Are you thinking of making a shift in your career, perhaps a shift to the trades? What’s holding you back from switching careers? Whatever it is, this conversation is bound to give you a push in the right direction.
Tune in to this episode of Learnings and Missteps to learn from Gloria Marie Fuentes, a Licensed Contractor, Trades Advocate, and Founder/Principal of GloJoy, a construction and real estate development company based in New York. Gloria details her journey of leaving her career in banking to build a wildly successful construction company, all while breaking norms and focusing on her strengths.
After realizing that banking and real estate were not her passions, Gloria shifted to the construction and development side of real estate – something that truly lit her up. Then, what was first a hobby evolved into a lucrative full-time career as a contractor and entrepreneur. Now, she’s doing business her way, with no regrets. Well, maybe just one… not starting sooner!
“Slow and steady wins the race. I’m not trying to build this multi-billion-dollar construction business overnight. I’m not trying to compete with some of these larger prime contractors… that have been around for ages, but I’m also going to do things my way. I’m not going to do things the way the construction industry has said that I have to do it.” – Gloria Marie Fuentes
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
· Equality in the Trades: Why people shouldn’t underestimate women in the trades.
· PSA: We need more construction attire and PPE designed for females!
· The entrepreneurial spirit/skills required to be in construction.
· How she streamlines operations to compensate for having a small construction team.
· Gloria’s vision of the construction industry’s future & How she’s working to transform it.
· An important message for all women.
· The 2 keys to optimal productivity.
Gloria has a Learning and Misstep: She wishes she had switched careers earlier, instead of checking all the boxes and doing everything she was told she needed to do.
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Connect with Gloria:
Visit her website: https://www.glojoy.co
Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegloriamarie
Follow GloJoy Construction on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glojoy.co
Connect with Gloria on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloriamfuentes
Resources Mentioned:
Iron Elk: https://www.ironelk.com
This episode’s show notes were written by Kayla MacEachern
To connect, email her at kaymaceachern@gmail.com (mailto:kaymaceachern@gmail.com)
