Meet three women who have
embarked on careers in the
textiles industry. This program
profiles Nathalie Jacques, a
planning manager for an
upholstery and fabric
manufacturer; Myriam
Phaneuf, a research and development technician who
creates new textile designs thread by thread; and
Tarah Jakubiak, Vice President of Sales for an
international fabric producer. View a preview video
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Nathalie Jacques is a planning manager for
Hafner, an upholstery and home décor
fabric manufacturer. Nathalie is responsible
for coordinating the efforts of various
departments working on production.
Nathalie worked as an intern supervisor at
Hafner as part of her training and they
hired her right away as a supervisor. After training in the textile industry, the
job placement is nearly one hundred percent. You
can't ask for much more than that!
Nathalie's employer puts their money where their
employees' goals are. They'll pay for courses in
marketing or a second language, for example. It's a
win-win investment for the company and the
employees.
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Textile research and development technician Myriam Phaneuf’s job is to
develop creative new designs and fabric
styles for her company's fashion line.
Myriam takes fabric samples apart thread
by thread to figure out how they are made,
then creates a new fabric design and plan
for the production team.
“What I like about my job is that it is artistic and
technical at the same time… It's never the same:
you are discovering every day, so it's very
interesting.”
The job Myriam does at Consoltex requires a
great deal of creativity and imagination. Once an
idea comes to her mind, Myriam's excellent
communications skills help her share this idea
with the company.
Myriam has to create fabric that meets the customers' needs and at the same
time, can actually be produced using the company's production processes.
Overall it's a big communication challenge when you are the person between
the marketing and production departments.
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For vice president of sales, Tarah Jakubiak,
working in the textiles industry can be
quite challenging, in particular because the
owner is also her dad. Tarah fell into the
business after using her Spanish fluency to
help her Dad market to some South
American customers. She was a natural.
Tarah knows the business inside out and
realizes what it takes to create sales and manage her team.
“What appeals to me most about this position is the creativity.
You follow the trends, you follow the styles of fashion and
what's going on and then once you have it done, you also
have to be creative in the sense where you are going to take
this product.”
Anyone will tell you that being in sales is not easy. Tarah's
company sells to a wide variety of end users. Sales people
have to use their imagination to find end uses that suit the
fabrics they sell.
It takes a lot of confidence to walk into a meeting cold and sell your products.
There's a lot of work just to get a meeting. You have to differentiate your
products very quickly and do presentations that appeal to the needs of different customers. Sometimes the product sells itself, but most of the time you have to
demonstrate why it's the thing to buy.
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Developed in 2006 in Canada, the Career Options for Women series is an
outstanding resource for schools wanting to attract women and girls to Science,
Technology and Trades!
Please Note: These videos are an excellent depiction of women in these jobs
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