21 min
89. How To Get More Young Women In Trades - Lydia Crowder Contractor Evolution
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- Entrepreneurship
To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP89
To find Lydia on Instagram click here: https://www.instagram.com/drywallshorty/
To watch Lydia on The Build Show click here: https://buildshownetwork.com/go/lydiacrowder
Our guest on the show for this episode is Lydia Crowder (aka Drywall Shorty). Lydia puts out the best content for the drywall trade on all of the interwebs.
She’s been a drywall finisher for 20 years, and owns Trinity Drywall in Bozeman Montana. She started to make educational videos about 3 years ago and today her following has grown to over 1 Million subscribers across her various platforms.
Our conversation is about what it's like to be a female tradesperson in a historically male-dominated industry and how business owners can attract and retain women in the trades.
To learn more about why you should be pushing hard to recruit women, what they bring to the table, and how to create an environment that attracts them, listen to this episode.
Highlights
What's it's like being on site as a female tradesperson
How women in the trades are treated today vs 20 years ago
2 Unique qualities tradeswomen bring to the job site
How to build a work environment that appeals to women and has them wanting to stay for the long haul
Advice to women thinking about getting into the trades
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP89
To find Lydia on Instagram click here: https://www.instagram.com/drywallshorty/
To watch Lydia on The Build Show click here: https://buildshownetwork.com/go/lydiacrowder
Our guest on the show for this episode is Lydia Crowder (aka Drywall Shorty). Lydia puts out the best content for the drywall trade on all of the interwebs.
She’s been a drywall finisher for 20 years, and owns Trinity Drywall in Bozeman Montana. She started to make educational videos about 3 years ago and today her following has grown to over 1 Million subscribers across her various platforms.
Our conversation is about what it's like to be a female tradesperson in a historically male-dominated industry and how business owners can attract and retain women in the trades.
To learn more about why you should be pushing hard to recruit women, what they bring to the table, and how to create an environment that attracts them, listen to this episode.
Highlights
What's it's like being on site as a female tradesperson
How women in the trades are treated today vs 20 years ago
2 Unique qualities tradeswomen bring to the job site
How to build a work environment that appeals to women and has them wanting to stay for the long haul
Advice to women thinking about getting into the trades
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
21 min