Women Minority in Roofing

Do you know if women owners of the roofing business have any advantages in getting a roofing job? How do they do that?>>>

Grammar school now? Your sure to no when you are their because when you arrive those that came before you will have there flags waving for you. How many misused words can you find in that broken sentence?>>>

I know a roofing site isn't the place to complain about grammer, but sometimes it's required. Is a comma too much to ask for?

Macroof, as a response to Agnes's question about women in roofing having advantages, "I sure hope not, Agnes" is far more civil than "I sure hope, not Agnes". She might not know your past history of how unfailingly nice and complimentery you always are to know what version you were posting.

It's good to see you back, Mac.>>>

I sure hope not Agnes>>>

It looks you gave me some working ideas. I am checking into "Womens Business Development Center (WBDC)" and eWomenNetwork. I also noticed that people decide for me to do the roof for them because they believe I will take care about aesthetic details. However there are customers who do not want to see me in roofing, and so far I did not find a better way of dealing with them than to avoid. >>>

I don't know the answer to your question, but you would no doubt see a huge benefit in joining a women's networking group. More than a few of the members would know the ins and outs of these programs, plus some of the members would no doubt be in the position to give you work.>>>

Boy Ottawa. You certainly know how to make someone feel welcome! The question isn't about their internal plumbing but whether they can roof or not.

I don't understand how you would be "scared" of them. One thing I have learned from my wife after these 29 years is that for some reason she is right most of the time. I don't think so at first, but that is the way it normally works out. I have learned to truct her instincts and judgement; much more so than mine.

My wife owns the roofing and construction business here and I am the foreman for her. I work for a Union leasing company and my boss there is also a woman; one of the best bosses I have ever had and one of the smartest too. Between my wife and my boss who leases me and my stepson back to my wife's company, we are in very good hands. All I have to do is get the work and get it done correstly. Everything else is taken care of. That is the best of both worlds. IMHO>>>

any female roofer i've seen,makes me scratch my head. I'm sort of scared of them.. and i sure they have a girl friend also. you know what i mean? :laugh: oh Ya Agnes, it called the power of the pussy.>>>

more than likely, the option of hiring a women-owned (minority) roofing contractor, to meet the minority/disadvantaged/ percentages when bidding prevailing wage jobs puts you in front of an excessive amount of potential work. The days of being the token minority subcontractor are over.....a well qualified, efficient, productive minority roofing contractor should be able to do extremely well in the commercial/ industrial markets. I am not current on minority set-aside bidding requirements, but I can only assume that opportunities remain available. Being a woman AND having quality roofing skills and experience, in my limited opinion has to have serious advantages.

hope this helps

David>>>

Agnes, maybe it's a regional thing, but we prefer to sell our roofing solutions to couples. The man usually talks pricing, details, the "how-it's-done". The woman usually talks appearance, durability, reliability, protection, value. We have noticed that if the woman made up her mind, the husband would usually defer to her. We've also seen cases where the husband is "sold", but the woman doesn't like some aspect, and the sale is effectively dead. Although traditionally it is men who are usually the salesmen in our industry, we're going to try female "customer advisors" to see if we can establish a better rapport with the women decision-makers. I've known several companies with women as owners and workers, and they are not shy about using their superior listening skills to figure out what the customers want. Guys just want to talk about how great they/their products are. The real point is, can you make your uniqueness a point of differentiation that means something to the customer? And assuming you are successful in attracting more business, the proof comes in delivering what was promised (whether explicitly or implicitly).>>>

Yes, it does not make any difference for me either. I just thought I could use some ideas for improvement. Thanks>>>

Agnes, only if they are considered "minority contractors" My wife owns the company I work for and it dopesn't seem to make any difference for us.>>>

check this out . http://www.womenworking.org/work.htm I can't resist " Women roofers like it on top " :laugh:>>>