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 […]
Category: Job Trends
Remote work: Improving Relations With Coworkers
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: Thinking About Making a Pivot?
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 […]
Post COVID: What’s your Plan B?
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 […]
Women in Tech:Key to the Future
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 […]
WIB: Salaries in Traditional Vs Nontraditional Industries for Women
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 […]
Women and Deutsche Bank: ATLAS Female Leadership Program Opens in London
On April 15th in London, Deutsche Bank launched its fourth ATLAS program, their global leadership development initiative for female managing directors.
Women Continue to Accelerate in Business
Women have been growing and flexing their muscle in building the US economy, becoming entrepreneurs by the thousands. However, when it comes to raising capital, it’s a different story.
Number of Businesses Owned by Women of Color Soars
The number of businesses owned by women of color has increased rapidly since 1997 when there were just under one million. Today, that number has more than doubled to an estimated 2,934,500 accounting for one in three (32%) of women-owned firms.
Jobless claims hint at strengthening labor market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless aid fell last week to its lowest level in nearly 5-1/2 years, signaling labor market resilience in the face of fiscal austerity.
California Ranked First in the US for Green Jobs Last Year
More than 110,000 clean energy, clean transportation jobs announced in 2012 WASHINGTON (March 6, 2013) – Companies and communities across the country announced more than 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects in 2012 that are expected to create 110,000 jobs, according a report released today by Environmental Entrepreneurs.
Employers Project 13 Percent Increase in New College Grad Hiring
BETHLEHEM, PA —Hiring will be up for new college graduates, according to a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE’s Job Outlook 2013 survey shows that employers anticipate hiring 13 percent more Class of 2013 college graduates than they hired from the Class of 2012.