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While researching “the effects on the economy and job market from…greater green industry,” Michael Marks came to the same realization I did a short while […]

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Green Jobs and Industries Still A Bright Spot In the Economy

I was reading Forbes.com today and stumbled across a column that put a smile on my face. While researching “the effects on the economy and job market from…greater green industry,” Michael Marks came to the same realization I did a short while ago: “Lo and behold, I found a topic that is nearly universally positive.
With housing and financial turmoil, the increase in energy costs, and disasters dominating headlines for the past few months, it may be easy to overlook the progress of green industries and the promise they hold for America’s future.

And Their Promise is Starting to Be Fulfilled:

2007 Solar Energy Boom

2007 set solar energy records: 314 megawatts of new solar-generating capacity were constructed or installed in the U.S. last year, creating more than 6,000 new jobs and adding over $2 billion to the economy.

Current Trends and Future Outlook

The number of jobs in “renewable energy or energy-efficient industries” is skyrocketing, with the American Solar Energy Society estimating it at about 8.5 million, and Marks predicting it could clear 40 million by 2030.

The government is stepping in as well:

Boosting Green Energy

The U.S. Congress has created investment tax credits for solar and wind energy and has mandated greater use of biofuels.

From Schools to Solar

Individual states are passing renewable-energy standards, adding green industry education in schools, and subsidizing the installation of solar cells on home rooftops.

Greening the Urban Landscape

On the local level, individual municipalities are instituting sustainability initiatives as well, like the recent green building ordinances adopted by Los Angeles.

The Business of Sustainability

The Jobs Windfall

Wind power plants are opening in states across the country, and GE alone has created more than 5,000 U.S. jobs, and expects that number to top 10,000, in this industry.

Solar Surge

Solar energy companies have announced expansions and upgrades in 2007, and we can expect this trend to continue in the coming years.

Cleantech Investment Explosion

U.S. venture-capital investment in “green”, cleantech companies set a new record in 2007.

The boom in green industries bodes especially well for construction. Besides the permanent jobs created by these industries, thousands and thousands of additional jobs for the construction of new structures, or the renovation of old structures, will be created as well. All types of construction, commercial, residential, and governmental, will experience the benefits.

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]]> Exploring the Current Landscape of Construction Jobs: Opportunities and Challenges https://decorfix.co.uk/exploring-the-current-landscape-of-construction-jobs-opportunities-and-challenges/ Fri, 10 May 2024 07:35:15 +0000 https:/?p=271 Construction Jobs Hiring Trends in Construction The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor announced today that nonfarm payroll employment rose by 110,000, and upwardly revised the July and August numbers significantly (revised to 93,000 and 89,000 respectively). Especially striking is the switch in August from losing 4,000 jobs to adding 89,000. […]

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Hiring Trends in Construction

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor announced today that nonfarm payroll employment rose by 110,000, and upwardly revised the July and August numbers significantly (revised to 93,000 and 89,000 respectively). Especially striking is the switch in August from losing 4,000 jobs to adding 89,000. The unemployment rate rose by 0.1 to 4.7%. (read the BLS report here)
Still, despite this overall increase, “construction employment continued to decline” by about 14,000 jobs. Over 1/3 of all job losses in September were related to housing. This information, taken together, adds validity to my last two posts. While the overall economy and labor markets are improving, hopefully leading to an increase in construction labor in the coming months, it is currently a “hiring market” in the construction industry. Companies can afford to be selective.

Recovery in the Commercial Paper Market

Another factor that should help housing woes, and in turn construction jobs, is the state of the commercial paper market. On August 15th, MarketWatch ran an article titled Subprime woes infect commercial paper market. The commercial paper market is called the “working capital lifeblood for the corporate sector.” Many mortgage companies, including the giant Countrywide Financial, rely on this “source of funding”. The article warned that “disruptions in this market may be hitting mortgage-related companies the hardest”.
Fortunately, ”the beleaguered market for short-term corporate commercial credit finally got a bit of good news by registering its first volume increase since the August liquidity crisis, according to Federal Reserve data” (NY Times). The total outstanding commercial paper increased by $4.5 billion. Furthermore, a chief fixed-income strategist says, “These data, combined with persistent declines in commercial paper rates, are clear evidence of stabilization in the commercial paper market.” With commercial paper improving, and long-term corporate bonds healthy, the signs point to “corporate credit markets…returning to normal.”
Hopefully, these improvements will not take too long to start trickling down. Perhaps we will see a residential construction turnaround soon.

Only time will tell.

  • Becoming Competitive in a Tight Construction Job Market

If you read yesterday’s post, then you know that current labor conditions are allowing hiring managers to be quite selective. In such a job market, job seekers need to go the extra mile to get a great position. But what are the best ways to set yourself apart from the pack?
In interviewing and speaking with hiring managers and HR people, it has become clear that two areas stand above the rest: education and performance.

  • Guide for Career Advancement

Education is a great place to start. Your base education (high school/undergraduate/graduate degree) can be augmented with any number of continuing education or skills programs, as well as higher degrees. A simple search will reveal tons of schools offering both online and hands-on programs. You can learn how to use a specific piece of equipment or a computer program in less than a month or get your MBA in Construction Management over a couple of years. And again, you can find programs that will fit into your schedule, no matter what it is. Most online courses can be taken at your leisure: whether you have time at 2 pm or 2 am. Continuing education not only looks good on your resume but makes you a more valuable asset to the company. So, not only will you be competitive for more jobs, but you are also likely to encounter greater job security as well as higher pay. The downside to continuing education is its costs: courses, no matter where or how they are taken, cost money.

  • The Power of Performance

Performance can be a more difficult area to focus on than education simply because education is easier to secure. If you want to take a course, you simply sign up online and take it. Performance is not so easy. I am constantly surprised by how many people sell themselves short and therefore have a hard time communicating how they have over-performed. Often we will assume that a certain accomplishment or accolade is not “good” or “important enough” to show that we are good performers, or we will overlook numbers and improvements that seem “normal” or “expected” to us, not realizing that they are truly impressive. As with proofreading a resume, pinning down concrete examples of exceptional performance can be easier with a friend or colleague to bounce ideas off of. Often, this outside perspective can help separate the noteworthy achievements from the ones that should remain unmentioned.
This topic goes hand in hand with one I covered a few weeks ago: Passive Job Seeking.

Tight Labor Market Shows a Benevolent Side to Hiring Managers

Construction employment has been declining in recent months. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ The Employment Situation: August 2007 reports that nonfarm payroll employment fell by 4,000 in August. Furthermore, “employment in manufacturing, construction, and local government education declined”. Construction employment lost roughly 22,000 jobs, and “since its peak in September 2006, construction employment has fallen by 96,000.”

Selective Hiring Shapes the Workforce

This situation reminds me of an article I read in BusinessWeek about the 2001 middle and upper manager crisis. Starting in July 2000, “the number of managers and professionals on the unemployment rolls…jumped” by “24.7%”. Then, like now, unemployment was at a “rock-bottom 4.5%”, and actual unemployment for those professionals was still less than half that: 2.2%.
What was the result? Some companies used a “revolving-door strategy – shedding weaker performers while simultaneously welcoming promising new talent – to upgrade the quality of their workforce”. Everyone could afford to use “selective hiring”. Madelaine Pfau, a managing partner of a professional services practice interviewed in the article, made an astute observation: “I think during the last bubble, people were hiring anything that could move…I think the standards are higher for the people they are bringing in.”
With the current labor market, construction and homebuilding companies can afford to ‘upgrade’ their staff. If companies act quickly and wisely, they may beat the “gold rush for talent that will attend the first signs of a strong recovery”. The best candidates always go first, and those who wait may find themselves wishing they had not.

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Is the house boring as well as lusterless? Perhaps it is the correct time for you to boost the elegance of your house and obtain a brand-new search for the area. Locate an expert inside designer to create an existence for your boring as well as lusterless house. However, before you decide to locate an expert in designing, you need to very first find out about the advantages of employing an inside designing expert. Among the best advantages of employing an expert may be the professional guidance you receive from their store for the house design task. It is the skill as well as understanding that will help you to obtain a brand-new search for your house. Occasionally, it is the color selected to fresh paint your house that decides the appearance of your house.

Expert Color Guidance

Not really everybody knows the actual mindset associated with colors and it is just a specialist expert who can utilize the correct color to find the preferred appearance from the room. However, that which you observe within the way of life stations or even actuality exhibits, house restoration is harder compared to it appears. Therefore, the majority of homeowners wish to complete the job through specialists and never go for a DO-IT-YOURSELF strategy. If you have employed an expert for the house design task, they’ll certainly request your viewpoint very first. As well as you certainly possess some innovative as well as ideas that you need to make use of in your house design task which means you ought to clarify this to the inside designer. Your opinions may be just a little imperfect as well as occasionally untidy. Therefore, the interior design expert should accomplish the actual suggestions using their advice.

Professional Design Benefits

Refining the actual suggestions is essential. Therefore, it is merely an expert who can redefine the inside of your house as well as allow it to appear much more stunning as well as appealing. Occasionally, homeowners have a DO-IT-YOURSELF strategy however one of the greatest difficulties these people encounter is by using the area correctly.

However, should you employ an expert, you might get amazed as well as astonished along with that an expetotal the job. Not one from the space as well as part of your house is ignored like a competent as well as skilled inside custom may concentrate on all of the little information on the actual task. Whatever method a person attempts to perform, this is something very hard and may just be with an expert designer. Whether it is about design or even attic transformation, employ an expert professional. Thinking about all of the ideas talked about on this page, you’ll want right now to realize the advantages of employing an expert inside designer for the inside design task.

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]]> Enhancing Home Value Through Regular Maintenance https://decorfix.co.uk/enhancing-home-value-through-regular-maintenance/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 07:20:33 +0000 https:/?p=59 Growing the worthiness of the Home Via House Upkeep A well-maintained house doesn’t just save an individual and their family’s security but also boosts the worth associated with their home. However, if you don’t plan to market your home, it’s nevertheless vital that you maintain this completely practical perhaps about making sure the actual comfort […]

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A well-maintained house doesn’t just save an individual and their family’s security but also boosts the worth associated with their home. However, if you don’t plan to market your home, it’s nevertheless vital that you maintain this completely practical perhaps about making sure the actual comfort and well-being are associated with all your family members.

Upkeep doesn’t just involve that you simply restore broken furnishings, home appliances along other servings of the home only if a person lastly discovers that they’re causing difficulty. This demands you to carry out upkeep initiatives regularly to ensure everything in the home functions okay, and when they’re broken, you could have all of them fixed or even changed instantly.

Here are a few ideas that are for house upkeep duties:

Execute a normal check-up

Although you should possess professionals who examine the caliber of your home a couple of times each year, you may also perform your checkup. This particular exercise can help you make sure that just about all components of the home will work correctly and when these people are not, it is possible to possess all of them set before the issue will get even worse.

This demands that you simply think about just about all components of the home. The actual components that always require checking are generally those that homeowners ignore, such as the rooftops and also the gutters. It’s also vital that you examine all of your furnishings as well as home appliances, free fingernails or even anchoring screws, electric wirings, and so on.

Routine normal cleansing

A few undervalue the significance of the work. Exactly what we have to understand is actually which dirt, simply leaves, along with other particles, whenever gathered, may cause a lot of risks.

Permitting dirt to stay in your furnishings may ultimately result in the actual destruction of the supplies. You must carry out normal cleansing for example dusting, waxing as well as wiping to get rid of all of this grime. Components of the home that require rigorous cleansing tend to be air flow opportunities which could build up lots of grime as well as particles in the atmosphere outdoors.

Maintenance Check List

Produce your stock list. Getting this particular enables you to keep track of the points that require changing or even upgrading. A few components of your property or even of the home appliances require changing even if they’re not officially damaged. Types of them are the actual heater filter systems as well as usually just about all filter systems throughout the house. These types of supplies can certainly build up grime which is inevitable because it is their work to filtration system undesirable contaminants to permit your home appliances to work correctly. The very best that you can do is thoroughly clean all of them frequently as well as understand once they possess lastly worn out to help you ask them to be changed.

House Upkeep software program

Make use of the house upkeep software program. Although this particular is not required, it may be very useful. Checking up on all of your upkeep duties could be a small number therefore it may be beneficial to use the actual providers associated with this kind of software program to create a job lighter in weight for you.

Although it does not meet your needs, you can shop your house stocks inside it to be able to very easily keep track of your whole home and it is requirements. Additionally, it enables you to produce a routine that allows you to prevent failing to remember or even missing duties. We can very easily overlook duties that people don’t perform as frequently therefore it nevertheless helps you to possess somebody or even something to help remind all of us about this. A few software programs offer upkeep options for the house which might be available in useful anytime something unexpected happens that requires instant interest.

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