Comprensi?n de la profesi?n de los instaladores de yeso en Texas (Drywall Tradesme's Career Awareness in Texas)

Description: Given an evident labor shortage in the United States and Texas? construction industry, companies are seeking sustainable mechanisms to attract and retain the labor force. Understanding workers? career awareness can assist companies to better focus their hiring and retaining strategies. Career awareness is a complex and evolving topic. This study concentrated on the following career awareness topics: factors influencing a career-decision to join construction and the drywall trade, type of attained training and if training will motivate them to remain in their trade, awareness of career opportunities and skills required to be successful, and workers? expectations for the future. This descriptive research was conducted with a sample of 230 drywall tradesmen employed by two subcontractors located in Houston and Austin, Texas. A questionnaire was used to guide data collection which occurred; through face-to-face interviews, group interviews, and self-administered questionnaires. ?Sense of connection,? ?belonging,? ?like it,? and ?Money? were the most influential factors when entering the drywall trade.

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