BYC Construction Career Outreach Goes Virtual: Is Your Company Ready? Despite the COVID-19 health crisis preventing the majority of hands-on career exploration activities in schools last year, it is now more important than ever for the construction industry to ramp up virtual boots on the ground outreach efforts to effectively and safely provide students with comprehensive construction career awareness opportunities. The …
Build Your Career is pleased to recognize Clancy & Theys Construction Company as our February 2021 “BYC Spotlight Series” featured member. Clancy & Theys has been a longstanding Carolinas AGC member since 1949. Since it was founded, the company has been deeply involved in community-based outreach projects and promoting construction career awareness throughout the Southeast. From being actively involved with …
Recent BYC Virtual Ambassador Summit a Huge Hit! Earlier this month, the Carolinas AGC Foundation’s Build Your Career program hosted its first virtual Ambassador Summit meeting. Almost fifty BYC Ambassadors attended this online meeting to learn how they can continue virtually promoting construction career awareness to Carolinas region K-12 students in response to COVID. At this well-timed Summit meeting, BYC …
Congrats to Trident Construction, BYC “Ambassador Company of the Quarter” for Q1, 2020! Build Your Career is pleased to announce our Ambassador Company of the Quarter for Q1, 2020. A hearty congratulations goes out to Trident Construction of Charleston, South Carolina—longstanding Carolinas AGC member since 1982. Over the last two years, Trident has been a huge supporter of the BYC …
BYC Thanks Our Raffle Sponsor, D.R. ReynoldsCompany, Inc.! Build Your Career would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our 2019 holiday fundraising raffle sponsor, long-time Carolinas AGC member D.R. Reynolds, Inc. of Star, North Carolina. D.R. Reynolds has been a CAGC member since early 2001 and over the past year the company has been a major supporter of …
BYC Dec ’19 Contractors in the Classroom Profile: A Year in Review The Build Your Career “Contractors in the Classroom” program is designed to place our BYC Ambassadors directly in schools throughout the Carolinas region. The goal of this program is to educate students, their parents and teachers on the many amazing benefits of pursuing a career in the construction …
BYC Nov ’19 Contractors in the Classroom Profile: Trident Construction Build Your Career recently had the opportunity to participate in a Contractors in the Classroom presentation, partnering with CAGC member and active BYC Ambassadors, Trident Construction, to lead a construction career awareness workshop for a dozen students at Fort Dorchester High School in North Charleston, SC. Topics discussed included general …
BYC Oct ’19 “Contractors in the Classroom” Profile: Customized Ambassador Orientations a HUGE Hit With CAGC Members! In last month’s edition of Workforce Windup, BYC announced the option for our members to register to obtain a customized, onsite Contractors in the Classroom orientation (read last month’s article here). The goals of these sessions are to get our CAGC member company …
BYC Announces Ambassador of the Quarter (Q3, 2019): Congrats to Goosie Kennedy of D.R. Reynolds Company, Inc.! Build Your Career is pleased to announce our BYC Ambassador of the Quarter for Q3, 2019. A hearty congratulations goes out to Goosie Kennedy of D.R. Reynolds Company, Inc.! Goosie not only serves as a very active Build Your Career Ambassador, but he …
BYC Sept ’19 “Contractors in the Classroom” Profile: Register Your Company for a Personalized Ambassador Orientation! Now that summer is over and another school year is back in session, there’s no time like the present to begin participating in the BYC “Contractors in the Classroom” program! Last month’s Workforce Windup newsletter included a “Quick Start Guide” on how BYC Ambassadors …
