Efforts being made to hire veterans, close homebuilding labor-shortage gap

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Homebuilders are making the case to hire more veterans in the midst of a labor shortage in the construction industry. This summer, KXAN reported the challenges Austin is facing hiring skilled workers as the housing market continues to boom.
“The labor crunch here in Texas is big,” said Mike Starich, CEO of Orion Talent. “And so we identified construction companies to basically find opportunities that we could put our candidates into, like Daniel.&rdqu