Recruiting & retention: Page 2

AEM intros online toolkit to help contractors tap schools, community for workers
Association of Equipment Manufacturers developed the Workforce Development Toolkit that aids contractors find workers by accessing schools and the community.
September 19, 2018
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The labor shortage is getting worse. Here’s how construction companies and AGC chapters are fighting back.
As labor shortage increases, construction companies and AGC chapters are taking matters into their own hands to remedy the situation. Get the details today!
August 31, 2018
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Denver RTD introduces girls to transportation, construction careers
Denver's Regional Transportation District introduced several young girls from Colorado and New Mexico to jobs in the transportation and construction industries.
July 9, 2018
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MnDOT creates interactive map to link contractors with small businesses and diverse workers
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is inviting contractors to use a newly created digital mapping system to find approved subcontractors and to hire veterans, women and minorities. “We developed the Mapping Minnesota tool to provide a quick and easy way to link contractors and small businesses to current and future projects,” said Kim Collins, MnDOT’s […]
January 8, 2018
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Illinois Tollway approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts in 2017
The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved five construction contracts and three professional engineering service contracts totaling nearly $20.2 million at its December 21 meeting. And in all, the board approved nearly $936.5 million in contracts for 2017 for the tollway, an administrative agency of the State of Illinois. Of those 86 contracts, 78 were […]
December 22, 2017
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APAC-Kansas donates Roadtec paver to spur interest in diesel technician careers
APAC-Kansas Inc., an Oldcastle company, donated a 2003 Roadtec asphalt paver valued at $20,000 to Salina Area Technical College and treated students students and faculty to a BBQ lunch, ksal.com reports. Mike Warren, equipment manager for APAC-Kansas in Salina, and area manager Jason Heis told the news agency that the company wanted to donate the paver […]
October 7, 2016
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This diesel tech finds intuition, experience and a bit of Googling helpful in move to management
Richard Waitz got his first taste of equipment repair tinkering with tractors and four-wheelers at his grandfather’s ranch in Cotula, Texas. And after blowing the engine in his first pickup truck, he learned some automotive skills the old fashioned way. But Waitz took a shine to diesel equipment when he attended Texas State Technical College […]
August 12, 2016
Richard Waitz, AEMP Technician of the Year Finalist.
Army, community college team up for innovative career recruiting
Recruiting isn’t easy these days, so it’s always nice to see an event that takes hold and becomes successful, such as the STEM event held this week in Michigan. A joint project between the United States Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center and Macomb Community College, the sixth annual Robotics, Engineering and Technology […]
December 5, 2012
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Allen Engineering appoints rental sales manager
Allen Engineering (AEC) has appointed Garry Haferbier as the company’s new rental sales manager. In this position, Haferbier will be responsible for recruiting, training, and managing all the independent sales representatives that sell Allen Equipment into the North American rental channel.  Garry will also be AEC’s main point of contact for all promotions, activities […]
October 10, 2012
Garry Haferbier is Allen Engineering’s new rental sales manager.
Majority of Swiss teens choose vocational school
Switzerland, vocational education, technical education, construction industry, universities, dropout rates
October 10, 2012
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AEM hosts Customer Support Seminar
The 2012 Customer Support Seminar of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) will be held September 17-19, 2012, at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Customer Support Seminar is AEM’s annual industry forum for off-road equipment manufacturing parts, service, training and warranty professionals. The focus is on adapting to ever-changing technology, challenges […]
August 23, 2012
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Equipment-centric disaster relief   Tad Agoglia and his crew arrived to what was left of Haiti within a week after the 2010 earthquake. As the team used their Cat excavator and Peterbilt dump truck to clear the rubble for a medical clinic, he was struck by the vast need surrounding him. “In that moment I […]
July 1, 2012
Agoglia (center) and his crew, Andy Nissley, left, and Tim Wolkowicz, right.
Final Word
Recruiting advice from a photographer   In the June issue of Equipment World we ran an article about what the country’s top fleet managers are doing to recruit and retain mechanics and service technicians. One suggestion that arose in my interviews is that you may just have to work harder at developing your own people […]
June 30, 2012
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Looking for new technicians? Think local.
The Associated Equipment Distributors has re-released the results of a 2008 study of equipment technician recruitment for a good reason — not much has changed. As outlined by a focus group of equipment managers in our May issue, recruiting issues are not easily solved.   Two things resonated in the AED study: Since 59% of techs […]
June 19, 2012
College sports “arms race” makes construction a constant on many campuses
As universities race to attract the best athletes with the best facilities, construction on college campuses is nearly constant.
June 15, 2012
AWS using new approach to find next generation of welders
Did you know more than 140,000 new welders will be needed by 2019? Neither did I. The American Welding Society says many welders in the United States are approaching retirement age, and they’re expecting a bump in demand from industries across the spectrum. To pique interest in the field, AWS helped the Boy Scouts of […]
June 5, 2012
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On Record
Making the Demographics Work For Us   By Marcia Gruver Doyle   As I read through Tom Jackson’s story last month on how fleet managers are addressing the technician shortage (page 23, May Equipment World), it struck me how little progress we’ve made in industry recruiting. The intractable problems remain the same as they were […]
May 25, 2012
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ACG asks government to reconsider new hiring rules
On May 24, the Associated General Contractors of America and 10 other national business associations requested the Obama administration reconsider a series of new hiring mandates it wants to impose on contractors working on federal projects. The new rules, which are being proposed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), are designed to […]
May 24, 2012
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