Employee Communications, Version 2012

Employee Communications, Version 2012Employee Communications, Version 2012Employee Communications, Version 2012AttachmentEmployee Communications, PDFEmployee Communications, RecordingNoteYoull need Adobe Reader to view the PDF file above.Download Adobe ReaderWednesday, February 22, 2012How are the latest technologies affecting your employee communications? Are you familiar with the latest trends? In this webinar, we will offer a view into what the future may hold and as these new trends continue to progress we will share ideas on how companies can capitalize on them today.Come to this webinar where we will discuss the followingAccess Anywhere With the proliferation of cloud-based services and Internet-enabled everything, how can communications be designed to be consumed across a multitude of Web-connected devices wherever candidates are?Anywhere, Any Place Shopping As e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailing integrate and overlap, how can recruitment communication be simplified in reservierung to meet candidate expectations?The Attention Economy Consumers are being marketed to, in order to advertise to them. Can employers better capture passive seekers by incentivizing them?JWT Intelligence recently released their 100 Things To Watch in 2012 report. Every year technological and social developments impact communications faster than ever. During this presentation JWT INSIDE will explore these specifically relevant trends and their potential influence on recruiting and employee communications. For more information, got to jwtintelligence.com/about-us2/would like to thank Pete Price and John Duffield for presenting this webinar.Peter PriceSr. Digital Strategist, JWT InsideHis expertise is in consultative Internet-based marketing strategy, and throughout his career he has helped organizations such as Microsoft, Boeing, Catholic Healthcare West, Comcast and Nordstrom, develop, manage and implement interactive projects designed to achieve their specific business o bjectives since 1997. As a digital strategist, Peter develops interactive solutions designed to meet client goals in todays ever-changing employment communications environment. Keeping on top of trends in Web site development, social media, mobile marketing, and the impact of technology on recruiting, he educates our account team to keep interactive top of mind, and ensures that our clients are elend missing any potential opportunity.John DuffieldExecutive Producer / Digital Strategist, JWT InsideJohn lives on the frontline of all things digital. His knowledge and awareness of trends in the current digital landscape and understanding of the fundamentals of what it takes to connect with people puts him in an ideal position to suggest new and exciting ways to communicate and engage with audiences. John has over ten years experience managing small and large-scale multimedia solutions for the healthcare, commercial, government and educational sectors of Australian, European and now U.S. markets for JWT INSIDE.

Interviewer Tips for Managers

Interviewer Tips for ManagersInterviewer Tips for ManagersJob bewerbungsinterviews are an essential part of making a sound hiring decision. Theres no secret formula for managers to master the art of interviewing. But with tried-and-true interviewer tips, you can refine your technique and avoid common mistakes so you can move on to bring top talent aboard.Why is interviewing so important? After you have narrowed the talent ?pool based on your evaluation of the resumes youve received, its time to meet the most qualified applicants. Job interviews supply firsthand information about a candidates career, work experience and skill level. They also provide a general sense of overall intelligence, aptitude, enthusiasm and attitude - and how those attributes match up to the requirements of the job.Finally, they offer insight into the candidates basic personality traits, motivation to tackle the responsibilities of the job, desire to become a part of the company and ability to integrate into the current work team.So do you think you could use some interviewer tips as you prepare for conducting interviews for your job opening? Read on for some fundamentals, along with some notenzeichenworthy dos and donts.Interviewer tips the basicsConducting job interviews should not be taken lightly - not if you plan to hire the right person, anyway. Even if youve interviewed scores of job candidates in your career, you should think carefully about what you want to learn and how youre going to conduct the interview. Never, ever wing it. Lets review the fundamentals?Set the who and where - Determine who needs to participate in the interviewing process and where the meetings should take place. Its best if its a quiet location where everyone feels at ease.Prepare your questions - All candidates should have the opportunity to answer the saatkorn questions and be allotted the same amount of time so you can evaluate them based on standard criteria.Review the facts. Before you walk out to greet the candidate, review the job description and the candidates resume once more so youre well prepared.Actively listen - Pay close attention to what the interviewee says, and ask any follow-up questions as they arise. Dont be so focused on your next question that you miss out on an opportunity to dive into more detail.Take notes - During the interview, make brief notes of anything that stands out, and take time immediately after the interview to write more lengthy observations while theyre still fresh in your memory. Encourage the same of other people interviewing the candidate.Let them ask questions - Bring the session to a graceful close by giving ?the ?candidate time to ask questions. This is also another opportunity for you to gauge the persons interest in the job and your organization.Close on a positive note - Let the job candidate know what comes next, including a timeline for when a decision will be made, and end the discussion on a formal but sincere note.Robert Hal f has been helping companies with hiring since 1948. Let us help you.REQUEST TALENT10 dos and donts for a successful interview processHow you phrase questions, when you ask them, how you follow up - all of these things can do a lot to determine the quality and value of the answers you get in a job interview. Every question you ask should have a specific purpose to elicit specific information, produce some insight into the candidates personality and past performance or simply put them at ease. Follow these 10 dos and donts for conducting better interviews1. DO make a list. Write down everything you want to ask ahead of time so you dont miss out on important information. Share the list with the people in your company whod work with the new hire to see if they have any items to add.2. DONT be aggressive. Help the candidate feel comfortable by starting off with some easy questions, such as describing their current job or what they know about your company. Ease into the more difficult q ueries.3. DO create a rhythm. A good interviewer will vary the style of questions asked so the interviewee doesnt feel interrogated. Generally, job interview questions fall into the following four categoriesClosed How many years of PowerPoint experience do you have?Open Why do you want to work for this company?Hypothetical ? If you had to select new workflow software for the team, how would you make that decision?Off If you could travel to any point in history, which time would you choose?4. DONT go totally off-the-wall. Limit yourself to one oddball question per interview - ?and dont feel like you need to include one at all if it doesnt fit your workplace culture.5. DO vary your question order. Too many yes-or-no questions in a row can give an interviewee whiplash, and too many big thinkers can be stressful. Alternate tough questions with easy ones to put the candidate at ease.6. DONT be vague. Open-ended questions are great as long as the candidates knows generally what youre loo king for. Provide clarification if they seem confused.7. DO ask for examples. Hypothetical questions have a place, but its better to ask for a concrete example of a time candidates had to resolve a conflict than to ask them to imagine how theyd react to a hypothetical conflict.8. DONT ask leading questions. Thats when the answer you expect is implicit in the question, such as I bet youre good at time management, arent you?9. DO keep a tight rein. You dont have to adhere unwaveringly to your question list, but letting a conversation veer too far off track will waste time for you and the interviewee.10. DONT be too quick to judge. Not all job candidates are great at talking about themselves. If you get the impression the interviewee is shy, try to put him or her at ease.A final tip Interviewing is an art that develops with practice. If youre a new hiring manager, you might find the interview just as stressful as it is for the job candidate. If youre a veteran, then you know its a time -consuming part of the hiring process.You dont have to go it alone. A top staffing agency will already have access to the best available talent in your market and can provide highly skilled, pre-evaluated candidates for you to interview. That can help you save both time and money.

Why do abusive bosses act nice after being mean

Why do abusive bosses act nice after being meanWhy do abusive bosses act nice after being meanOne day your boss is berating you in public, and the next day they are buttering you up. What gives? Their mercurial personality changes now have a name stimmungslage cleansing, a theory that Michigan State University researchers named for why jerk bosses change their tune after being abusive.In their study published in The Journal of Applied Psychology, the researchers found that some abusive bosses recognize their immoral badeanstalt behavior and use moral cleansing as a way to make up for it.Moral cleansing spurs guilty bad bosses to change for betterSome terrible bosses are always going to be oblivious to their bad habits. But some can be guilted into becoming better humans. The researchers documented the latter case by collecting evaluations from abusive bosses and their employees who bore the brunt of it.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happine ss, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and morePerpetrating abusive supervisor behavior led to an increase in experienced guilt and perceived loss of moral credits, which in turn motivated leaders to engage in more constructive leadership behavior, the study states.Turns out, when you know youre acting badly, your soul may squirm, and youll be inspired to do good deeds to make up for it.People often act as though they have a moral ledger or bank account, such that doing good deeds adds credit whereas bad deeds withdraw credit. When there is a shortfall of credits, they are motivated to engage in good deeds to restore a balance, Russell Johnson, lead author of the study, said ina statement. Abusive behavior weakens leaders moral credit. To try to compensate for their wrongdoings, they show behavior to make reparations and amends toward abused staff.For employees suffering under domineering managers, this study gives hope that your jerk boss can change. Bosses who engage i n moral cleansing are eager to make amends by showing thoughtful consideration to employees and going the extra mile of giving ritterlich feedback and support to them. For some employees, this may not be enough to make up for the hurt.Studies have found that incivility can irreparably break employee-manager relationships. Jerk bosses start losing the trust, support, and productivity of employees once they cross the line, and start acting out.This article was first published on June 7, 2018.Why do abusive bosses act nice after being meanOne day your boss is berating you in public, and the next day they are buttering you up. What gives? Their mercurial personality changes now have a name moral cleansing, a theory that Michigan State University researchers named for why jerk bosses change their tune after being abusive.In their study published in The Journal of Applied Psychology, the researchers found that some abusive bosses recognize their immoral bad behavior and use moral cleansi ng as a way to make up for it.Moral cleansing spurs guilty bad bosses to change for betterSome terrible bosses are always going to be oblivious to their bad habits. But some can be guilted into becoming better humans. The researchers documented the latter case by collecting evaluations from abusive bosses and their employees who bore the brunt of it.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and morePerpetrating abusive supervisor behavior led to an increase in experienced guilt and perceived loss of moral credits, which in turn motivated leaders to engage in more constructive leadership behavior, the study states.Turns out, when you know youre acting badly, your soul may squirm, and youll be inspired to do good deeds to make up for it.People often act as though they have a moral ledger or bank account, such that doing good deeds adds credit whereas bad deeds withdraw credit. When there is a sho rtfall of credits, they are motivated to engage in good deeds to restore a balance, Russell Johnson, lead author of the study, said ina statement. Abusive behavior weakens leaders moral credit. To try to compensate for their wrongdoings, they show behavior to make reparations and amends toward abused staff.For employees suffering under domineering managers, this study gives hope that your jerk boss can change. Bosses who engage in moral cleansing are eager to make amends by showing thoughtful consideration to employees and going the extra mile of giving fair feedback and support to them. For some employees, this may not be enough to make up for the hurt.Studies have found that incivility can irreparably break employee-manager relationships. Jerk bosses start losing the trust, support, and productivity of employees once they cross the line, and start acting out.

Global Talent Makes American Industry Stronger

Global Talent Makes American Industry Stronger Global Talent Makes American Industry Stronger Global Talent Makes American Industry StrongerAmerican industryespecially the energy industry is stronger when it can draw talent from all over.Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen Those seven countries were singled out when President Donald J. Trump issued a travel ban via executive order two Januaries ago. The countries on the list were either wracked by war or long isolated by sanctions, so it would be easy to believe that the ban would have only minor impact on American industry or the nation as a whole.But travel restrictions dont only affect immigrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees. They also impact world-class scientists looking to improve the human condition. The movement of people is valuable to both individuals and to the global economy. Thats especially true for scientists and researchers, whose endeavors usually depend onor at the very least benefit fromcollaborati on.Michael WebberOn American university campuses, the travel ban was immediately felt. At the University of Texas in Austin, where Im a faculty member, 110 students, scholars, and faculty were affected. Students I know. This isnt some remote, abstract mystery to me. Its real. The impact of that experience can be multiplied across hundreds of universities and every state.Editors Pick Fight Climate Change, Build the WallTop Story on ASME.org Using the Eyes of Killer Shrimp to plan a Super CameraIn fact, scientists who work and live in Europe but who have also conducted research in the targeted regions can no longer easily come to the U.S. to collaborate and share insights. Instead of a quick entry into the country, some British researchers have reported multi-month delays in obtaining entry visas.Instead of a quick entry into the country, some British researchers have reported multi-month delays in obtaining entry visas.Michael Webber, University of TexasThere are also slowdowns and r eductions in issuances of H1B visas for skilled legal immigrants, which is a negative hit for industry. For the tech sector and energy industry, which are comprised of many global companies, these restrictions and travel bans are problematic. It makes it harder for them to recruit from around the world or work seamlessly within their multinational enterprises. Its possible that an Iraqi supervisor working in the oil industry in Houston could oversee workers in Europe, but would not be able to visit them in part because of the fear that he or she would not be allowed to return to the U.S.Some people might shrug these off as problems only for foreigners and a potential boon for native-born Americans, but we all benefit from international collaboration. In 2017, the Economist magazine noted that all of the worlds restrictions on the free movement of human talent hacks $78 trillion off global GDP.The story of the lithium-ion battery shows what is at stake if the exchange of scientific i deas is disrupted. The Li-ion battery is ubiquitous, carried in our hands inside our smartphones and laptop computers, and it promises to enable critical opportunities like electric vehicles and the integration of wind and solar into the electric grid. But this breakthrough would not have happened without interactions between different scientists in different countries. The early development of the Li-ion battery spanned from the 1960s through the 1980s and included scientists who interacted and exchanged ideas in Europe, Japan, and the United States working at companies like Ford, Asahi, Sony, and ExxonMobil, and at universities such as MIT, Oxford, and the University of Texas at Austin.Had policies prevented collaboration between those countries in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, then it is likely that the Li-ion battery would never have come to fruitionat least on its present schedule or with its current excellent performance. Similarly, new gas turbines are developed by international t eams distributed across the globe, and the most advanced offshore wind turbines are built using European technology. Which world-changing technological breakthroughs of tomorrow are we going to miss because of the travel restrictions today?Because universities are so severely impacted, it makes perfect sense that they were leading the charge to reverse the ban. The lawsuit against the travel ban was led by the state of Washington on behalf of its flagship university.Universities have been leading voices against the recent wave of travel restrictions, but they should not be alone. It is in the interest of American industries especially the energy industrythat the most talented workers can come to the U.S. and promote innovation here.MICHAEL E. WEBBER is deputy director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of the upcoming book, Power Trip The Story of Energy, to be published in 2019 by Basic Books.Read More Exclusive Stories from ASME.org How Eng ineers Close Communication Gaps Artificial and 3D-Printed Skin Advances for Robots, Humans The Rise from BattleBot to Corporate Robot

Learn How to Prevent a Toxic Work Environment

Learn How to Prevent a Toxic Work EnvironmentLearn How to Prevent a Toxic Work EnvironmentBullying is a widespread workplace problem, both within the legal profession and without. However, employers should not accept, shrug off, or ignore bullying issues because they lead to a toxic workplace, higher turnover, a bad reputation for the company, and potential lawsuits. For additional information on dealing with a bullying and a toxic work environment, review these articles Bullying Facts and FiguresTypes of BullyingBullying StoriesWorkplace HarassmentBullying LawsProfile of a Bully Victim Keep reading to learn what steps can employers take to defuse a toxic workplace with tips from Jean Copeland Haertl, CEO Founder of Safety and Respect at Work, LLC in Boston. Bullying is a pattern of humiliating, offensive workplace conduct most often perpetrated by someone in a position of power and/or authority. Bullying often manifests as an abuse of power whose targets suffer serious and long-las ting emotional and physical health harming effects. Not unlike batterers who emotionally abuse their victims, bullies engage in learned abusive workplace behavior because they often get away with it. From working with bullies, I have learned that most, if not all, target specific employees. Bullies are also cognitively aware of their actions, changing their behavior when in the presence of superiors, often appearing charming and professional. While anyone can engage in workplace bullying, according to recent statistics from the Workplace Bullying Institute, 72% of bullies are bosses. The first and most important step an employer should take is to recognize that bullying is not something that an employee should be left alone to address. Simply suggesting that employees should learn strategies to respond to bullying is like telling a battered victim she needs to learn to communicate more effectively and directly to minimize the abuse inflicted by a batterer.? Organizational leaders sh ould take ownership of helping to address and eliminate all forms of workplace abuse. Steps to diffuse a toxic work environment include but are not limited to 1. Establish an Anti-bullying Policy Establish and implement clear policies and reporting procedures that address bullying. Most companies have acode of conduct policies, but many of those policies are general, and/or solely address unethical and financial misconduct. Rarely do companies maintain policies with specific language that adequately defines a range of prohibited behaviors. 2. Implement Company-wide Training That Addresses Bullying. Once a sound policy has been established with clear and multiple reporting mechanisms in place, leaders must ensure all managers and employees receive training on how to identify, respond, and report potential bullying behaviors. Because many managers and employees have trouble distinguishing bullying behaviors from workplace violence and unprofessional behaviors, it is critical t hat training underscores the many ways bullies target their victims in the workplace. Unlike one misdirected and unprofessional comment, bullies perpetuate a pattern of coercive control, often isolating their targets, undermining their work, and engaging in an aggressive and humiliating behavior. Bullies are often known to most in the company. They are the elephants in the room much like perpetrators of domestic violence. Like batterers, bullies minimize, deny, sidetrack and blame their targets, hoping to avoid accountability for their actions. Training must separate managers from employees, and highlight the challenges and fears employees struggle with in reporting these kinds of behaviors. 3. Implement Disciplinary Action. Hold bullies accountable for their behavior by consistently and fairly implementing appropriate disciplinary action. Not unlike a worker who has violated a companys sexual harassment or workplace violence policy, employers must investigate all complaints rel ated to mutual respect policy violations. Depending on the nature of the behavior and/or impact on the target, employers must take swift action and discipline workplace bullies - up to and including termination, if necessary. Sometimes, a bully who is confronted with the possibility of disciplinary action, including the fact that his/her behavior has negatively impacted another employee, will take steps to alter his or her behavior. Progressive disciplinary action can be combined with remedial training in some cases. I strongly discourage any form of mediation in these cases.

Waitress Resume Samples: No Longer a Mystery

Waitress Resume Samples No Longer a Mystery If You Read Nothing Else Today, Read This Report on Waitress Resume Samples The waitress ought to be friendly. She needs to make the table and keep the spoons and forks for the customers. A waiter will likewise be asked to try to remember a number of details about the food and beverage lists. A great waiter should have the ability to satisfy the requirements of the customer, even if theyre leid being entirely fair. Working in the food service industry may be grueling experience sometimes, so demonstrate that youre patient and can work nicely with other people. Just make certain that you highlight any key projects you worked on or any cultural experiences you wouldnt have gained elsewhere. If you dont have an experience in the restaurant business but experience elsewhere, attempt to relate your previous positions to the job available. 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Seven Answers From A Developer Focused on Bringing More Women To The New York Times

Seven Answers From A Developer Focused on Bringing More Women To The New York Times At PowerToFly were interviewing women who can tell us, first-hand, what its like to work at organizations focused on hiring for mora diversity. Even if an organization hasnt reached its goals, were eager to learn what theyre trying to do to get there. Thats why we sat down with Erica Greene, the community development gruppe manager at The New York Times.Erica told us how she became a backend developer, what the women in tech task force at The New York Times is doing to attract more female engineers, and why she feels working with more women will be better for the media company.1. What do you do for The New York Times? What stack do you code in?Im a backend developer although I can do fullstack. Im more passionate about data and architectural issues. Ive been at The New York Times for three years and just took on a new role as manager of the community development team. We manage the comment stack. Curr ently all of the comments are moderated by hand and we are looking into a way that we could possibly automate this process.2. Tell us about the new comment moderation platform The New York Times just announced.Were collaborating with the Google Jigsaw group to experiment with using machine learning to scale comment moderation on our site. We made an announcement about that project yesterday and Bassey, the head of our comment moderation team, wrote a little quiz to give readers an idea of how hard the moderation problem is. Many of our readers are notlage aware of how much work we put in to keep conversation on our site substantive and civil. Were hoping the quiz raises awareness about how hard the comment moderation problem can be and how committed we are to solving it well. Deploying and scaling that system is the bulk of what were working on for the rest of the year. Were going to be rolling the new moderation platform out one desk at a time. We need to gather confidence in the p redictive models before we turn on automatic moderation.3. What is it like working as a woman engineer in The New York Times newsroom?At The New York Times, tech is a piece of the puzzle. There is a culture beyond tech. The Times is an old storied company with amazing traditions and folklore and structures. As an engineer here you get to work with people with lots of different backgrounds. Its not a brogramming culture??there are no pics of Star Trek on the wall, conference rooms are not named after robots. The culture beyond tech is actually a positive. Our games team does things like crossword puzzles. You get to be a part of the Pulitzer ceremony where the entire company comes down to congratulate the winners. The positive thing for women engineers is that you can have broad interests beyond tech on the development teams and that can be a really good thing.4. What are the fruchtwein exciting and/or rewarding parts of being a developer at The New York Times?At The New York Times e very day you are able to work with people who are at the top of their craft??journalists, producers, designers etc. As a developer you share experiences and learn from them. I know that The New York Times newsroom deserves the best tools and as a developer I find it very fulfilling to be able to create the tools for such an amazing brand.5. Where did you start your career as a developer?I started to learn to program in 9th grade. My high school offered 2.5 years of computer science classes. My mom actually recommended that I study computer science. My mother welches a chemical engineer and then switched to research. When her three kids were little she was working at Bell Labs and she was able to move to research. She switched from being a chemical engineer because working in computer science was a better lifestyle fit for her family so she learned how to program in her adult life. My mom found coding so interesting because there was so much problem solving. I thought computer scienc e would be useful to know and so I took the classes in high school. I thought I would eventually go into something else. I became a math major in college. I went into a PhD program after college and studied natural language processing for 2.5 years. I loved the werkstoff but I was not interested in the full PhD program. I left that program and took a job at Etsy in data engineering. After Etsy, I moved on to my role at The Times.6. You are working on digital diversity initiatives for the Times. Can you tell us more about that?I am a member of the women in tech task force that was created to encourage gender diversity at The Times. We have created a mentorship program where you have one on one mentor to mentee pairs. Its been wonderful and we have gotten very good feedback. We have been doing more trips to womens colleges to talk about The New York Times. We are also working on a code of conduct and I am helping to draft it.7. How important do you think having a diverse (male/female mix) is for a development team? If very important, why?Having diverse teams gives you better products. We have a diverse audience so our team should reflect that. Diverse teams make you better and more profitable. Besides that it is the right thing to do. Women need great opportunities in techSelfishly I enjoy working with women. One of the frustrations of being a women developer is that its hard to meet more women in tech. Its hard to meet women friends at work unless we bring in more women engineers.And once we bring in women engineers we need to work hard to retain them. I feel that the geek culture stereotype for engineering is very toxic and puts women off from Computer Science. Its not like that at The New York Times. We have a very interesting place to work. Pop culture shows like the Big Bang Theory and movies like Silicon Valley promote this geek culture and that is not attractive to women. You can have a very different experience as a woman developer at The New York Times. Its a wonderful place for women in tech. One of the biggest challenges in almost all industries today is achieving gender parity. Gender diversity provides huge benefits in the workplace. pWhile some industries have made significant advancements in gender diversity, some industries lag further behind... and the construction industry is well-known for being in the latter category. If someone says, construction workers, youll likely picture a group of men in yellow hard hats analyzing an architects plans or laying bricks on top of a scaffold. And men at work signs only help to reinforce this image.pThis stereotype is rooted in reality. When was the last time you actually spotted a woman on a construction site? Or hired a female plumber or carpenter? Your answer is most likely never. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statisticsreports that only 3.4% of the total of 8.3 million construction employees are women.pBut the construction industry has a lot more to offer than steel-toed boots and hard hats, and it needs women to help advance the industry in this era of rapid change. Here are 5 reasons why women joining the workforce or looking to make a pivot should consider a career in construction.h21. Fuel Innovation/h2pNot only is diversity the socially and morally right thing to do, but it is also actually an excellent geschftliches miteinander strategy. pResearch presented in the Harvard Business Reviewshows that diverse teams develop more innovative ideas. This is further supported by a study conducted by Gallupon the performance of gender-diverse teams versus single-gender teams, which found that the difference in backgrounds and perspectives led to better business performance and problem-solving. h22. Capitalize on Demand/h2pThe construction industry is currently experiencing a labor shortage. The industry itself is booming and projected to be one of the fastest-growing industries, with total spending projected to exceed $1.45 trillion in 2023/a. However, most construction companies are unable to meet the rising demand. pAccording to the Associated General Contractors of America/a, more than 80% of contractors are experiencing difficulties filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce.pAnd demand isnt limited to individual contributor roles. Given the industry boom, there are a number of open stable and high-paying roles (any project managers out there?) waiting for the right candidateh23. Leadership Opportunities/h2pAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics/a, women compose only 7.7% of the total 1 million managerial positions in construction.br/pBut given the highly collaborative nature of construction work, more women in leadership roles would help drive innovation and enhance productivity.Furthermore, as a woman in construction in a leadership position, youd have the unique opportunity to drive change for the industry and make it a more attractive vorkauf srecht for other women.h24. High-Income Potential/h2pSalaries for many skilled positions in construction are on the rise, making a construction career a prime choice for women looking for a high-paying job,pThe 2018 Construction Craft Salary Surveyconducted by the National Center for Construction Education and Research revealed that salaries for many skilled craft areas are increasing. Project managers and project supervisors topped the list at $92,523 and $88,355, respectively. The next set of highest-paying jobs include those of combo welders ($71,067), instrumentation technicians ($70,080), pipe welders ($69,222), power line workers ($68,262) and industrial electricians ($67,269). Of the 32 categories of workers in the survey, 19 positions earned an average salary of $60,000 or higher.h25. Sense of accomplishment/h2p The construction industry can give employees a unique sense of achievement. Yes, the job is stressful and the work can be demanding, but nothing beats the feeling of being able to build something from the ground up. pHow many professionals in other industries can point at a school, a hospital, or a skyscraper and say I helped build that?pThe construction industry has a long way to go in combating gender bias and supporting women in the workforce, but given the current demand for workers, theres no better time to pick up a sledgehammer (figurative or literal) and smash the gender stereotypes plaguing the construction industry.