Thursday, September 29, 2011

Fwd: FINAL REPORT: Dialogue for Women in Blue-Collar Transportation Careers

Thank you for your participation in the national on-line dialogue focused on Women in Blue Collar Transportation Related Careers hosted over the summer. 


In total, the Dialogue for Women in Blue-Collar Transportation Careers included 178 individual participants, who collectively offered 49 unique ideas, 143 comments, and 614 votes.  Participants also appeared to represent a broad range of transportation careers.

Click here for the Final Report which outlines the following themes that surfaced throughout our four week online discussion.
·         Theme One:  Conduct outreach and awareness targeted for young women and girls about blue-collar transportation careers.
  • Theme Two:  Introduce skills training for women in blue collar transportation careers.
  • Theme Three:  Create a healthy and respectful work environment that recognizes women in transportation industry.
  • Theme Four: Coordinate efforts across the transportation industry.
We have closed the IdeaScale site for the dialogue, but we will keep our Women in Blue-Collar Transportation Careers web page up to date. Bookmark and keep an eye on http://www.dot.gov/wg/blueCollar.html! We'd also like to invite you to stay connected – subscribe to updates about this initiative by signing up at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOT/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDOT_56

We look forward to continuing the dialogue!

1 comment:

  1. Here's another link to the report

    https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=1iLX3EPfP5DLWzak5uPT-Zig0c3sqCWsaMbfgbQpbBDPvoJh226DBPt5gPS_y&hl=en

    What do YOU think? Were you expecting those results?

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