For Arianna Murphy, a job in construction means opportunity.
Murphy, who is 23, worked at a warehouse driving a forklift after getting out of prison earlier this year. But she wanted a trade, skills she could master and use both in her personal life and on the job.
“There’s high demand,” she said, “and not a lot of people want to do it, because females especially don’t want to do hard labor. And I love hard labor.”…