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Fire up your career: Construction industry seeking thousands of workers

There are multiple paths for workers to get into these middle-class jobs.
Construction worker wearing a hardhat completes a job.
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Scripps News and WorkingNation present Fire Up Your Career, an investigation of the challenges facing employees and businesses.

The construction industry needs to attract an estimated 501,000 additional workers to meet the demand for labor in 2024. Ramona Schindelheim, editor-in-chief of WorkingNation, says the construction industry is among many industries facing labor shortages.

She explains the challenges facing the industry in the video above.