not only does construction have an image problem, but also the workforce composition of thefuture is largely minority and women, a challenge for an industry that is dominantly and traditionally white male.In order to face this labor shortage head on, the industry must swallow a bitter pill – Change or continue to acceptincreases in project cost and duration. In response to this challenge, several contractors and construction entitieshave begun to develop innovative new programs to recruit more individuals to the construction trades, includingcharter schools, community outreach and active participation in high school career guidance by apprenticeshipprograms. More construction companies are realizing that diversity practices add economic value to theircustomers. They are establishing mentoring programs for minority and women contractors and employingconsulting firms to assist them in acquiring these new cultural competencies. Other firms are focusing their effortson creating a working atmosphere that embraces a diverse workforce, complete with worker training on how toeffectively deal with the changing workplace culture. What positive effects are these approaches having on theoverall problem? Should these individual efforts to improve the image of construction and its thrust for diversity bealigned? This paper will attempt to highlight the successes that some programs have achieved and what newinnovations they invoked in their endeavors. Additionally, it will address areas where the efforts could successfullybe combined.
机译：建筑行业正面临全国范围内前所未有的技术工人短缺。建设就是 美国第二大雇主，根据建筑工业协会的研究，有75％的承包商 正在经历劳动力短缺，这表现为成本超支和/或进度延迟。这场危机 已经有很长一段时间了，我们目前的文化并没有解决这个问题。不去的年轻人 大学被认为是“失败”，并且越来越少的美洲原住民美国人希望在户外-在任何地方都可以用手工作 工资。实际上，一组对有吸引力的职业进行调查的高中生在500名建筑中排名第498位 可能的职业。建筑不仅有图像问题，而且劳动力构成 未来将主要是少数族裔和妇女，这对传统上以白人男性为主导的行业来说是一个挑战。 为了直面这种劳动力短缺，行业必须吞下苦药–改变或继续接受 项目成本和工期的增加。为了应对这一挑战，一些承包商和建筑实体 已经开始开发创新的新计划，以招募更多的建筑业人员，包括 特许学校，社区推广和通过学徒制积极参与高中职业指导 程式。越来越多的建筑公司意识到多样化的做法为其带来了经济价值 顾客。他们正在建立针对少数民族和女性承包商的指导计划并雇用 咨询公司，以帮助他们获得这些新的文化能力。其他公司正在集中精力 在营造一个包含多元化劳动力的工作氛围的同时，还提供了有关如何进行员工培训的培训 有效应对不断变化的工作场所文化。这些方法对 总体问题？这些个人为改善建筑形象及其对多元化的追求而做出的努力是否应该 对齐？本文将试图强调一些计划已经取得的成功以及哪些新的计划。 他们在努力中进行的创新。此外，它将解决可能成功开展工作的领域 结合起来。

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