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035			_a(Sirsi) u111627
100			_aGreen, B.
245			_aExploiting an untapped resource
260			_c2001
490			_aContract Journal _v407(6319) 21 March 2001, 16-17(2)
520			_aAccording 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.
590			_aABS
650			_aLABOUR
650			_aCOMMUNITIES
650			_aLOCAL
650			_aURBAN REGENERATION
650			_aRECRUITMENT
650			_aCAREERS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT
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999			_c66514 _d66514