This week's question

What first brought you into construction?

This term two groups of final-year business students and an economics class start work on a question this industry has argued about for twenty years: why young people do not choose construction, and why the ones who do so often leave. Before they ask the next generation, I want to ask you. What first brought you in?

Week of 12 October0 repliesCloses Friday, then Scott's take
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Family or a friend already in itSchool, college or a careers adviserWork experience or a summer job on siteI fell into it by accident

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