ICYMI: Snow Removal Equipment: Do More With Less This Winter
Jessica Schwartz
“For The Love Of Labor” Grant Promotes Women In Skilled Trades
Carhartt created its “For the Love of Labor” grants to increase female representation in the skilled trades. Applications are due February 17. With the skilled labor shortage remaining a challenge across several industries, opportunities for women to enter the trades are stronger than ever. Women’s share of the ever-expanding construction ...
Unilock Building New Advanced Manufacturing Campus In Virginia
Unilock will invest $55.6 million to establish a new advanced manufacturing campus in Virginia. The hardscape manufacturer will locate up to four new production facilities in Doswell to meet increased customer demand from mid-Atlantic and Southeast markets. Unilock distributes its paving stone and retaining wall products across Canada and to ...
Business Management: Never Lose A Star Performer
There is one area of workforce development in which nearly every manager I’ve encountered is lacking. Certainly, many managers need to give more frequent and focused feedback, help employees discover their purpose, and better guide developmental goals. But there are many managers I know who already do a great job ...
Secretary Of Labor Talks Workforce Development At STIHL Facility
STIHL Inc. hosted U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, the Hampton Roads Chamber, and local business leaders earlier this month for a roundtable discussion highlighting workforce development and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “We have about 7 million vacant jobs and about 6 million people looking for them,” said ...
