{"id":54743,"date":"2019-09-16T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=54743"},"modified":"2023-06-28T17:03:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T21:03:56","slug":"neca-supports-womens-careers-battles-labor-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/neca-supports-womens-careers-battles-labor-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"NECA Supports Women\u2019s Careers, Battles Labor Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)<\/a> is battling the industry\u2019s skilled workforce shortage through support for women\u2019s careers\u2014offering steady jobs without the college debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presenting the latest opportunities for women in electrical contracting and top industry issues, the Women in NECA + Future Leaders Roundtable<\/a> on Monday, Sept. 16, will meet from 2:00 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m. at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, during the 2019 NECA Convention & Trade Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe opportunities you will have are endless,\u201d says WIN Task Force member Angie Hart, vice president, Rosendin Electric, San Jose, Calif. \u201cI\u00a0also love hearing my children tell their friends, \u2018My mom built that!,\u2019\u201d says Hart, whose company has sponsored its first construction summer camp for girls in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As women make up just 9 percent of the construction industry\u2019s workforce, the WIN Roundtable will cover the electrical contracting industry\u2019s latest opportunities\u2014from five-year paid electrician apprenticeships delivering steady careers to executive leadership roles including more women-owned electrical contracting firms, the skilled workforce shortage, recruiting and retaining, diversity and inclusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe industry offers steady, well-paying careers without the college debt,\u201d says WIN Task Force Chair Jennifer Woods, chief financial officer, United Electric Co., Marietta, Ga.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWorking with the WIN Task Force has given me the opportunity to understand the members\u2019 issues in developing diversity within their companies,\u201d says Tracy L. Harness, chapter manager, Northwest Line Constructors Chapter, NECA, Portland, Ore. \u201cThere\u2019s so much to learn from each other and support everyone in the industry,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In\u00a0addition to Hart, Woods and Harness, the 2019 WIN Task Force members also include Seaen Kosmides, CEO, OlympiaTech, Plymouth, Minn., a woman-owned business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n