Move Over Bob

Move Over Bob MOVE OVER BOB IS FOR TRAILBLAZING WOMEN WHO ARE EVOLVING WITHIN A MALE DOMINATED INDUSTRY AND KNOW THAT IT’S MORE THAN A JOB; IT’S A LIFESTYLE.

We work with bona-fide trailblazers to create a place of discovery for women in every part of their journey within their construction and trades careers. Through an inclusive and curious approach to each story, we quilt together a multifaceted community that is ready, willing and well equipped to step up to the challenge.

05/31/2026

📣 Calling all tradeswomen.

We’re building M.O.B. Tested - a review crew made up of real women who use gear on the job.

No influencers. No scripted reviews.

Just honest feedback on boots, workwear, tools, safety gear, and jobsite essentials.

If you’re interested in product testing, giveaways, and future brand partnerships, fill out the form in our bio.

Help us figure out what’s actually worth our hard-earned money.

05/13/2026

Solei Donahue didn’t just make our fall cover. She made the news! Watch what happens when you put a women in the trades front and center took notice, and the nation is next. 🛠️ !

To the mothers, aunties, mentors, and every woman invested in what comes next - Happy Mother’s Day. This one’s for you. ...
05/10/2026

To the mothers, aunties, mentors, and every woman invested in what comes next - Happy Mother’s Day. This one’s for you. 💛
In our pursuit of telling women’s stories, the thing we’ve learned more than anything? It’s the village that builds them. And today we celebrate every single person in that village. ❤️

The real origin of Mother’s Day has nothing to do with flowers or brunch. In 1870, Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother’s Da...
05/10/2026

The real origin of Mother’s Day has nothing to do with flowers or brunch. In 1870, Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation, a call for women to rise up and demand peace after the devastation of the Civil War.

It was radical. It was political. And it was written by a mother who was done watching war destroy families.
Someone else commercialized it. But the original version belonged to the women who refused to stay quiet.

💪❤️Happy Mother’s Day to every woman who builds, organizes, and fights.

05/07/2026

Construction gives women something a lot of us were never taught to look for growing up:

real capability.

Not performative “girlboss” empowerment.
Not the kind that only exists online.
Actual confidence that comes from learning how to do hard things with your hands, your mind, and your body.

A lot of girls are raised to be careful. Pleasant. Helpful. Easy to manage. Construction doesn’t really reward any of that on its own. It forces you to become direct. Resourceful. Decisive. You learn how to speak up, solve problems, ask questions, and trust yourself under pressure.

And there’s something powerful about realizing you can walk onto a jobsite, into a shop, onto heavy equipment, into a welding booth, and figure it out.

Not because someone handed confidence to you.
Because you earned it.

You also start seeing the world differently.

You notice how much skill exists behind the things people take for granted every day. Roads. Power. Buildings. Plumbing. Steel. HVAC. The people who keep everything running are some of the most intelligent, adaptable workers there are, and for a long time girls were rarely encouraged to see themselves there.

That’s changing now.

Women are becoming electricians, operators, welders, carpenters, mechanics, project managers, fabricators, technicians, inspectors, engineers. Not as a statement. Not for attention. Because they’re good at it.

And the skills follow you home.

You stop feeling helpless around problems. You become more independent. More capable. More confident in your ability to figure things out instead of waiting for someone else to handle them.

Construction gives women more than a paycheck.

It gives them proof they can build things.
Fix things.
Lead things.
And build a life that actually belongs to them.
👩🏽‍🏭 🔥

we told an entire generation there was only one way to succeed✅ go to college✅ get a degree✅ figure it out laterand for ...
05/05/2026

we told an entire generation there was only one way to succeed

✅ go to college
✅ get a degree
✅ figure it out later

and for some people, that worked 
but for a lot of people, it didn’t

we now have over $1.7 trillion in student loan debt
and millions of graduates working in jobs that have nothing to do with their degree

and at the same time
we don’t have enough electricians, welders, carpenters, techs, operators

the people who actually build and keep everything running

that’s not a coincidence

that’s what happens when one path gets pushed as the answer
and everything else gets treated like a backup plan

college is a great path for a lot of careers
but it was never supposed to be the only one

and acting like it is has real consequences

we didn’t just end up here
we created this

and we need real, systemic changes
in how we prepare young people for their futures

people should actually know what their options are

cte programs
apprenticeships
hands-on skills
real pathways into work

not as a fallback
as a real choice

because when people can choose what actually fits them

we don’t just fix a workforce problem
we give people better lives

this is the work


05/01/2026

Meet Samantha Bagley. She works on diesel engines for 🙌🔥
This is what 7 years in the diesel trade looks like.
Samantha rebuilds the engines that keep construction moving.
One of her favorite moments?
Rebuilding a CAT C15… then seeing it installed in a 980 wheel loader she also worked on.
Women make up less than 3% of diesel technicians in the U.S.
“DO IT. You’ll never know if it’s something for you until you try it.”
🔧

In honor of National Apprenticeship Week, here’s what this path actually looks like.Not a backup plan.Not something you ...
04/29/2026

In honor of National Apprenticeship Week, here’s what this path actually looks like.

Not a backup plan.
Not something you fall into.
A structured, paid pathway where you:
learn on real job sites,
get classroom instruction,
and build skills that turn into a career.

This is how electricians are trained.
Through programs like PEJATC (Phoenix Electrical JATC) in Arizona apprentices complete:
8,000+ hours on the job
900+ hours in the classroom
These programs are built and supported by organizations working together, including: NECA (National Electrical Contractors Association),
IBEW Local 640 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers),
and initiatives like Powering Arizona.
Together, they represent the contractors, the workforce, and the training systems that make apprenticeship pathways like this possible.
They don’t graduate hoping something works out.
They step into the workforce already trained.
And what doesn’t get talked about enough is what happens during those four years.
Year 1, you’re brand new. Learning safety, tools, how to move on a jobsite.
Year 2, things start to click. You take on more, you see your work come to life.
Year 3, you’re not just doing tasks—you’re thinking, solving, mentoring.
Year 4, you’re preparing to lead.
This is what a real pathway looks like when it’s built with intention.
And for a lot of people, it’s a path they were never told existed.
Presented in partnership with NECA, IBEW Local 640, and Powering Arizona.

What if this was one of the best parts of high school?Not just sitting in a classroom or feeling like there’s only one p...
04/27/2026

What if this was one of the best parts of high school?

Not just sitting in a classroom or feeling like there’s only one path, but actually learning how to weld, build, design, fix things, and figure things out in real time.

This is exactly what we highlighted in our spring issue of Move Over Bob Magazine.
These are CTE programs, Career and Technical Education.

They’re high school programs built around real skills and real careers, where students split time between academics and hands-on training in fields like automotive collision, construction, engineering, and welding.

Not as a backup plan and not as an afterthought, but as a real option.

Most of us didn’t grow up seeing this. Or if it was there, it wasn’t something we were encouraged to step into.
But it’s here now, and it’s growing.

This is what it looks like when girls have access to real tools, real skills, and real opportunities early on.
This is our kind of role call. And we’re not just watching it, we’re living it. Go ladies 👏👏👏👏

Most people don’t think about who builds the spaces they walk through.Concert stages, Pop-ups, Trade show booths.The ins...
04/24/2026

Most people don’t think about who builds the spaces they walk through.
Concert stages, Pop-ups, Trade show booths.
The installations you stop and take photos in.
They don’t just appear. They’re built.
The people behind them are called experiential fabricators. They take an idea and turn it into something real, something you can walk into, stand inside, and experience.
At companies like Highway85, it’s a full team:
Metal fabricators
Foam sculptors
Woodworkers
Print techs
Lighting specialists
Install crews
All working toward one deadline: show day.
They’ve helped build booths at CES in Las Vegas, a 150,000 sq ft Harley-Davidson project, and graphics for the Eras Tour.

“More women are stepping into these roles and proving we can succeed in any industry.”
Amber Stubbs, Warehouse Fulfillment Lead

This is what construction can look like.
Not just buildings. Experiences.
And for some people, it starts way earlier than they think,
building forts, rearranging spaces, making something out of nothing.

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