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Afghan refugees given a leg up in finding Sacramento area jobsThe Sacramento region’s building industry is experiencing a severe labor shortage.Meanwhile, Ahmad Mherjo and other Afghan refugees are struggling to find work here, after risking their lives to help U.S. forces in their homeland...
Homebuilders push for 5,000 new workers in next five yearsRick Larkey, North State BIA’s workforce development director, said hitting the 5,000-worker mark involves three strategies. One is to work aggressively with secondary and postsecondary education programs for training and recruiting...
Resurgent Housing Market Brings Labor Shortage into Focus for HomebuildersDuring the first four months of 2007, the Sacramento regional homebuilding industry sold 2,326 new homes. Five years later, and well into the Great Recession, that number had fallen dramatically to 842. But that was then and this is now...
Troubles of the TradeThe plans were all set, the schedules in place. In 2013, Homes by Towne of Sacramento was forging ahead with its first project since the housing market collapsed. This was Cascade Crossing, a single-family community in Grass Valley with 80-plus homes, front porches and gourmet kitchens. But something was missing: workers...
Homebuilders want high school students for construction jobsSacramento homebuilders are trying to deal with a severe shortage of construction workers by training high school students in summer internships. They want the teens and their parents to consider the possibility that a construction career might be a good alternative to college, though that can require some convincing...
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