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Women in Construction Week Highlights How Women Can Find Good-paying Jobs and Fill the Construction Labor Shortage

Events, workshops, and community outreach programs coming up for Women in Construction Week!

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy West Michigan Works! A local workforce development agency is hosting a virtual construction hiring event and offering other resources in celebration of National Women in Construction Week. West Michigan Works! said it will observe Women in Construction Week next week with a virtual construction hiring event from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday and by publishing two educational videos highlighting the West Michigan construction industry. Job seekers can register for 15-minute phone conversations with construction employers with immediate openings. Event registrati...

The gender gap in construction pay is next to nothing | Letters Here’s what readers are saying in Saturday’s letters to the editor.   Published Feb. 27 Pay equity for women A recent study shows working women are experiencing the worst effects of the recession because the industries they tend to work in are hit harder by the effects of the pandemic. Five million women have lost or left their jobs in the past year. In December 2020 alone, the U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs previously held by women. There is no better time for women to consider a career in construction, where workfo...

It's mid-winter break for many Central New York students, so Mohawk Valley Health System is giving your children an opportunity to be a little bit creative. The "Build Your Own Hospital" contest is taking place for students between the grades of Kindergarten to 8th. According to MVHS, the contest is aimed for those who may be interested in building and construction in honor of Women in Construction Week, which takes place March 7th through the 13th. “Women in Construction Week is an excellent opportunity to not only highlight the amazing women that work in this industry, but to bring attent...