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Prudence Thompson

Senior Partner

Electrical Distribution Recruiter

Prudence works exclusively in electrical distribution and has been helping

candidates and companies grow since 1999.

847.307.7126

pt@egretconsulting.com

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International Women’s Day - Choose to Challenge

International Women’s Day is March 8, 2021. This year’s theme is Choose to Challenge. "Clearly women at all levels contribute to a higher manner to an organization achieving its high goals," said Dwain Celistan, an author of a white paper titled Making Diversity Work: Changing times, mindsets and strategies in the technology and professional services industries. "It's the organization's willingness to enable women in all levels to reach their capabilities."

The electrical industry historically has been more male dominated and in recent years has been challenged to increase the number of women coming into the industry.

Egret created an annual Women in Industry newsletter from 2005 - 2013 and again in 2018. In honor of International Women’s Day we took a look at the numbers again.

Percentage of women attendance each year at the National NAED:

2005 – 6.7%

2006 – 5.8%

2007 – 5.8%

2008 – 6.5%

2009 – 7.9%

2010 – 8.3%

2011 – 7.4%

2012 – 8.4%

2013 – 9.2%

2018 – 10%

2019 – 13%

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Talent Spotlight

Director of Operations - Midwest

20 years' of experience in electrical distribution with responsibilities including 60+ branch locations with over $600M in net sales, 5 CDCs, $60M in inventory and over 800 employees. Certified in LEAN and Kaizen, very strong ECLIPSE experience. Currently in the NE and open to relocation.

Regional Sales Manager - Will relocate

Young, ambitious and interested in relocating. This candidate is a multiple award-winning sales professional who has produced record net income in numerous locations of a distributor serving the electrical contractor channel. Repeatedly transformed bottom ranked operational performance into best of class used to train others along with being selected to represent a $500 million dollar distributor in Washington DC for meeting with congressional/senatorial representatives regarding industry issues. Experienced in turnaround and start up locations.

Inside Sales Representative - Houston

Experienced contractor focused inside sales rep with additional outside sales experience in Houston. Looking for a local opportunity in either inside or outside sales.

Outside Sales - Birmingham

Outgoing, engaged and fired up about electrical distribution, this candidate has over 10 years of experience in sales in the greater Birmingham area. Great knowledge/contacts in the electrical contractor market.