Join us as we welcome Dhaval Gajjar, Assistant Professor at Clemson University to lead our February meeting.  Everyone talks about workforce shortages, but nobody really knows what to do about it. Everyone thinks everyone else is doing something about it, so everyone claims they are doing something about it too. You can complain all you want about workforce shortages, but we cannot change workforce demographics. The only approach is to change their perception about our industry. But how? This session will focus on how you can change your business approach and culture to be more attractive to the new workforce, specifically Millennials and Gen Z. Using other sectors in the facility and construction industry this session will help the attendees in evaluating their own processes to better align their practices with workforce preferences.

Dhaval Gajjar, Ph. D., FMP, SFP
Assistant Professor
College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities
Clemson University
Dr. Dhaval Gajjar is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University’s Nieri Family Department of Construction Science and Management in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. Dr. Gajjar has conducted research over the last 11 years on construction workforce and talent attraction strategies, project delivery, project close-out and post-occupancy evaluation. He has authored over thirty (30) publications and proceedings disseminating the research results. He has also conducted over fifty (50) industry presentations educating the industry professionals on using the research tools. He is a certified Facility Management Professional (FMP) and Sustainable Facility Professional (SFP). He also has significant industry experience working as a Project Manager for commercial general contractor and as a Construction Owner Rep for a large owner company in the US.

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