“I don’t like to give advice because I believe that we each find our own path in life, but I do try to lead by example,” says Reena Agrawal Sahni, a partner at Shearman & Sterling and head of the firm’s US Bank Regulatory practice. “And that is important to me because I have learned […]
“Your career is a marathon not a sprint,” says Citi’s Leslie McNamara. “I spent my early years focusing on a vertical career path and how I could achieve the next level, but over the course of my career, I’ve learned it’s been the horizontal moves that expanded my horizons the most and helped me develop […]
Female Millennials (or Generation Y) made up roughly of ages 13-33, may be in a better position to rise the corporate ladder than any generation before them. This is partially due to the amount of women who are graduating college, and receiving higher education, even more so than their male counterparts. According to Census figures, […]
One of the best ways to enhance your career, according to KPMG’s Leann Balbona, is to speak up. “It’s important not only to demonstrate you can do a good job, but you have to tell people, too. Managers can’t read your mind, so you have to let them know what you’re interested in for the […]
The biotech sector lies at the center of several different forces shaping the economic landscape: companies originate in the halls of academia, they maintain close relationships with the pharmaceutical industry, and because of the capital intensive funding model associated with the industry, they are subject to a number of influences from venture capitalists as well. […]
One of Tana Jackson’s greatest learning moments was when she realized there’s a limited to how much she could accomplish on her own. “It might seem faster to do things myself which was what I always fell back on rather than wanting to train someone else but I eventually learned that it is worth the […]
In the good/bad old days, if someone wanted to climb the ranks of a company, they did so through hard work and loyalty. Take whatever job you can get, work hard and get promoted on your merit. Despite trends since the late 1970’s when the MBA started to become an assumed pre-requisite for entry to […]
Things can go wrong in your career, at least that is how it seems. Maybe your company is downsizing and you got a tap on the shoulder informing you that your team is being consolidated and there is no place for you. Maybe they even marched you out of the building! What do you do […]
Recently Sinead Strain, who heads Goldman Sachs’ fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) technology, had the opportunity to share her career trajectory with young women who were visiting the firm as part of the Girls Who Code initiative. “It’s vital that our industry shows girls the diversity of roles on offer, and lets them see […]
Do we really have to paint a picture to make the serious under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) fields any clearer? YES, decided the faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology, who have released the infograph, “Are Stereotypes Keeping Women Away from Science?” Paint a picture it does. A quick glance […]