HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — If you haven't heard, there's a new tool for job seekers in Alabama. It's called Go Build Alabama Job Board. The tool is helping workers connect with career opportunities in the construction industry and beyond. Thanks to Go Build Alabama Job Board, they'll be easier to find.
Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute Executive Director Jason Phelps said they're about thirty days into the launch of the job board and it's very user friendly. "So for a career seeker, they just need to put in some directory information and verify an email address so that, you know, they can connect to the employers. Once they've done that, they can actually start applying for jobs that are listed on the job board. This year we're looking at close to almost 5,000 new construction jobs in the state of Alabama."
Phelps continued that this is an opportunity for us to add to the services that we have for the public and contractors out there to help them connect people with jobs that are available. In the future, other job positions beyond construction could also be listed. "Don't be too surprised to see a commercial contractor posting some of their administrative or supervision jobs there."
Phelps said another thing to note about commercial industrial construction, "... generally speaking, it's going to have higher pay wages, it's going to have benefits. And for those entry level jobs, generally speaking, they're going to be access to career development and advancement going forward. So it's really the trifecta."
On August 8, that opportunity will expand to an in person hiring event right here in Huntsville. "We are piloting or starting out with right here in the Huntsville area, August 8th at the Jaycee Community building. This is really just taking that that online presence of the job board and let's do it in person and make some of those those face to face connections."