first, because we're close to full employment, it's hard to
find skilled construction workers.
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Finding skilled construction workers will be essential to ensure the Gulf region is able to quickly and efficiently rebuild.
Not exact matches
A key
finding is that sectors such as
construction, IT and engineering are among the hardest hit by a widening talent mismatch — a measure of the gap between the
skills that
workers can offer, and those that businesses are looking for.
Homebuilders, who have been scrambling to
find skilled laborers, may
find a larger available pool as hard - hat
workers leave the slowing oil drilling industry in favor of
construction, which is experiencing wage hikes.
The released cited permit delays; high
construction, regulatory and labor costs; difficult
finding skilled workers; and the difficulty small builders have obtaining financing.