AGC of Kansas’ Image and Recruitment Campaign “Build Up Kansas” Update
Surpassing 500,000 website Visits
As you know, AGC of Kansas launched a Construction Industry Image/Workforce Recruitment Campaign – “Build Up Kansas” in 2018. Build Up Kansas targets the 17-22 year old women and men currently enrolled in vocational programs in over 125 high-schools, vo-tech centers and community colleges that partner with AGC. Over the last year we have visited with over 2,000 students across Kansas and provided valuable industry information on the many professional careers in our industry. Many of these students have shared the Build Up Kansas program with their parents on these career opportunities. Build Up Kansas has surpassed 500,000 website visits with an average of 4 plus minutes per visit. In addition, over 5000 visits have occurred to the HR Platform where AGC members are posting their job openings across the state. In addition, Build Up Kansas has recently added a splash page showcasing our college partner’s construction programs at Ft. Hays State, Kansas State and Pittsburg State (we are assisting these partners in promoting their departments to the young women and men who may not know about these programs).
Part of AGC’s Build Up Kansas program is a “Speaker’s Bureau” of general contractors, specialty/subcontractors and suppliers. These AGC members volunteer to visit these schools to reinforce the Build Up Kansas program, share a little about their company and their type of work and reinforce the message that the construction industry is NOT just a job but it’s a CAREER – ”a professional career that makes a huge difference in our day to day lives”.
AGC of Kansas has also shared the Build Up Kansas program with State Senators/House Members all across Kansas and recently met with Governor Kelly and discussed how Build Up Kansas is connecting professional careers in construction to the younger generation in Kansas. Also, AGC of Kansas has shared Build Up Kansas with our Kansas Congressional Delegation. U.S. Senator, Jerry Moran, stated “I am so impressed with what the construction industry has done with Build Up Kansas in addressing your industry’s workforce shortages and providing valuable professional careers to the youth of our great state”.
U.S. Senator, Jerry Moran, stated “I am so impressed with what the construction industry has done with Build Up Kansas in addressing your industry’s workforce shortages and providing valuable professional careers to the youth of our great state”.
How can you and your company get involved in Build Up Kansas?
- Join the Build Up Kansas Speaker’s Bureau (AGC staff will train your employees and assign a high-school to visit in your region).
- Post your entry level and higher level job openings on the Build Up Kansas – HR Platform for FREE.
- Help identify other schools in and around your business/your employees home that we could include in the Build Up Kansas program.
- Many other areas to get involved also.
What the educational community is saying about Build Up Kansas:
- James Quick, Wichita West High-School – “It is so impressive to see the construction industry stepping up with the Build Up Kansas program that allows us to provide consistent information to the students and their parents on the many opportunities in the construction industry”.
- Ronald Fontenot, Wichita State Tech – “Build Up Kansas is placing the Construction Industry front and center with our students and opening their eyes to the possibilities that the construction industry provides as a long-lasting career”
- Scott Hughes, Turner High-School (Kansas City) – “Build Up Kansas helps me reinforce the opportunities in the industry to my students”
- Lyle Silsby, Canton-Galva High-School (Canton, KS) – “Our school is really excited to be involved in Build Up Kansas and welcome the contractors to speak to our students”
- Tim Rector, Pratt High-School (Pratt, KS) – “being a rural school, many students are looking for opportunities after they graduate and Build Up Kansas has become a valuable tool to access these career opportunities”
- Patrick Shiew, Dodge City Community College (Dodge City, KS) – “our school is proud to support AGC’s NCCER curriculum and now having Build Up Kansas we have a great one-two punch for our students to learn more about the trades”
- Chris Hickman, Seward County Community College (Liberal, KS) – “Build Up Kansas offers our students the ability to access job openings and learn more about the many trades that are available”
AGC of Kansas is excited to provide, you the members of AGC, with a valuable resource to address the worker shortages that will continue for years to come. We are also excited to focus on enhancing the image of our industry by showcasing how our industry impacts the community’s “Quality of Life”.
We would also like to thank the Build Up Kansas Steering Committee: Jim Rinner (Bartlett & West), Jason Gillig (Hutton Construction), Humberto Jimenez (Wolf Clayton Group), Scott Casebolt (Key Construction), Nicole Gibson (AGC Staff), Cloys Bayless (AGC Staff) and our social media/marketing partners – Greteman Group.
To get involved in the Build Up Kansas program, please contact Mike Gibson at 316.928.8635 or email at mgibson@agcks.org
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