The Property Council of Australia’s, 'Girls in Property Program' has kicked off in the Hunter for the first
time today.
Fifty female year nine students from Hunter River High and St Pius X High School in the Hunter, will be exploring the in’s and
outs of the property industry, taking part in the program which brings together some of the
biggest property companies in NSW.
The program aims to inspire more young girls to choose property
as a career, with currently only 28% of leadership roles within the
industry held by women.
The day hopes to inform young girls about the extremely diverse range of careers and roles available within the property sector.
"We really want to open up the conversation and talk to these girls about the myriad of different roles that they can access within the property industry," Mrs. Hugo said.
"It's not just about construction and it's not just about engineering. There are professional services, there's architecture, there's planning, there are so many different areas that they could be looking at and so many more opportunities if they just knew what was available"
During the day the girls will hear from women leaders in the property industry, develop real-life projects to represent their schools, and learn more about university education options related to property.
"Relative to other industries there's so much more room to grow in terms of participation in diversity and sometimes its a case of 'you don't know, what you don't know'," Mrs. Hugo said.
"Today they'll be talking to people about their journey and experiences and they'll start work on some really exciting processes that they need to be involved in."
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