WOMEN IN TRADES: GOOD FOR BUSINESS
Last year Covid-19 contributed to more than 20,000 women losing their jobs in New Zealand1 . At the same time our booming building and construction industry is now experiencing a significant shortage of workers across the country. The question is: could both these issues be addressed in tandem?
On a practical level, trades companies need staff, and there are extremely capable women out there requiring jobs – women who have transferable skills and can be part of the solution. For employers it’s a great time to think differently about who they employ, and how they can attract the best person for the job2 .
Opportunity is plentiful if you look at the numbers – only around 13 percent of the construction
