Screws & Stilettos Podcast

Are you curious to get into the trades?

This episode Annastacia talks in depth how an absolute beginner can get into the trades. She also goes in depth about the pro's and cons of working as an employee for someone, versus being a freelancer or a business owner.

It is very easy to leave a negative review on Yelp, Google, or any social media site without repercussion. However, these anonymous replies can be detrimental to small business owners whose business thrives on word of mouth and reputation.

In this episode Annastacia speaks how she deals with negative reviews and feedback online, wether they are falsified or true. 

Today we're talking to Carly Gayle (@the_blonde_plumber). Carly is a plumber based in the UK, who's been working in construction for over 14 years. She shares with us why she doesn't profile herself as a female plumber to her clients, how she worked on job sites while she was 32 weeks pregnant how she got chosen as "the UK's sexiest plumber" and how her dad got her into construction.

This episode is a must listen for anyone interested in getting into the trades, or someone who needs a little pick me up after a hard day at work.

This episode we're talking to Kayla Beckett (@the_taping_queen)!

As her Instagram handle suggests, Kayla has specialised in taping. 

In this episode, Annastacia and Kayla talk about her experience in trade school, mentors she found along the way, why she focuses mostly on taping and stays out of other aspects of the job, and many other interesting subjects.

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How to survive the work place? Listen to our guest Chris Ford (@lotus_tile) share her experiences of some tough jobsites. Chris is a tiler from Denver Colorado. This episode we delve in how she overcame adversity in her daily life, the work site, and how she got the opportunity to shift careers into tiling: something she wanted to do since she graduated High School. 

If you're thinking about shifting careers or moving to another place, this podcast will have some great value for you. 

"Is your husband around?" was often asked of Wendy Gill when she entered job sites as a tiler. 

In the second episode of The Screws & Stilettos Podcast our construction veteran Annastacia Plaskos interviews Wendy Gill, a seasoned tiler from London UK. If you're interested in getting into the trades, making a career switch, or want to know how you survive and thrive in a men's world, then this episode is for you. 

On today's episode we're getting advice on investing and renovating  from real estate investor Kimberley Krückl (@stiletto_renos)!

If you're interested in learning more about real estate in Toronto, this is the perfect episode for you. Kimberley shares some secrets of the trade, how she picks which properties she wants to buy, and personal stories about being an anomaly in both construction as well as the real estate investment community.

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