by FLCC Team | Jun 10, 2020 | Construction Industry, Hiring, Interviewing
On Friday, the nation received encouraging news that 2.5 million jobs were added to the economy last month, causing the unemployment rate to drop to 13.3% (source US Department of Labor). The construction unemployment rate fell to 12.7%. Although this is 9.5 points...
by FLCC Team | Jun 1, 2020 | Workplace Behaviors
Most employers have just begun returning to some degree of normalcy after navigating through a pandemic, an economic downturn, and frayed emotions, only to now be faced with nationwide social unrest as well. The murder of George Floyd last week set off earnest...
by FLCC Team | May 7, 2020 | Construction Industry, Management, Workplace Behaviors
The origin of the quote, “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses” is unknown, but it was used by the author of the 1853 book “Lettres Écrites De Mon Jardin”, and by Abraham Lincoln while addressing the difference...
by FLCC Team | Apr 21, 2020 | Construction Industry, Workplace Behaviors
I am progressing through the second season of The Good Place, a Netflix comedy series about a lady named Eleanor who was surprised to make it to the Good Place, and upon arriving is determined to shed her old way of life in hopes of discovering a new one in the...
by FLCC Team | Apr 9, 2020 | Construction Leadership
Recently I have been monitoring the Nextdoor App and the comments written by my neighbors regarding their response to the virus and the shutdown of normal life. We live in a boating community and a popular spot to anchor nearby is called Lake Boca. Two weeks ago,...