Are you hiring? We can help you recruit! NWIR and RCS are partnering to help roofing contractors find talent in a different way. Let us use our social network to spread positivity and recruit into the roofing industry. There are a lot of people looking for a new opportunity and Roofing is Open for Business! Submit your job posting to National Women in Roofing (NWIR) and RoofersCoffeeShop (RCS), a NWIR Platinum Sponsor, will post NWIR members [...]
As a firm, we understand the value women bring to the table, especially in industries that are predominantly male, such as construction and legal. From the very first time we heard about the plan to create a women in roofing organization, we were thrilled to jump in and be part of an organization that empowers some of the most valuable members of the roofing world. Not only does NWIR provide a platform for those in the [...]
The Community Service Committee had some meaningful accomplishments this year! The toolkit was completed and branded and available to NWIR members Stephanie Baird, Oregon Council, joined the committee as co-chair with wonderful partnerships to share in her community Stephanie and Chair Susan DeGrassi, (Southern California) presented at NWIR Day in Dallas A milestone moment occurred February, the Oregon Council partnered with A Village for One and donated a roof to their shelter for children that are [...]
Roofing is recruiting! Check out some of our top job postings at https://bit.ly/MyRoofingJob. Feel free to share this link to help draw top talent to the roofing industry! Before you send your resume, Kylie Cimmino with Red Clover, a trades focused human resources consultant, has provided tips to help freshen up your resume. Review them and check out their website for more interviewing pointers https://redcloverhr.com/• Keep your resume to 1 page. Keep the format consistent. Write [...]
National Nurses’ Week, typically celebrated May 6-12, has been expanded to National Nurses Month, a decision made by the American Nurses Association. National Women in Roofing (NWiR) Wheeling Council, a new local organization, has collaborated with several sponsors to honor some of Wheeling’s healthcare workers. “Nurses Month is personal for us, as we both have family members in the healthcare field and see how COIVD-19 has been more intense than a “normal” day,” said Stephanie Barry, [...]
Let’s face it - Roofing has long been viewed as an unconventional career choice for women, and not just for those positions that are literally ‘boots on the roof’. Scratch the surface of ‘unconventional’ and you’ll find more nuance among the different career paths, experiences, and challenges that women in the industry have taken or had. We want to dive into the questions of what these opportunities look like and how they have changed over the [...]
Normally, when people think of the roofing or construction industries, they do not necessarily picture women as playing an essential part of those businesses. And, while the stigma of being a woman in a “man’s industry” has started to wear off, most people would not think of generations of women being in this industry. When I first started working in commercial roofing I was pretty sure I would be surrounded by mostly men, and that was [...]
The status quo wouldn’t prepare you for some of the amazing women we have right here in this group. During the late 80’s and 90’s, women began to break barriers in roofing. One woman who deserves the title of a rooftop renegade is Cindy Paquet of Jacksonville, Florida. With a Bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Stetson University, Cindy loved anything that would further her physical physique and challenge her body. Once a competitive body builder, [...]
National Women in Roofing (NWiR) and Roofers Coffeeshop have partnered to launch a recruiting campaign for the roofing industry. The campaign allows companies to submit job postings for Roofers Coffeeshop to share. Through opening a wide variety of job opportunities at companies to viewers, the partnership will be able to attract new talent and offer opportunities for companies to increase visibility to their job postings. Any company in roofing can submit job opportunities here: bit.ly/roofingcareers “Despite [...]
We are truly living in unusual times. As our “normal” lives are being turned upside down, we’re finding new ways of communicating and working – new ways of doing a lot of the things that maybe seemed second-nature or easy to us. One thing that hasn’t changed but may be more apparent now than ever is the importance of PEOPLE. Each day we decide to keep things moving; we do it for the people in our [...]
