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Blog posts of '2018' 'September'

Is The Future Female for the Construction Industry? With the skills shortage a pressing industry issue, many construction professionals are exploring how encouraging women, a demographic who currently only occupy 14% of construction jobs, to join the sector could potentially tackle the skills issue. Although there are various reports and statistics, all research finds that there are significantly less women working in construction than there are men, despite trade jobs being a brilliant career path for all, regardless of gender. The good news is that the number of women working within construction is increasing; according to Go Construct, 37% of new entrants that came into the industry from higher education were women, however, here at TIMco, we believe that this statistic can be higher still, and so we thought that we’d delve into the reasons why the construction industry is still considerably male dominated and what can be done to promote the sector to more women.