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... 6 Women have been traditionally underrepresented in the transit industry. However, as more women enter the workforce and job opportunities within transit agencies increase, the value of having a more diverse workforce is apparent.
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... Literature Review 7 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018)
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... 8 Attracting, Retaining, and Advancing Women in Transit career opportunities (Cronin et al.
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... Literature Review 9 Safety and Health Concerns Safety concerns, including characteristics of the job and interpersonal safety among co-workers, are barriers to attracting, retaining, and advancing women in transit. Various elements within transit agency jobs may make women feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
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... 10 Attracting, Retaining, and Advancing Women in Transit agencies felt the organization lacked consideration of outside work and family commitments (UITP and ETF 2014)
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... Literature Review 11 Category Strategy Primary Target Audience Primary Level of Implementation Attracting Women to Transit Jobs Conduct outreach about transit careers in schools. All levels Organization Communicate about transit careers in the community.
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... 12 Attracting, Retaining, and Advancing Women in Transit presents an overview of the strategies that will likely be the most beneficial for transit agencies as they look to attract, retain, and advance women within their own organizations and within the industry as a whole. While their effectiveness specifically in transit agencies may not yet be established, each of the strategies has been shown to be valuable in some organizational context.
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... Literature Review 13 components of the community, enabling public transportation and mobility for all citizens, and reducing traffic congestion and promoting green jobs that benefit the environment (Voie 2016)
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... 14 Attracting, Retaining, and Advancing Women in Transit focus on attracting diverse candidates. Additionally, transit agencies can compare current rates of women hires and retention with other, similar transit agencies or historical internal hiring rates for women (Dainty et al.
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... Literature Review 15 (Loukaitou-Sideris et al.
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... 16 Attracting, Retaining, and Advancing Women in Transit (Cronin et al. 2011, Hanson and Murakami 2010, Sneider 2012)
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... Literature Review 17 One method for clearly communicating steps to promotion is having employees set goals with their supervisors (Godfrey and Bertini 2019)
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... 18 Attracting, Retaining, and Advancing Women in Transit The strategies presented in this section can be applied broadly or they can be used in multiple ways to support women in transit. Incorporate Imagery of Women in Transit There are many materials used to advertise new initiatives in transit.
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... Literature Review 19 issues women in their workforce are experiencing. These councils show the organization's commitment to supporting women employees and practically address issues of why women may not be applying or staying in transit positions.

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