‘Rising Stars’ Share Career Advice
Sometimes the simplest advice is the best advice. New York Women in Communications’ second annual WiCi Awards were held Oct. 28, 2014. Nine young women were honored as “Rising Stars in Communications.” Mashable...
How Women at the Top Really Got There
Writing recently for Fast Company, Sally Blount, dean of Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, argued that “we have a responsibility to encourage and support young women to be deliberate in d...
Is Boardroom Inequality Bred at Lower Levels?
More than getting more women into boardrooms, “we need more women who work in cubicles to stay long enough so they can attain leadership positions,” Caroline Fairchild writes in Fortune.
As little as two years...
Study Finds Gender Bias in STEM Fields
Amid the ongoing push to interest young women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, new research finds that gender bias continues to hamper females’ careers in those disciplines.
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CareerCast.com Identifies Best Jobs for Women
Melissa Minchala discovered a passion for computer science almost by accident. The co-founder and president of DataVelocity, a tech-support and IT solutions firm for small businesses based in New York City, Min...
[Q&A] Filmmaker Sarah Moshman: Never Be Afraid to Fail
Sarah Moshman is the producer and director of “The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things.” The 99-minute documentary is from production company Heartfelt Productions, co-founded by he...
Five Women’s Views From the Top
Adweek magazine interviewed five of the advertising/media world’s most powerful women for its Women’s Issue. The stated topic was “The triumphs and trials of smashing the ceiling.” Offering their opinions are N...
Changing Our Minds About Failure
To encourage entrepreneurship we must stop demonizing failure, argues Amy Rosen. President and CEO of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), she calls for recognition that failing is a necessary comp...
[Q&A] ‘Brain Scoop’ Host Emily Graslie: Opportunity is Everywhere
Emily Graslie was named Chief Curiosity Correspondent at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History in June 2013. In that role she hosts “The Brain Scoop,” a weekly educational YouTube channel devoted to explori...
Finding Success: 8 Tips for 2014
Network inside your own organization. Join an affinity group or, better yet, find a personal advocate in a senior position who can facilitate career moves. That’s one of eight pieces of advice for achieving suc...