The Future in Field is Female: How to Cultivate Diversity in Field-Based Industries

The labor participation rate for women in the United States has steadily increased since the plummets we experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s perhaps because of that positive trend that this next statistic will sound so troubling: As recently as last year, women only made up around 31% of all employed persons in field service industries. In some sectors – HVAC, for example – that statistic is a mere 2%.

There’s a lot of speculation right now regarding how artificial intelligence (AI) might alter the job landscape.