Identify both bad and good company practices and use this knowledge to guide your future career choices. When companies deliver practices that achieve gender diversity those companies realize upside benefits. Likewise, when gender diversity advances, research shows it places more women in favorable positions to experience job satisfaction and offers them greater potential for career […]
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Gender Diversity The Flip Side Of Women’s Careers
Organizations are investing heavily in Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). In fact, according to Time Magazine, D&I Initiatives represent a multi-billion dollar a year industry. In June, at the Society of Human Resource Management conference, we held meetings with LinkedIn. The future growth of their company rests squarely on AI (Artificial Intelligence). This is mostly due […]
Careers Catch Up To Education Gains Made By More Women
As more women, than men, become educated employment is rising. According to Bloomberg, women are storming back into the U.S. job market in force. Worker participation levels recently reached by women haven’t been achieved in nearly two decades, since the year 2000. “Millennial women are now more likely to have a college degree than their […]
Cheers To Greater Confidence in 2019!
Every since I wrote the book Careerismo, the subject of confidence has continued to boomerang back into many of my career conversations. Confidence is a foundation topic that underpins so many other parts of starting and advancing your career. Therefore, it only seems appropriate to start 2019 with more depth on building confidence in women’s […]
Signs of Progress
According to Today I Learned (courtesy of the following Reddit post), the state of Wyoming has much to be proud of. By standing strong to support the rights of women to vote, they deserve our recognition and a special call out. It is a proud heritage genuinely earned, and an important lesson taught to all, […]
How Valuable Experiences Can Guide Your Career
Two Catalysts Make It Possible Orientations to Transition & A Process to Organize Experiences. I just finished writing my first book called Careerismo which outlines how women get started in a career. I intentionally kept my book short and to the point, which means I could not expand on all of the useful content. In […]
Women MBAs & The Gig Economy
As evident from the eduployment post by the London Business School, the Gig Economy continues to be an area of sustained growth and increasing importance for both MBA students and schools. The Gig, or freelance, Economy is tied to flexible employment and on-demand jobs. Below are a few reasons why it is attractive for many professionals. […]
How Women Build Strength & Find Mentors
Below is an excerpt from “Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy”, written by author Elizabeth Winder. Ms. Winder captures Marilyn Monroe’s escape to Connecticut, where the iconic actress redefined herself. It was soon after she had recently divorced from Joe DiMaggio who it was commonly understood wanted Marilyn to be his reserved, shy housewife. DiMaggio didn’t […]
Women Leadership in Tech Companies – SXSW Edition
I am posting this entry from Hill Country in Austin outside of SXSW. Because it started as a tech event where important trends are discovered, it seems to me that women leadership in tech companies is a relevant topic #womensxsw which should be given greater breadth and depth of coverage. Let’s start at the top. Marissa Mayer […]
A Different Approach to Curbing Sexual Abuse on College Campuses
Below are two revealing data points to consider: 1) According to the Association of American Universities, 25% of young women who are seniors report having experienced nonconsensual sexual touching, assault, or violence during their college education. 2) Yet, only 9% of college presidents report any incidents of rape on their university campuses. Their are initiatives […]