Season 6 · Episode 98
098 Challenging Biases in Surveying with Selina Baptiste
November 3, 202246m 27sExplicit
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Show Notes
Selina Baptiste is a Chartered Surveyor with experience in the built environment as a commercial manager and a cost consultant. She is a Quantity Surveyor at Gardiner and Theobald. In this frank and insightful conversation, Selina shares her experiences navigating her career as a woman of colour, a parent seeking work-life balance and the surveyor she is.
What is Covered:
- Selina’s journey into surveying and the hurdles she had to overcome
- Work-life balance challenges and retention issues for women in surveying
- The benefits of experiencing all aspects of the built environment
- How the diversity topic came much more into light in the past few years in the surveying industry
- How women surveyors can support the next generation of surveyors as role models
- The biases Selina was exposed to throughout her career and how she responded to them
Connect with Selina Baptiste:
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Resources:
- International Women’s Day 2022 at RICS
- RICS Matrics
- Building People
- Stop Telling Women They Have an Imposter Syndrome - Harvard Business Review
- Gardiner and Theobald
The Surveyor Hub:
- Watch The Surveyor Hub Webinars
- Join the Facebook Community
- Watch the Women in Surveying Virtual Summit
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