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In an industry coming up short on workers, opportunities await

RECOGNIZING ­OPPORTUNITY: ­Gilbane Building Co. Vice President and Rhode Island business unit leader John Sinnott is flanked by Christopher L. Calderon, left, and Edwin A. Montas at the company’s Providence headquarters, where Sinnott oversees much of the local recruitment efforts to better match the company’s workforce with the local community. 
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MARK S. MURPHY
RECOGNIZING ­OPPORTUNITY: ­Gilbane Building Co. Vice President and Rhode Island business unit leader John Sinnott is flanked by Christopher L. Calderon, left, and Edwin A. Montas at the company’s Providence headquarters, where Sinnott oversees much of the local recruitment efforts to better match the company’s workforce with the local community. 
 / PBN PHOTO/
MARK S. MURPHY

The construction industry (along with many other sectors of the region’s economy) is falling short of filling job openings. Some firms find themselves turning away jobs because they do not have enough workers. It would make sense, then, if the industry would hire its next generation of employees from a fast-growing segment of the population.

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