According to the Construction Labor Market Analyzer, there has been a labor shortage of 2 million construction workers. In the last State of the Union address, President Obama stressed the need for people to focus on jobs that are on demand. One of the examples that he provided was the job demand in the construction field…

Mayor Stephanie Miner and Otis Jennings, regional president for the National Association of Minority Contractors, today announced the launch of a free jobs training program targeting inner-city youth.

Jennings said the program, which combines 395 hours of classroom and hands-on training, will provide participants with nationally recognized certificates and the skills necessary to land jobs in the construction industry.

Movers and shakers would be nothing without builders. So it’s important that Upstate New York Chapter of National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) and the SUNY Educational Opportunity Center recently presented their first Construction Training Open House in Syracuse