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TRAIN4TRADESKILLS
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Train4TradeSkills News: ECA launch Wired for Success to entice women to train as electricians
ECA launch campaign to get women into work and trained as electricians. The Electrical Contractors’ Association have launched the Wired for Success Campaign, in order to get more women into work and to take up a career as an electrician. Only 1% of people in the electrical industry are women, and the ECA aims to improve this figure by getting more women to take up a trade. The other problem that the Wired for Success campaign is trying to address is that 1 million women are currently unemployed in the UK. In my head I see an obvious solution to two problems.”
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WELD MY WORLD
OCTOBER 25, 2011
Women Welders
Women who have chosen welding as a career is not as new a development as some may think. Women have been welding in the workplace since World War II. When the war was in high gear, many manufacturing plants were in need of workers and had to turn to women to fill the jobs left vacant by the men who were serving. What is new is that more and more women are seeing welding as a viable and lucrative career option. Many welding schools have reported an increase in the amount of women who are interested in welding as a. Welding School & Job Info
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THE SMART VAN
MAY 23, 2011
10 Ways Women Can Thrive in a Male-Dominated Workplace
Tessa Fletcher, a blogger for Weld My World, attacked a subject that isn’t necessarily written about a lot: how women can most effectively work and thrive in an environment populated mostly by men. While she comes at it from the welder’s perspective, we at The SmartVan think the advice she doled out would work for any industry where women aren’t as commonly seen.
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GREEN GODDESS
MAY 15, 2010
Women and Compensation
Its really that simple Women have long been paid less. by design and by intent but after reading this article today in the New York Times discussing why women are less likely to receive compensation comparable to their male counterparts I had to laugh. the primary reason was that women who asked for raises were seen as "less attractive." will let you read the article to see the factors and methods suggested as to how women can find themselves in better financial situations when it comes to their work and value. It may be that some women have lower pay expectations.
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GREEN GODDESS
JUNE 18, 2010
In Defense of Women
Of late I feel that on one had there is the triumphant cry that this is the year of women as noted by the rise of women in the current mid term elections. Then I look at the women and wonder where these women come from. These are not qualities I find common to women I know. To eschew the road women have taken and the road we still travel is something I cannot ignore. So I question of course when women like Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina are attacked for their aggressive management style. Seriously? That said I am very much a product of gender.
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CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEGE
DECEMBER 18, 2010
600 Construction Workers on the Jobsite, 350 are Women
The only place I’ve ever seen more women than men on a jobsite has been some Habitat for Humanity projects. Construction supervisor Paul Wafula says “We initially started off with few women, but over the past year, the performance of women has simply shocked us,&# he says. “As a result, we have gradually taken in more women and have not regretted it.&# Wafula also noted that women take instructions better than men and argue less on the jobsite, improving the overall atmosphere. Most micro-loans go to women.
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