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Demand for (Omaha) skilled labor rising
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130902/MONEY/130909862/1685#demand-for-skilled-labor-rising
By Cindy Gonzalez / World-Herald staff writer
It had been about four years since Kent Wirges of Janke Plumbing had enough work to hire an apprentice.
Now that construction jobs have picked up, Wirges has signed on six new trainees, wants more, and is helping to develop an internship program that reaches into new and younger circles to replenish a workforce that thinned out when the real estate market collapsed.
“We're rebuilding,” Wirges said. “I want to take advantage of the opportunity, with the amount of work out there, to rebuild from the ground up.”
Janke Plumbing is not the only business competing for skilled labor. Trucking, manufacturing and building trades overall are seeking to beef up their ranks after a construction slump and the Great Recession forced layoffs and redirected many to other jobs.
FULL story and photo at link.