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Published: Tue, 20 Oct 2009
Description: On the Job Hunt: Highway construction jobs on the rise
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" On the job I'm going on the road literally from Maine to Miami from New York to California. It is very hard not to come across some highway construction. And that means -- to find plenty of Orange barrels caution signs and men and women with flags asking you to slow down. Plus construction is on the move so -- jobs with traffic safety companies like roads safe traffic systems in Avon Massachusetts. Molly Line is tracking the -- Make us live this morning when --"
" A good morning Sandra -- traffic systems is one of the biggest safety providers of equipment. And supplies across the nation they're the guys that put out these orange cones and barrels that you see across the highways. They -- the pavement marking and also here at their facility in Avon Massachusetts they make those huge signs that you see. When you're driving down highways. You know it's tough out there for construction businesses for road crews right now in this economic time to talk to me about that we have might paneling -- the CEO broad saint traffic systems. You know it is tough out there how your business doing -- surviving an in this time."
" We're certainly a difficult economic climate I would say it's kind of a mixed bag because every -- a little bit different. Certainly we've had some benefits from the economic stimulus for the highway infrastructure spend. But every state is under tremendous pressure with the declining. Revenues and taxes due to the unemployment situation for the spends ten different from market to market. Here in the -- New England area were doing quite well a year over year. Illinois also very strong for -- but if you look at states like Arizona and Las Vegas Nevada area. Very hard hit to the residential impact. And out of Florida as well it's been very soft."
" I -- you do have some good news there is hiring happening here at the company this is a big nationwide company where's the hiring what do you looking for as far as jobs are concerned today."
" Well we're looking basically at several areas in Illinois would be looking for cruising in the paper -- business also won Florida. And here in Massachusetts so we are hiring and if you go to our website at rotate traffic dot com you'll see our you are hiring advertisements."
" An end here at the actually Avon facility this is where the big signs are being made. And -- looking person distilled almost artists percent net."
" That's correct. There's a fair amount of work that goes into this area so you know in terms of technical capabilities. And that would certainly be an area that we will force people that have -- an artistic background. Would be helpful to us right."
" Thank you so much like -- and Ella -- traffic systems you know big business with a big perspective. And how things are going across the nation Janet thank you so much my."
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