Construction in Indian Country Conference addresses the need to ‘grow on our own’

The Construction in Indian Country initiative, now approaching its first decade of success, started with a roundtable of a few wise men- former Navajo Nation Chairman Peterson Zah; community manager for the Gila River Indian Country, Urban Giff; and Jeff Begay, a Navajo reservation native from Teestow (Big Cottonwood Tree). The three discussed mistrust, misconception, and misunderstanding between Indian leaders and construction industry personnel.  Jeff Begay is also the Kitchell’s business development manager in its Native American Division

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Good news for construction jobs

Construction jobs have been returning to metro Phoenix after several years of rapid decline, and economic experts are hopeful that employment growth will continue.

Read the rest of this Arizona Republic article and check out what Kitchell’s Corporate Recruiter Comesha Cunningham has to say about construction jobs here