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What is Total Available Construction Labor (TACL)?Total Available Construction Labor (TACL), created by Road Dog Jobs, is a measure of how constrained the construction labor market is. TACL subtracts the number of open construction jobs from the number of unemployed construction workers to determ...

Total Available Construction Labor (TACL) November 2021Road Dog Jobs created the Total Available Construction Labor (TACL) metric as a macro view of labor availability in construction.This is a data driven view of the construction labor market and specifically whether there are enough people in t...

Part of our mission at Road Dog Jobs is to help construction companies navigate the construction labor market more strategically. We know that that there are ways that you can execute better than the competition and give your projects a better chance for success.One of the best ways to take on th...

This article first appeared in The Construction Labor Weekly, our free weekly newsletter on the construction labor market. Sign up for free with just email here.The ETS whiplash continues.After the 6th circuit court of appeals on 12/17/21 lifted the stay on OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard (ET...

This article first appeared in The Construction Labor Weekly, our free weekly newsletter on the construction labor market. Sign up for free with just email here. "2022 is about to be crazy for the trades. I got three companies trying to hire me (right now) and the one with the best pay wins." Tha...

If you want to insights on the construction labor market each week, subscribe here https://mailchi.mp/roaddogjobs/construction-labor-weeklySource: GiphyBad management is killing the construction labor forceWhen people talk about the construction labor shortage the knee jerk reaction is; Calling a...

January 2022 Update: The BLS updated their October 2021 and the new TACL got worse. From -100k it was actually -133k, the worst month on record.Total Available Construction Labor (TACL) October 2021Road Dog Jobs created the Total Available Construction Labor (TACL) metric as a macro view of labor...

The labor challenge for.. Recruiters? ??A unique recruiting challenge in 2021 (that s likely to continue in 2022) - companies are having a hard time recruiting and hiring Recruiters!A recent article from Wallstreet Journal that s received a lot of attention on LinkedIn stated that job postings fo...

Source: GiphyShould we be concerned about the rise in unemployment?The jobs numbers are out. On its surface things look ok.Total construction jobs are up 31,000 to 7.533 million on a seasonally adjusted basis.This is good, right?Jobs growth is good.Right?What about unemployment? Diving further we...

Interested in receiving construction labor insights in your email each week? Click here to get on the mailing list.Insights for better decisionsMONDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2021This week's industry gems ?? Terminated nuke project workers seek new ruling in pay suit against Fluor"The issue is whether an in...