Exploiting an untapped resource
Green, B.
Exploiting an untapped resource - 2001 - Contract Journal 407(6319) 21 March 2001, 16-17(2) .
According to figures issued by the Construction Industry Training Board, over the next five years the construction industry will require around a third of a million new recruits. Companies are increasingly looking abroad in attempts to make up this shortfall. Meanwhile large pools of local labour remain untapped. Suggests that new legislation, allowing councils to take workforce and training into account when awarding contracts, could encourage contractors to employ a percentage of local labour. Notes some of the problems, such as cultural differences, that can arise when attempting to obtain local labour.
LABOUR
COMMUNITIES
LOCAL
URBAN REGENERATION
RECRUITMENT
CAREERS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Exploiting an untapped resource - 2001 - Contract Journal 407(6319) 21 March 2001, 16-17(2) .
According to figures issued by the Construction Industry Training Board, over the next five years the construction industry will require around a third of a million new recruits. Companies are increasingly looking abroad in attempts to make up this shortfall. Meanwhile large pools of local labour remain untapped. Suggests that new legislation, allowing councils to take workforce and training into account when awarding contracts, could encourage contractors to employ a percentage of local labour. Notes some of the problems, such as cultural differences, that can arise when attempting to obtain local labour.
LABOUR
COMMUNITIES
LOCAL
URBAN REGENERATION
RECRUITMENT
CAREERS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING