Construction poaching wars set to intensify

Grant Prior 10 years ago
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Skills shortages have sparked a poaching war between contractors which is set to intensify throughout the rest of this year.

Construction companies are all competing for the best talent from a pool of people which seems inadequate to fill the number of vacancies available as the industry continues to recover.

One recruitment expert said: “Everyone knows the problems of attracting new talent into the industry – and even those we find need time to train.

“That means the main focus now is on luring experienced people from rival firms – it’s a dog-eat-dog world out there.”

The challenge for HR departments now is filling the roles needed to keep the construction recovery on track.

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That reach is replicated across the industry as construction professionals have boosted the Enquirer’s readership to 1.6m page views a month from 260,000 unique visitors.

These numbers dwarf the declining circulations of traditional magazines with trade titles now going out to less than 9,000 readers a week.

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