Tuesday kicked off the beginning of the annual SIFMA Technology Management Conference at the Hilton Club in New York City. For those who don’t know, this conference hosted by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, last three days, and provides updates on emerging trends for technology and technology management. I spent a lot of […]
SIFMA’s 28th Annual Technology Management Conference & Exhibit is the industry’s leading event with over 300 vendors and 7,000 attendees. The conference will address: Communications, market data, information security, trading room support, web and Internet technology, and information systems. The conference will focus on the rapidly-changing use of technology to drive productivity, comply with regulatory […]
Join other FWA members to learn about the global growth and global reach of microfinance and microinsurance.
By: Heather Morse A new study led by a sociologist at the University of Iowa has found that despite the legal profession’s success at hiring more women lawyers, these women remain less likely to be promoted to partner. According to study leader associate professor of sociology Mary Noonan, women who practiced in a firm for […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart Between interviews, networking, researching companies, canvassing job boards, and following up with recruiters, a job search takes as much time as my job. I feel like I need to quit before I start looking. Yet, traditional advice says the best time to look is when you’re employed. How am […]
FWA directors will talk about the current economic situation and its ramifications as well as how they came to their positions, through networking, recruitment and specializations.
Contributed by Maureen Frank, Managing Director, Emberin Become a ‘marketer’ to women In order to successfully retain and attract female employees, employers have to be successful ‘marketers’ to women. We are trying to ‘sell’ to our female employees the concept that they really want to work for our organization. So how can we do that? […]
On Saturday, June 7, 2008, Senator Hillary Clinton finally suspended her historic presidential campaign and conceded that Senator Barack Obama would be the Democratic party’s nominee. Gone was the poll-tested “strength and experience” rhetoric, as Senator Clinton spoke emotionally and personally about what it meant for her to run as the first woman for president, […]
By: Jessica Titlebaum “Opportunities are changing,” said Robin Gugick Mayer, a Corporate Bonds Analyst at UBS. “Companies are recognizing a talent pool that wasn’t recognized even just a few years ago and want to tap into it.” Mrs. Mayer is referring to the pool of talented women who are returning to the workforce after a […]
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