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Time to Raise the Stakes, or at Least our Expectations
Young women expect their initial salary to be 13.5% lower and their first promotion to take 12% longer than the surveyed men expected, according to a survey of 23,000 Canadian university students. The survey of career expectations found overall, women had lower professional expectations than their male counterparts. Study co-author, Professor Linda Schweitzer of Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, believes women are unknowingly devaluing themselves in relation to their male peers. A StatsCan report revealed that in 2008, women made an average of 83.3 cents on the male dollar and that the disparity is highest in male-dominated industries. The study calls for government programs, mentorship and improved negotiation skills to nurture higher expectations.
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Bright girls, smart women: often their own worst enemies
As if it wasn’t hard enough to be a nice girl, it seems that it is even harder to be a bright, nice girl. The evidence is Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson‘s piece, “The Trouble With Bright Girls.”
She writes that even if the workplace were an equal playing field that women would still lag behind men. Why? Because smart women (in their youth, bright girls) are often their own worst enemy.
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Women Who Display Masculine Traits
Stanford Graduate School of Business suggests, in a recent study, that women who are assertive, bold and aggressive in the business world, but can tailor such qualities on a situational basis, are getting ahead the fastest. Over the course of eight years, using observational data from 132 business school graduates, the study found women who balance these traits, categorized as masculine, were able to receive 1.5 times as many promotions as men and three times as many promotions as women who exhibit more masculine than feminine traits. The results also indicate that harmonizing traits is especially critical early in career development to groom the path for future success.
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Six business lessons you can learn from Oprah
Oprah Winfrey overcame an impoverished and violent childhood to become one of the most financially successful and personally beloved individuals of our time. Forbes has crowned her a most influential celebrity, a power woman and one of the world’s most powerful people. TIME has placed her on its most influential people list, the TIME 100, every year since the list’s inception. Forbes estimates her net worth at $2.7-billion (U.S.).
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What Women Do That Holds Them Back
In an exclusive interview for The Huffington Post’s Women in Tech series, von Tobel explained her take on what women do that holds them back, facing fear and finding mentors.
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A New Dawn In Cairo
Unprecedented images of women helping to topple a dictator in Cairo’s Tahrir square captured the world’s imagination. Now for the real revolution.
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Alpha Females
Could women have prevented the economic downturn? As we pick through the wreckage, how can gender help us rebuild a stronger house?
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Goldman's Patel on Women
Sheila Patel, co-chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management International, discusses investor risk appetite and the role of women in finance. She talks with Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Television’s “On The Move.”
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Why women need to save more than men for retirement
Longer life spans, health issues, less income and savings, and lower benefits are some of the hurdles.
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Top 10 Things to Expect in the Economy in 2011
Dr. Sherry Cooper, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist BMO Financial Group, gives us her …
