The Surveyor Hub Podcast

098 Challenging Biases in Surveying with Selina Baptiste


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Selina Baptiste is a Chartered Surveyor with experience in the built environment as a commercial manager and a cost consultant. She is a Quantity Surveyor at Gardiner and Theobald.  In this frank and insightful conversation, Selina shares her experiences navigating her career as a woman of colour, a parent seeking work-life balance and the surveyor she is.

What is Covered: 

  • Selina’s journey into surveying and the hurdles she had to overcome
  • Work-life balance challenges and retention issues for women in surveying 
  • The benefits of experiencing all aspects of the built environment 
  • How the diversity topic came much more into light in the past few years in the surveying industry
  • How women surveyors can support the next generation of surveyors as role models
  • The biases Selina was exposed to throughout her career and how she responded to them

Connect with Selina Baptiste:

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Connect with Marion:

  • TikTok 
  • Instagram 
  • LinkedIn   

Resources: 

  • International Women’s Day 2022 at RICS 
  • RICS Matrics 
  • Building People
  • Stop Telling Women They Have an Imposter Syndrome - Harvard Business Review
  • Gardiner and Theobald

The Surveyor Hub:

  • Watch The Surveyor Hub Webinars
  • Join the Facebook Community 
  • Watch the Women in Surveying Virtual Summit
  • Show your support by buying me a coffee
  • Find out more at www.lovesurveying.com
  • Sign up for podcast reminders and Love Surveying weekly news here

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