Rebecca Henderson, CEO of Randstad Sourceright, released the following statement today in response to the April jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

“The tight labor market has created more opportunities for women, even in sectors traditionally dominated by men, such as transportation, construction, police and security, which, along with other protective service jobs, has seen women’s participation grow more than 40 percent since 2000,” said Henderson. “As labor participation among men ages 25 to 54 has lagged, cohorts of women have been participating at higher rates than their predecessors, especially those in their prime-age years.”

“In this job market, employers are giving female workers a chance they would not have otherwise, which could eventually facilitate more long-term gender balance, both in what are viewed as traditionally male roles, and in the overall workplace,” added Henderson.