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How a Mass. Project Team achieved BRJP compliance efforts and recruited new talent: A new collaboration model on June 21

Boston, MA Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 – 9:30 AM | Madison Park Voc-Tech High School

 • How do you demonstrate “best faith compliance efforts” when there are labor shortages in many construction trade crafts?

• Are you starting to the feel the impacts of the aging workforce; will it squelch the industry’s economic prosperity? 

• Does your HR department struggle with identifying, retaining and creating company loyalty with the next generation of industry talent?

• Are you having difficulty hiring local residents, minorities, females and apprentices to meet new compliance goals?

• How do you report up to your clients when there is a high impracticality of your project complying with the Boston Resident Job Policy?

• Does your company offer a mentorship program with local schools emerging young talent and seasoned professionals? 

If you are struggling to answer these questions then come join us in a panel discussion and learn how a project team of owner, construction manager, subcontractors, local schools and a diversity facilitator achieved a comprehensive, professional and accountable workforce development solution. Project panelists: Richard Walsh, president and CEO of Walsh Brothers and Linda Shaughnessy, equal employment opportunity & compliance officer of Walsh Brothers; Paul Dietel, director of capital programs at Harvard Business School; Nicole Richer, founder of The Compliance Mentor Group; Emily Leopold, director of career services & industry partnerships at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology; and Vincent Fanuele, carpentry instructor at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

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