Gender parity matters because… Believe it or not economies and the societies supporting them need gender parity as a part of their overall health. Major factors like competitiveness, future-readiness, and growth have a global impact. Therefore, businesses and economies alike see the effects, based on the development and employment of half the available talent pool […]
The economic outlook after COVID-19 is still shaky. A gender equitable jobs recovery needs some serious focus. Even though the situation continues, the economy in the United States is showing some signs of recovery. However Hispanic and black women are still left behind in the big picture, with many still unemployed after the wave of […]
How has the pandemic affected the job market for women? The attack of the Coronavirus outbreak will leave a long-lasting effect, and the job market will be affected for potentially years in this unrelenting downturn. During this pandemic, we jumped from the best labor market to the terrible in the last 60 years. Millions of […]
Remote work: Improving Relations With Coworkers Remote work can be a double edged sword In remote work, you lose the advantage of face-to-face interaction with other co-workers. When you communicate only through computers, it can be difficult to get those non-verbal insights about your co-workers, and the trust cannot be developed that is built between […]
Nursing positions can be found working in a wide range of environments, including hospitals, urgent care clinics, physician offices, care centers, and schools. Because of COVID-19, more and more people who work in nursing are seeking jobs that they can do without having to commute at all. During this pandemic, medicare has been temporarily expanded […]
The restriction on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects transgender and gay workers says the UNITED STATES Supreme Court in a landmark ruling on Monday, June 16. Unexpected author for the majority… For this historic discrimination ruling, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote the opinion of the majority. The majority included […]
With all the COVID 19 developments, What is your alternate plan for pursuing the next step in your career? Are you ready to make a pivot? A perfectly planned road ahead. You decided the right track for your chosen field, and made an exhaustive list of target companies to apply with. Then you applied to […]
Where are the greatest opportunities for women in the future? Often (or particularly) at the beginning of a brand-new decade, it is necessary to look ahead at how the future of tech can depend on more women entering the sector. At what level do we want to find ourselves in 2030? Where do we truly […]
If your goal is to recruit more women for your workforce, where do you start? First, it’s important to realize that having a desire to recruit and recruiting are two entirely different things and that even if a company’s HR program, recruiting group, and hiring team all agree that their company should hire more women, […]
Public relations is a fun and fast-paced career that often places you at the forefront of an organization or company. Public relations is a great choice for any career-minded woman and often offers the chance to take on a greater leadership role within a company or organization. But what exactly is public relations? What […]
Here at WIB-I, we like to focus on specific industries that we see women thriving in, despite historical lashbacks. One such industry you might find is surprisingly progressing faster than others is that of public relations. Public relations is still a male-dominated industry though, so the question of salary amounts for women versus men, treatment […]
While Hillary Clinton is the first female majority party candidate, in the vast majority of our political system, women are conspicuously absent.