Advice
Think You’re Underpaid? Your Doctor May Be, Too
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The New York Times reports that women doctors at some of the nation’s most prominent public medical schools earn nearly $20,000 less a year on average than their male colleagues.
Candor is One of the Most Underrated Qualities in Business
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Kathleen Murphy joined Fidelity in 2009 as President of Personal Investing, a business that provides millions of individual investors with investment services such as retirement planning, college planning, estate planning strategies, retail brokerage & trading services, and cash management offerings.
Virtual Interview Tips
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We’ve all heard countless pieces of advice on how to make a good impression during a job interview. It is certainly important to show up on time, freshly groomed, appropriately dressed, and ready to impress. Equally important is smiling, not interrupting, providing thoughtful answers, and maintaining good eye contact. In addition, we must not forget critical elements for success like researching the company, giving a firm handshake, keeping mobile devices stored away and of course, following up with a time-honored staple, the thank you note.
But you aren’t driving to your potential new employer and going in for a traditional interview. You’ve applied for a virtual position and thus will be participating in a virtual interview. Well, this presents an entirely different scenario now, doesn’t it? How do you make a great impression virtually? Follow these tips to ace your virtual interview.
Sexual harassment — a subject women know all too well
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Gretchen Carlson, a former Miss America with a Stanford degree, says that her former boss subjected her to something that women in the workplace know all too well: sexual harassment.
In a lawsuit that has rocked the corporate, political and media worlds, the former Fox News anchor says that Fox News chairman Roger Ailes made sexual comments — and then got rid of her when she refused to give in – or put out.
She says Ailes “injected sexual and/or sexist comments” into conversations, made “sexual advances by various means,” and said to her last September, “I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you’d be good and better and I’d be good and better.”
In response, Ailes denied the allegations, calling the lawsuit “offensive and wholly without merit.”
No surprise there— and precisely why women don’t come forward: character assassination, blaming and shaming, and dire career consequences are almost guaranteed. Rarely does the accused simply fess up.
But here’s the bigger problem: there are no easy solutions.
We live in a culture where people feel entitled to say and do anything they wish, without regard to what’s appropriate or not. Political incorrectness and jokes go way too far in everyday life and in there workplace — and nobody thinks they’ll be held accountable. They push and push, over the line, breaking the law, and yet they rarely face any censure.
It’s not so simple to tell women to report it to HR. Most small employers don’t have HR departments, and the companies that do have large HR staff employ them to protect the company and its big wigs, not the little guy or in this case, girl. Filling an EEOC complaint or hiring a lawyer is costly short and long term.
Adding to this hornets nest is that some women want it both ways: they want to flaunt their sexuality when it’s convenient, but complain about alleged harassment when it’s not. Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran has always told women to use what they have to get want they want in business, even if it means showing a bit more leg or cleavage.
So let’s hear your thoughts and ideas. How do we break a workplace culture of sexual harassment? Or can’t we?
Finally, moms CAN have it all— Kids, a career and work-life balance
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There was a time not long ago when a woman had to choose between raising kids and having a career. Many of the women who did go into the workforce and forge a career, often did so with conflicting feelings about being away from home for long stretches while their children were still young. Over the past two decades, cultural norms have changed dramatically but, for many women, it didn’t alter that essential tug to be home for the kids.
Rejected For That Job? Here Are Your Five Next Steps
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Nobody likes to get a rejected by a potential employer, but look on the bright side: you really haven’t lived until you’ve experienced it. Life is long — and who said it was going to be all wine and roses? So if (or when) it happens to you, look at it as an opportunity to continue the professional relationship you established with the hiring manager and keep things moving forward in the event that another opportunity arises. Read five tips on how to do that.