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Don’t Miss These Educational Sessions, Now On-Demand
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. The IIBEC 2020 Virtual International Convention and Trade Show is open on demand through July 15! From June 12-14, 2020, the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC) presented their 2020 Virtual International Convention and Trade Show. A total of 23 educational sessions were available to ...
Embrace Diversity, Technology and the Next Generation of Roofers
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Login to the Western Roofing Expo on July 15, 2020, to learn how to attract and retain talent amidst a growing labor shortage. As everyone adjusts to the “new normal” caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, there are many changes to how people are conducting business and how ...
Top May Stories: Beautiful Rooftops, Relationships and People in the Industry
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. May 2020 still had a small focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, but our visitors showed that they were clearly ready to move on to other things in roofing. We always love learning the stories of the people that ...
Over 20 Opportunities to Learn Virtually
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. The Western Roofing Expo is going virtual, as are the educational sessions! The Coronavirus has created a “new normal” for everyone in terms of how business is conducted. Teleworking has forced us to communicate virtually with one another, which has proven to be successful over the ...
National Women In Roofing and RoofersCoffeeShop® Launch Industry Recruitment Opportunity
National Women in Roofing (NWiR) and RoofersCoffeeShop have partnered to launch a recruiting campaign for the roofing industry. RoofersCoffeeShop is proud to be a part of this National Women in Roofing (NWiR) campaign that is allowing companies to submit job postings for RoofersCoffeeShop classifieds. By opening a wide variety of ...
Roofing Industry Associations Join Forces to Keep Roofing Essential
By Ellen Thorp, NWiR Executive Director. Notes From the NWIR Office Shortly after states started issuing “Stay at Home” orders in mid-March, my colleagues and I who run our industry’s associations jumped into action. Many of us have significant government relations experience and we could see that proactive monitoring and engagement ...
Mark Your Calendars for June 12-14, 2020
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. The 2020 IIBEC International Trade Show and Expo is going virtual! For three days, June 12-14, 2020, International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC) is hosting exhibitors, educational sessions, a keynote speaker, and the CEO roundtable at their 2020 IIBEC International Trade Show and Expo. Although ...
Her “Stepping-Stone Job” Quickly Became a Career
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. From stay-at-home mom to business development at a roofing company, Rae July made a career out of roofing, unexpectedly. Like many in the roofing industry, Rae July fell into roofing and hasn’t looked back since. After a life-changing experience, this college educated, stay-at-home mom realized ...
How to Survive: Roofing Post COVID-19
By Greta Bajrami; CEO and Founder of Golden Group Roofing, NERCA Treasurer, NWIR MA Council Leader. What is the future of roofing? Who is the face of the roofing contractor and the roofing client? This is a complex question that many roofing experts have had to face. In the last 8 weeks, ...
She Didn’t Choose Roofing; it Chose Her
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The roofing industry has given Paula opportunities for growth and advancement. Sutter Roofing Human Resources Supervisor Paula Laza-Moreno told me on a recent phone call that roofing found her. “I got into roofing because the previous HR director was looking for a bilingual assistant,” explains Paula. ...
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