Builder Magazine: Female representation in the U.S. construction sector increased by an estimated 32 percent from 2016 to 2021, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. During that same 5-year period, the number of women holding management roles jumped doubled, from 49,400 to nearly 99,400.
“The construction industry is so dependent on timing, communication and detail,” Hunt says. “The level of detail that comes with a lot of female employees has really been a driving force in facilitating their inclusion.”
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I love that there is an article bringing attention to the fact that construction is a severely undiverse area of the job field. I am so incredibly interested and hopeful that we fix the lack of gender diversity. The main thing I didn’t like about this article was the fact it was mainly talking about the management side of things. They should seriously talk about the lack of women in skilled trades who are doing the actual craftsmanship of construction. They focused on the ones who sit behind a desk, and how their numbers are rising. Don’t get me wrong, that is amazing for those women, but the lack in other areas of construction should also be addressed and discussed in this article. The mentoring program is an incredible idea as well and should be recognized and put into effect in order to show women they can enter this field too.
Women in construction are rare. 83% of the workforce is dominated by men, and perceived by much of society as a male-only industry. Having a homogenous workforce is an incredibly stupid idea. Diversity is not just morally good for a business, it’s also economically good. Diverse teams consistently outperform others in knowledge synthesis related tasks. It’s not that surprising that if you have a bunch of people from different backgrounds they’re more able to understand the full shape of a problem. I did some research, and companies with actually diverse hiring practices have 2.3x higher cash flow per employee than companies without. In theater, we need to hire diverse people, because the whole point of theater is to create an empathetic experience for the audience, and how can we do that if the audience isn’t reflected in the people actually doing the work. Theatre imagines people complexly. How can we imagine people complexly if we don’t know their experiences?
e: I totally agree with this article to a T!! I think that construction has always been looked at as a “man’s” job and i think it's about time that we break that gender stereotype. Women bring so many new innnovative ideas to the table is a great way to also open up more jobs to those in need! This can include unemployed women, single mothers, and more!
I really appreciate that this article reports the encouraging change of how the construction industry is becoming more diverse with the increase of women in its workforce in the last couple of years. But I love how it also talks about how to keep the increase moving forward. It has steps on how to do it. I love articles like these because it is very easy to say (as do many fields) that “oh women just aren't here because they aren't interested in this field.” Whereas it is typically the opposite, usually, they are not encouraged to join their fields or there aren’t any resources to help them get there. Even if women do manage to get into a field with a predominantly male workforce, they face a lot of issues in their way and can easily be discouraged from continuing the job. I love seeing these steps because it easily shows a way to deal with all of the issues I previously mentioned about women in predominantly male workforces.
This headline caught my eye because I have always thought that there should be more women in construction and I feel like a lot of people who want to do it or learn about are intimidated by all the men and I hate that. Women offer so much in construction because they have different opinions, ideas, and perspectives than a lot of men do. When reading the article, I was pleasantly surprised by the statistics saying that women in construction have increased by thirty-two percent from 2016 to 2021. I agree with everything that this article says about having more women in boardrooms. I also agree with their five steps to take because companies shouldn't just be implementing these changes to attract more women, they should be doing it anyway so that their company is just being good to its employees.
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