A Woman’s Advantage In The Process Service Industry
Our continuing series of interviews with Angi Heath of 360 Legal. Today Angi discusses the advantages of being a woman, in a male dominated industry, Process Service.
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Interviewer:
Angie it often seems like pandering. Um, and I don’t want to appear that way, but the facts of the matter are, that the Process Server industry is very male dominated. The last statistics we read, I read were 61% of all people in that industry were men. And now I have this relationship with Mike and I love talking with him and almost offhand, it turns out that he has over half of his leadership being women. What’s it like working as a woman in a male dominated field, and is there an advantage to it?
Angi Heath:
VP 360Legal, Tampa Office
Working as a woman in a male dominated industry can be very interesting. There are a lot of advantages, being a woman, especially in the fields of Investigation, or Process Serving. Women tend to be more gentle; not as confrontational. I do notice when we do investigations, being served is not really ever a good thing. When you’re being served, it’s you’re losing your house. Yeah, or it could be a divorce or collections, something that can be very upsetting and life-changing. So, it seems when a female makes contact with the defendant, they seem to have a little more empathy in these difficult situations.
I get a little bit more information out of people. You can tend to be softer as a female and help the defendant relax a little more and be a little understanding. Um, sometimes when you’re softer, you can get a lot more information out of someone because you’re gaining their trust. I feel like a lot of times defendants feel more comfortable with females. And when you have a female process server and they’re walking up to a house, they also can be a little less confrontational, a little less suspicious, little less invasive. I believe being a female in this industry definitely has its perks. I’ve been able to find and locate or get addresses out of, you know, perhaps on a phone call of a defendant that maybe a male may not have been able to get.
So I do definitely find it advantageous to be a female.
