During the economic crisis of 2007-2011, the construction industry lost a significant number of qualified workers, who migrated to other sectors and never came back when the crisis was over. These days, the construction industry is booming, in Colorado, but companies struggle with finding qualified and reliable employees to fill the Denver jobs sitting vacant. Reports of the Department of Labor show that there were more than 8500 nonfarm payroll jobs added in the beginning of this year, and the construction industry saw the biggest gain (2000 jobs), outgrowing sectors like transportation and trade.
The increase in construction jobs is expected to continue in the near future, specialists estimate, but the only problem is that the new generation doesn`t seem to be very interested in this direction, even if this industry has evolved in many ways. There is no more emphasis on trades and vocational schools either; students seem to prefer the 4-year university route instead of career routes to learn a trade.
Most companies are willing to offer bonuses, retention rewards and even increased wages to motivate people to work for them. When this strategy fails too, companies are forced to contract less work.
A long-term solution would be re-educating students about the benefits of a vocational-technical career path.
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