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Total pay among CEOs declined by 18.5 percent for women and 6.1 percent for men in 2008. On average, women CEOs earned 58 percent of what male CEOs earned in realized compensation last year according to a new study. Learn what men are doing to boost their pay in this recession that women are failing to do.
For all you working women - especially moms - who feel guilty about late hours and day care, just read about the Wife of Noble Character, a kick-ass woman who built her own business, written about in a biblical passage over two thousand years ago. She's a shrewd investor and is loved and respected by her kids, her husband and her community - you can't help but be inspired by her. But is this inspirational woman straight out of the bible at risk? A conservative group is out to re-write the bible - How will it's female characters fare?
I love this post by 84-year old Bill Gates Sr. in his book review of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity Worldwide. Bill says, "To everyone around the world who has asked me what it takes to raise a successful son like Bill Gates, my first response is: Make sure he can learn from a strong woman." His comments are such a wonderful perspective on how men can benefit from strong women - I encourage you to read his entire post.
From CBS News, yet more evidence that women are better at investing than men: "A recent report showed that while all hedge funds had an annual return of almost 6 percent, hedge funds run by women did better with a return of 9 percent. And during the downturn last year, while all funds dropped 19 percent, funds run by women went down just below 10 percent." That means women fund managers performed nearly twice as well as their male counterparts. Why?
In this article, Time declares that this recession is going much easier on women, mainly because it has hit male-dominated industries like construction and manufacturing. I'll add banking to this list. In contrast, women dominate healthcare, education and government, the sectors least hit (thus far). Could there be another reason?
Your resume has all of 3 seconds to make an impression. That’s just about enough time to read that very first sentence on your resume, usually referred to as the objective statement or summary statement. Yet these statements are often so poorly written as to cause an otherwise good resume to land in the “no” pile. There are 3 common mistakes I often see with the objective or summary statement:
From the Washington Post: "There's a sound business reason why Norway now mandates that corporate boards be 40 percent female. Why Iceland, after its embarrassing financial mess, put major banks and its government in female hands. And why Hermes, the only French company to outperform expectations during the recession, also has, you guessed it, a management structure dominated by women." Read article here.
