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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: rangerrebew on October 06, 2018, 01:22:19 pm

Title: Construction hiring is booming — and there still are plenty of available jobs
Post by: rangerrebew on October 06, 2018, 01:22:19 pm

Construction hiring is booming — and there still are plenty of available jobs
By Andrea Riquier

Published: Oct 5, 2018 11:30 a.m. ET


One of the brightest spots in recent employment reports has been construction hiring.

Employers added a net new 23,000 construction jobs in September, the Labor Department said Friday, and the number of people working in the industry was 315,000 higher compared to a year earlier.

But there are still construction jobs open – and the pay and perks aren’t bad. At the end of July, there were 273,000 open construction jobs, according to a separate Labor Department report.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/construction-hiring-is-booming-and-there-still-are-plenty-of-available-jobs-2018-10-05 (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/construction-hiring-is-booming-and-there-still-are-plenty-of-available-jobs-2018-10-05)