WITI Los Angeles is hosting their holiday mixer for networking.
Contributed by Philippa Robbins, Rooks Rider Solicitors Employment Group, with contributions by Chloe Magri.
In June 2007, Katharina Tofeji, a working mother, lost her claim against the British branch of the French bank BNP Paribas for sex discrimination, victimization and constructive dismissal. Mrs Tofeji claimed that she received unfair treatment after she announced she was pregnant in November 2004 and again when she returned to work after her one-year maternity leave. Mrs Tofeji asked for a four-day work week to accommodate her childcare requirements but this request was denied.
She claimed that she received a ‘hostile reception’ on her return to work and that her client lists were not restored to her even though, prior to her maternity leave, she had consistently outperformed all other sales traders in her team.
Despite this, the London Central Employment Tribunal dismissed her claims and ruled that she was not wrongfully dismissed nor treated less favourably than her male colleagues.
I graduated from New York University in 1984 with three things:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature
- No clue of what career I wanted, and
- No plan to get started searching for a career
Nonetheless, ten years after I graduated, I loved my work and was earning over $100,000 (remember this was the early 1990s) and four years later I was making over $200,000 and a couple of years after that, just under $300,000.
If you have a Liberal Arts education, it’s my goal help you slice years off of your quest to have both a rewarding career and to earn the income you want. In fact I’ve recently started a consulting firm (with two friends) called SixFigureStart to do exactly that, give you the information and the power to springboard into a career that excites you and is financially rewarding. Here are some tips for how to leverage your liberal arts education into a successful career in the private sector:
NatWest and Everywoman are sponsoring awards for inspirational women in business.
Discover how to find, create, manage and share information for business advantage at Information Management Solutions 2007.
When someone talks about networking, people tend to cringe. For example, you ask a co-worker how the industry reception was last night. She says, “Oh, great. Just worked the room, networked, you know.” Everyone looks down at their shoes and mumbles; somebody coughs. Why? Perhaps because of the inferences hidden in the word, which generally boils down to asking someone for something, such as a job, a promotion, or an introduction to someone you don’t know. Somehow, the concept manages to make people uncomfortable, in theory and in practice.
In reality, we all network every day, simply by talking to those around us, whether it’s saying hello to the people you see every day in your office or joining co-workers to get coffee at the deli or asking a colleague how you can help out on the new project. Networking is talking to other folks, and finding common ground and ways to help each other. Sounds simple, right?
The Women In Law Empowerment Forum is holding part two of their networking series- “Asking for the Business”. Speakers will include: Sharon Bowen, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP; Shelley C. Chapman, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; Patricia Skigen, American International Group, Inc.; Heidi J. Sorvino, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP; Elizabeth Anne “Betiayn” Tursi, Tursi Law Marketing Management
Register here: https://rrdevents.novamedia.co.uk
This week, I returned to the U.S. from a trip to Kenya. I spent the last ten days traveling through the Masai Mara, seeing animals like lions, leopards, elephants and rhino, and visiting the beautiful and ancient beach island of Lamu. I also spent some time meeting with women entrepreneurs involved in microfinance and offering them advice on how to improve the efficiency of their lending and borrowing practices. What I didn’t count on was that I learned as much if not more from them as they learned from me.
As some of our dedicated readers may recall, I wrote a piece a month ago about the way in which microfinance lending has revolutionized the economic prospects of poor women living in developing countries. Women take out small loans from community banks that lend to them without collateral, using networks of social responsibility to ensure repayment on the loans.