Jacqueline B. Libster (New York City) Creating workforce gender equality is a multifaceted project, including the work to help women at the top right now, as well as planting the seeds for success for future generations. That’s why many organizations are working to help girls and young women develop leadership skills that will carry them […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) When I worked for a global financial services firm in Paris, I constantly found myself explaining to my French colleagues that both my degrees were in literature but in the UK I was still employable. French business is the bastion of people (read: men from wealthy backgrounds) who have gone to […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™ I often get market-related questions: what are employment prospects; what are the hot industries; who is hiring. Keep in mind that employment statistics are not worth following for your career planning. Fears of 10% unemployment are misplaced. The statistic you care about is either 0% or 100%; it’s are […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (New York) After a year off, you would imagine that employers would be falling over themselves to welcome new mothers back to the workplace. Apparently not. One in three women report that going back to work after having a baby is difficult, according to a new study by the NCT, UK’s leading […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) The global economy has taken a battering recently – but not everywhere has been equally affected. Ernst & Young’s ITEM Club, one of the UK’s best-known independent economic forecasting groups, is predicting that the emerging markets will grow about 1% this year. Admittedly, growth up until recently had been around 6%, […]
By Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) In April 2007, about to embark on a business trip, Julie Monaco, then managing director at JP Morgan Chase, was contacted about a position in financial giant Citi’s Global Transaction Services division. That’s when fate intervened and a routine trip turned into anything but. While waiting in an airport […]
By Andrea Newell (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Don’t let the chick-lit cover fool you. The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide: Get What You Want in Work and Life (and Look Great While You’re at It) may look fluffy, but it is full of hard-nosed advice about how to strategize each step of your career. Author Debra Shigley is […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) In 1979, it was reported that women were making just 62 percent of what their male counterparts were making, despite having the same titles and doing the same amount of work. Though progress has been made over the last 30 years, there is still a disparity when it comes to […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) DirectWomen, a three-year-old organization based in New York City, believes it has discovered an untapped resource capable of greatly benefiting the boards of U.S. companies: accomplished female attorneys. After all, for the first time in the country’s history more women are graduating from law school than men, and not only […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) It’s been ten years since Cranfield School of Management first produced a report benchmarking the number of female executive directors on the corporate boards of the UK’s top 100 companies. This time the authors of the Female FTSE report has gone a step further – perhaps to celebrate a decade of […]