Women encouraged to explore careers in Cape Breton’s construction industry

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Source: https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/business/regional-business/video-women-encouraged-to-explore-careers-in-cape-bretons-construction-industry-561070/

David Jala

Participants in the Women Unlimited's Career Exploration Program make their way toward the Membertou Place job site for a tour of the work going on at the three-storey, 55,000 square-foot office building currently under construction. DAVID JALA/CAPE BRETON POST - David Jala
Participants in the Women Unlimited’s Career Exploration Program make their way toward the Membertou Place job site for a tour of the work going on at the three-storey, 55,000 square-foot office building currently under construction. DAVID JALA/CAPE BRETON POST – David Jala

SYDNEY – It’s not every day that a 19-year-old woman doles out career advice to a group comprised of women mostly older than herself.

But that was the case for apprentice carpenter Nicole Scott who on International Women’s Day shared her short but interesting on-the-job experience with a dozen other women from across Cape Breton. On Monday, the latest 12 participants of the Women Unlimited Association’s Career Exploration Program (CEP) toured the work site where Scott has been working since last July. Read more…

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