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Doin’ Girly Things
Making construction a girly thing to do! The podcast highlights career and life advice through experiences and discoveries of women in the industry kicking butt. This podcast talks to all people about breaking the glass ceiling while wearing a steel toed boots. Don't forget to subscribe for new episodes every other Monday for new episode.
Episodes
34 episodes
Becoming an Architect & how to stand out by focusing environmental & energy efficiencies Farah
his podcast episode is PACKED full of information about how to become an architect, where the industry is headed and what it is like to build in NYC.I might be a little biased but this is one of my favorite episodes. Farah and I have so...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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38:36
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Advice for women who want to start their own construction company, Coralee
This week's guest is a wonderful example for not only women but men too. She has started a construction company with her husband and they recently sold their business! Coralee gives us advice on how to tackle your fear of scaling your b...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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32:17
How to become an Electrician as a second career, Darci
Darci's story is not only fantastic to hear on this episode but to watch through Instagram as she juggles becoming an electrician, being a single mom and fights for a better future for her family. Money, retirement & flexible ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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33:05
Need an extra hand try using a Tailhand. How to get the most use out of your work truck with CEO Suzie
If you use your truck everyday on the jobsite this episode was made for you!Safety and schedule are two important aspects to any construction site no matter how big or small. Tailhand is an accessory for tailgates that improves the func...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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29:05
What does heavy machinery and an empowerment coach have in common? How Louise is empowering tradeswomen.
Louise is a heavy machine mechanic from Australia has expanded her talents for being in the industry to empower tradeswomen.We discuss ways the trades can work in your favor by creating work weeks that fit your schedule. We also discuss...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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30:06
How do consultants save you money on a construction project? Consulting in the Coop & Housing in New York City, Tina
This week's career we are highlighting in construction is Tina as a consultant. After spending 20 years in Wallstreet Tina brought her talents for analyzing costs to the construction industry. I learned so much in this episode about how...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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28:54
Born to Drill or @bournetodrill - What is an environmental driller? The lucrative career of geotechnical engineering & drilling explained.
Our guest this week is an environmental driller from Canada. Rachel has been running and working a driller for 5 years and finds it to be a very fulfilling career!Geotechnical drilling is an important part to the construction process. T...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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35:27
How to become a surveyor and challenges they face in training. Peta @surveygeekgirl is the National Training & Development Manager @surveyorsacademy
How much do they make? What is the job market like? What do you ACTUALLY do every day?After years of being a surveyor & educator, Peta is now working with an organization called Association of Consulting Surveyors National to begin ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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27:07
2021 Recap - Top Episodes and 1 Year Celebration Episode
Listen to clips from our top episodes of 2021. I had so much fun making this podcast and looking back at all the awesome guests that were on the show. Listed below are all the guests that were featured in this episode. We'd like to than...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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34:48
Update & Re-Broadcast: 1st Fruit Grown in Space, NASA Scientist gives an update on Chile Peppers ISS experiement
This episode is an update to the episode aired in May 2020 before the Space Chile Pepper Seeds were sent up to the International Space Station (ISS). On this update, Jacob lets us know how the first successful fruit grown in space!...
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Season 2
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1:09:42
Nour President of the We Build a Dream Organization Helping Women Start Their Career in the Trades
A free toolbox for joining the trades!? Learn all about how to find support when joining the trades. This wonderful organization aims to help women with their first tool kits to mentorship. She is president of the We Build a Dream ...
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44:10
The Importance of Finding Workwear that Fits, technically.a.techie discusses women fashion in the trades
Our guest this week goes by technically.a.techie online or Constanza. She is known for her videos about honest reviews of women's fashion. Her IG is filled with funny and relatable reels about being a women wearing a hardhat. As a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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32:07
Importance of creating a mentorship program & how to find a mentor, Toni
Mentorship is an important part to creating a culture where women join STEM and stay in STEM fields. Toni discusses how she uses the organizations at Purdue University and class she teaches to create mentorship programs. Ton...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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31:31
What's difference between career coaching and therapy? Carol, Women in Construction Career Coach
Season two is focused on organizations, people and ideas that are focused to keeping women in construction. Carol has become a full time career coach helping women focus on defining success in their careers. On this episode we talk about ways t...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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27:02
Black Girls Do Engineer, CEO Kara talks about the importance of representation in the industry
Season two is focused on organizations, people and ideas that are focused to keeping women in construction. Kara has become a full time CEO a wonderful organization called Black Girls Do Engineering focused on getting black girls ages 9-20 inte...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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40:09
Women Build America Movement, How we keep and get more women involved in construction?
Season 3 and discussing what is the women build America movement and how listeners can get involved. The rest of the year episodes will be dedicated to retention, mentorship and career development for keeping women in construction...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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13:38
What is a GC? Creating a Successful Father-Daughter General Contracting Company, Michelle Bossladybuilder
Through the podcast I've met so many inspiring women that are taking over their father's construction company. Most kids grow up and dream of working away from their parents, but not Michelle. She knew that she was going to work at ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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36:44
How to make a women's workwear brand? Making Women's Steel Toed Boots with CEO of Xena Footwear, Ana
Do you struggle with having to switch your shoes before you and your peers head outside to a construction site? Would you like shoes that look stylish while also being steel toed?On this episode of Doin' Girly Things guest Ana the CEO X...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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36:41
How to become a female plumber with Princess Plumber
Anna, the Princess Plumber on IG, had a big shift in her life before realizing that women can be trade workers too. This led her to being an apprentice. On this episode we talk about union verse non-union trade school and how to pi...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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35:08
Working in Construction in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Renee
Renee has been a construction project administrator, mainly in finance. She has lived in a couple states which has allowed her to jump into many new experiences. These experiences include the customer service industry, a sewing YouT...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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36:56
What is OSHA? Questions to a Safety Professional, Pedro host of XFactorofSafety
Safety is an important part of construction. This episode answers all the questions you've ever had about OSHA and what its like when they show up to your jobsite. In this episode I interview Pedro, host of TheXFactorofSafety a podcast ...
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35:10
Author of Shit Adults Never Taught Us discuss: What does anchoring mean in negotiating a pay raise?
Negotiating is an important part about creating financial freedom. Often time women stray away from these important conversations. Within the construction space there is plenty to negotiate from benefits to job location. In this episode...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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44:07
#DoinGirlyThings What is a Systems Engineer? Andrea working with robotics and manufacturing
The term systems engineer is a common term that gets thrown around. We talk about all the ways its a girly thing to do. Both the guest Andrea and myself have been system engineers at one point in their career. Listen to how Adrea starte...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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32:11
#SpaceFarming The first fruit at the ISS! Join NASA Scientist and learn how you can join the Space Chile Grow A Pepper Challenge
Jacob Torres a space farmer, NASA researcher and engineer at Kennedy Space Center comes on to the podcast to share the exciting news about PH04, Española Chile Peppers. THEY WILL BE GOING TO SPACE.Learn how you can grow Española Chile p...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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48:49
#DoinGirlyThings Making technical cartoons with an engineering degree, Generators with Diane
Diane, another great Purdue graduate talks about working at CAT as an engineer to now a technical marketer. Engineering is not as boring as people make it out to be: you can be as creative as you want. Working with a creative company, D...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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28:02