#134 How to start a career in the construction trades, as a woman without experience

Listen up.

We are back with another episode of the Construction Mentor Podcast.

My name is Ike.

I am your host.

What are we here to do? We're here to promote the construction industry.

We want everybody to know that it's the place to be.

Whatever your dream life looks like, the car, the family, the vacations, it's all achievable in the construction industry.

Even things like work-life balance.

There are a lot of stigmas out there in the industry that I think we need to overcome.

And hopefully this platform can be that for everybody.

We like to do a few things on this podcast.

We like to, number one, bring people in to talk about what they do and share their stories.

That's what we're going to do here today.

In other cases, I like to just go solo and go on a riff and tell you either things that I'm going through on my job sites or in my life or what I went through in my career to get to my, you know, the place that I'm at in my career.

Or, you know, give you the tools and give you the keys, you know, to all the secrets in the industry to help you elevate your game faster.

I started out in the trades.

I started out digging holes and scrubbing toilets on job sites and things like that.

But I have made my way quickly into project management where I've pretty much, you know, hit every rung in the ladder all the way up and I've hit my head on every rung on the way up.

You know, now I'm sitting in a director level position at one of the largest GCs in the country.

So that's my area of expertise.

And I know enough about all of the trades to talk about them.

And that's why I like to have these conversations with people.

And that's why I get excited to talk to people like Jesse, who is.

Well, Jesse, why don't you tell people what you do and where you're

Listen up.

We are back with another episode of the Construction Mentor Podcast.

My name is Ike.

I am your host.

What are we here to do? We're here to promote the construction industry.

We want everybody to know that it's the place to be.

Whatever your dream life looks like, the car, the family, the vacations, it's all achievable in the construction industry.

Even things like work-life balance.

There are a lot of stigmas out there in the industry that I think we need to overcome.

And hopefully this platform can be that for everybody.

We like to do a few things on this podcast.

We like to, number one, bring people in to talk about what they do and share their stories.

That's what we're going to do here today.

In other cases, I like to just go solo and go on a riff and tell you either things that I'm going through on my job sites or in my life or what I went through in my career to get to my, you know, the place that I'm at in my career.

Or, you know, give you the tools and give you the keys, you know, to all the secrets in the industry to help you elevate your game faster.

I started out in the trades.

I started out digging holes and scrubbing toilets on job sites and things like that.

But I have made my way quickly into project management where I've pretty much, you know, hit every rung in the ladder all the way up and I've hit my head on every rung on the way up.

You know, now I'm sitting in a director level position at one of the largest GCs in the country.

So that's my area of expertise.

And I know enough about all of the trades to talk about them.

And that's why I like to have these conversations with people.

And that's why I get excited to talk to people like Jesse, who is.

Well, Jesse, why don't you tell people what you do and where you're