To Close the Gender Gap, Focus on Assignments
Source: hbr.org by HERMINIA IBARRA
A new McKinsey study (PDF) reports statistically what we already knew from personal experience: that mid-career and senior women tend to be found disproportionally in staff jobs, or “pink ghettos,” relative to men. The report tells us that 50% to 65% of women at the vice-president level and higher are in staff roles, compared with only 41% to 48% of men, who are more likely to be in the line jobs that lead to the top.
How to stop dreading performance evaluations|Dodging Landmines
5 Tips on How to Present Like Steve Jobs
Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com by MIKAL E. BELICOVE
Whenever I’m asked to speak to a group – whether it’s a large gathering like a college commencement, or a smaller one like those found at a local chamber of commerce’s monthly breakfast — I think of Steve Jobs, the master presenter.
Why sloppiness is killing your job search
Source: cbsnews.com by Suzanne Lucas(MoneyWatch) I do edit the letters that come to me. Mostly I shorten them. I try not to change word choice or do something that would take away from the writer’s original voice.
