NWIR (National Women in Roofing)
Women who Support Women are More Successful
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roofing industry is a place where more women are doing just that – supporting each other. Traditionally, women have tended to compete with each other for career advancement and for attaining leadership roles. Perhaps this was due to the notion that there are only so ...
Registration Has Opened for the Third Annual National Women in Roofing Day 2020
NWIR Day 2020’s theme is “Driving Your Success” and is an all-day conference for women in roofing scheduled for February 2, 2020. National Women in Roofing (NWIR), a national organization focused on the empowerment of women within the roofing industry, has opened registration for 2020 NWIR Day being held in Dallas, ...
5 Tips for Recruiting Women into Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Recruiting women into the roofing industry is a hot topic, but not much guidance has been given as to how to recruit them. The number of women working in the trades in 2018 was the highest in 20 years, according to ForConstructionPros.com, yet women still only ...
Council Update: Turning your Quarterly Meetings into Women’s Workshops
By Lynn Picone, NWIR. Mixing education and networking to build careers in northern New Jersey. Fostering opportunities where our fellow NWiR members can learn and grow can feel like a tall order with an active calendar every month. To keep things fresh and engaging in the North New Jersey Council, we’ve leveraged ...
Save the Date for NWIR Day
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Join other professional women in the roofing industry February 2, 2020 for a full day of learning, networking, and activities! The third annual National Women in Roofing (NWIR) Day is taking place February 2, 2020! Will you be there? This one-day conference is packed with information, ...
Educate Your Employees
By Josh Strehle, RoofSnap. At larger roofing companies, you might have employees that never get on a roof, visit a job site, or touch a shingle. That doesn’t mean that those workers shouldn’t have an idea of what the rest of your company does all day. Educating employees about your company’s core ...
The Science of Innovation: Moving the Roofing Industry Forward
By Duro-Last®. These four women are making strides in R&D at Duro-Last. According to the National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2018 report, women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce but only 28% of the science and engineering workforce. When evaluating these numbers within the roofing industry, that ...
November 2019 is a Time for Thanks
National Women in Roofing Chair Jennifer Stone shares thoughts on thankfulness in the November 2019 newsletter. Hello November Newsletter readers! The best thing about November is that we are forced and reminded to take pause and be thankful for the things around us. I'm thankful for that, number one. It's something ...
Top October Stories: People, Projects and Technology
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. RoofersCoffeeShop is about community. It’s the people who make up this community that we love to hear about and meet. That was pretty evident in looking at what the most popular articles were last month. Leading the list was ...
Meet Mandy McIntyre of 1st Choice Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The search for her ‘true calling’ led to a career in roofing. In 2013, Mandy McIntyre was working as an office manager for a landscaping and snow removal company and she was miserable with her job. She couldn’t stand working there anymore so she decided to ...
