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Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting for Construction Careers at Transportation Agencies

项目名称：	Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting for Construction Careers at Transportation Agencies
摘要：	Construction is a labor intensive industry, meaning that employees are the most valuable resource to construction firms and organizations. Yet, challenges exist in today�s workforce in terms of recruiting and retaining quality employees as well as attracting individuals from minority and underrepresented groups. Currently, the aging workforce of the United States along with the acknowledgment that newer generations of potential transportation workers have many different ideals, beliefs, and expectations than previous generations, reveals that recruitment and retention issues should be a primary concern for public transportation organizations such as state departments of transportation (DOTs). Gone are the days that individuals are hired by one firm and that person works their entire career at that firm. Smart, ambitious, and highly motivated employees are difficult to find and even more difficult to keep, especially when considering individuals for technician positions such as DOT engineers, engineering technicians, maintenance personnel, and information technology professionals. These difficulties are not just a construction industry problem, but a more widespread issue for industries that require career technical education fields. Qualified personnel has to be compensated well and require work that develops their skills and matches their personal interests. Since engineering and technical employees require challenging and rewarding work, strategic hiring and retention plans must be employed to successfully recruit and retain each of these types of workers. Therefore, to manage the dynamics of meeting today and tomorrow�s construction and maintenance demands with an ever shrinking and changing workforce, state DOTs need robust workforce management strategies and guidance that can effectively attract, train, and retain engineers, technicians, and workers needed to construct and maintain the U.S. highway infrastructure well into the 21st century. The strategies developed can then be used by state DOTs to gain and sustain valuable human resources from current as well as future generations of workers, including minority and underrepresented individuals within transportation agency careers.
状态：	Completed
资金：	204501
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
管理组织：	Transportation Consortium of South-Central States
项目负责人：	Hassan, Marwa M
执行机构：	Louisiana Transportation Research Center
主要研究人员：	Choe, Doeun
开始时间：	20170508
预计完成日期：	20181108
实际结束时间：	20181108