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Overheard Over Coffee
I was lingering after coffee with a prospect the other day, and overheard an interesting conversation. Two women were catching up and talking about the complexities of being working women. When asked if her boss has “been any better to work for lately,” one of the women shared that he has been understanding and hasn’t ...
On Having It All
Has The Atlantic article “Women Still Can’t Have it All“ spurred a lot of discussion in your organization? It hit the networks (both social and traditional) by storm. Why? “The reason she’s hit a collective nerve is because she’s tapped into the employee side of the inequitable work-life balance. Readers everywhere identify with her struggle ...
Miss Representation
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – Alice Walker I was invited to a documentary screening of Miss Representation at my alma mater last night. The critically-acclaimed film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and later aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Now ...
Women Less Than Half Workforce Again?
Here are some of the latest statistics on women and caregivers in the workforce: Women make up 47% of the nation’s workforce (Bureau of Labor Statistics), down from a 2009 & 2010 reports which indicated they made up a full half Women are the primary or co-primary breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of families 42% of U.S. ...
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