Hey, I'm Tasha, and I'm new to Tooting, I'm a Chartered Built Infrastructure Surveyor, and I'm keen to learn more about new Construction technologies and strategies, but also happy to talk about and champion Diversity in Construction, and how to change career from any background whatsoever.
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@Tasha Hi, great to have you. I'd love to hear your thoughts about diversity in the construction world. I would expect that is an industry struck harder than many others in that regard.
@freemo Yes, it was difficult enough to break into as a woman from a musical background, but ethnicity is really poorly underrepresented and encouraged, as is LGBT+. It's getting better and companies are beginning to encourage, but there's still a long way to go. Myself and a few other ladies have started a group called the #SurveyingSisterhood which is to support other women, but more than that, to celebrate and raise up other diversity groups too. Visibility and celebration
@nerthos I would tend to agree with you. But I think it is very likely there are biases in th industry and in society that cause prejudice. So the perfect description you give where there is no discrimination and the numbers reflect peoples personal choices... im not sure we are completely there yet either.
But I'm much more interested in Tasha's perspective than my own.
