Advice
Author: Glass Ceiling Largely Intact
Editorial TeamDouglas M. Branson, professor of business law at the University of Pittsburgh, is the author of a new book, Last Male Bastion – Gender and the CEO Suite at America’s Public Companies (Routledge). Women For Hire talked to him.
How did your expectations of how women have fared in management over the past 50 years compare to the reality?
Not very well. Women have been graduating from the law, MBA and graduate schools in great numbers since the 1970s (over 30% back then, over 40%, or more, today). Women constitute more than 50% of the workers and 50% of the middle managers in corporate America today. So the expectations have been high for quite some time.
Author: Don't Like Your Job? Branch Out
Editorial TeamIn her new book Get A Life, Not A Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work for You (FT Press) Paula Caligiuri recommends that we rethink our careers with a contrarian but ultimately common sense approach: If your job isn’t giving what you want, find three of them. Women For Hire talked to her.
Author: Dump Performance Reviews
Editorial TeamIn Get Rid of The Performance Review (Business Plus; April 14), UCLA professor Samuel Culbert argues that performance reviews pit employees against one another, undermine relationships between bosses and subordinates, reward personality over performance – and decimate the bottom line. We asked him Five Questions.
How To Counter The Dreaded O-Word
Editorial Team 7Jobseekers over 40 hear it all the time: the dreaded O-word. “You’re overqualified.” Instead of screaming or crying, tackle it with confidence. These are the four most common questions and comments that jobseekers on Facebook and Twitter told me they’re faced with around the topic of being overqualified.
'I'll Take Anything' or Plan B? Your Choice
Editorial Team 20Here’s a phenomenon we’ve witnessed of late: jobless boomers who once had high-income, expense account jobs saying that unless their employment situation improves in the next few months, they’ll be forced to “take anything.”
The implication is clear: there are plenty of lower paying jobs for people who once held loftier positions—but you’d have to be pretty desperate to stoop to such a level.