By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Earlier this month a new study revealed yet another dimension of the gender wage gap – how being nice can have a negative impact on your paycheck. According to the study, “Do Nice Guys—and Gals—Really Finish Last?” “agreeable” people earn less than “disagreeable” people. How does gender fit in?
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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Kamie Zaracki, Chief Executive Offer of BetterInvesting, explained that women are growing more confident with personal investments – which is good for women themselves, as well as companies.
BetterInvesting is a volunteer-based nonprofit dedicated to providing individual investors with the tools and education they need to make smart investments. While [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
When was the last time you negotiated a raise? If it’s been a while (or perhaps, if your answer was ‘never’), chances are you could be making more. According to Matt Wallaert, lead scientist at GetRaised, “The research shows that women don’t ask for raises as often as men [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
“The Career Cost of Family,” a study written late last year by Harvard economics professors Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz, found that women with MBAs suffer the largest percentage “mommy penalty,” while those with medical degrees suffer the lowest proportionate loss. Findings were based on a survey of Harvard College [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
Last fall, Technisource released its Women & Men in Information Technology Survey, which revealed the many discrepancies in how men and women in the IT industry view the challenges being faced by women.
One of the most interesting findings revealed that nearly half of the men surveyed strongly believed that female IT [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)

Women – and mothers in particular – have made tremendous gains in the workplace over the past two decades, but the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s recent Glass Ceiling Report is making many mothers in management positions feel as if they’re taking one step forward and two steps back.
“I call this the [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently released the results of its annual study [PDF], which gathers information on the types of benefits employers offer their employees. It was found that most benefits remained stable this past year, though many benefit offerings are down from five years ago. It was [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“Women’s one-word association with wealth is security,” said Linda Descano, President and COO at Women & Co., a division of Citi.
Recently, Women & Co. released the results of its national survey on women and personal finance, which measured women’s attitudes toward money and financial decision-making following the [...]

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By Nicki Gilmour, CEO and Founder of theglasshammer.com (New York City)

Part 1 of a 2 part series on “Why women should stay technical,” an introduction to our upcoming event Women in IT: Staying Technical and Getting to the Top, held in conjunction with Goldman Sachs and Accenture.
Recently, the New York Times reported on the lack [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
The wage gap between men and women is still running strong – 23 cents strong, according last year’s U.S. Census Bureau report. In fact, a new study conducted by Forbes leads women to believe that a little change in their actions could assist them in improving their chances at better pay. [...]

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