Every construction business owner has experienced a gap in their workforce either in the field or in the office. This gap, although prevalent, doesn’t have to be permanent. These shortages have happened before in industries across the US economy, especially in construction’s sister industries like utilities and energy.  

Our host, Mike Merrill, sits down with workforce strategies expert Van Ton-Quanlivan, to discuss her successful workforce strategies at a critical point in the energy sector during its own skilled labor shortage. Today Van is the CEO of Futuro Health – the largest network of credentialed allied healthcare workers. She’s also the author of the Amazon Bestseller “WorkforceRx: Agile and Inclusive Strategies for Employers, Educators and Workers in Unsettled Times.” And if all that didn’t keep her busy enough, she’s also the host of the WorkforceRx podcast. 

 

In today’s episode Van covers how labor gaps happen, the importance of workforce strategies to alleviate labor gaps and how to prevent internal gaps with proper knowledge transfer processes.