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By: Maria Marsala

Maria Marsala — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:32:06 +0000

How sad!

To think of all the work (read fighting) I and many other women in financial services did in the 70’s-80’s to mentor other women and help ourselves close the gap…. and to realize a big gap (smaller than it was but still a gap) still exists…

SUCKS!!!

I remember asking for a raise and being laughed at… or even worse hearing the words “what would you do with all that money, you don’t have a family” !!!!

Well at least they can’t say those things out loud.

But the biggest thing we don’t do is such a small word.. we don’t ASK!

And many women don’t go looking for other jobs when we’re being told that our work doesn’t have the same value as a man’s work does.

ERRRR

To this day, I have a special spot for women who do want to be paid what they’re worth. When working with women business owners 99.9% of all of them price their service offering way low … and give me so many reasons of doing so…

Why would someone want to charge $100 for something when they should be getting $300 for it, well it’s beyond me.

I hope that the transparency that some of the websites you mentioned bring will help women ask … and get.. what they deserve. … and more!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:47:37 +0000

Very helpful article! I have 2 recommendations for women that want to make more money at work:
1) Ask for what you want – The article had some great resources that you can use to compare your salary to others. You also need to be prepared to explain your value and show how you’ve made money or saved money for your company. When you decide how much more you want to make, you need to clearly ask your manager for the raise you want.
2) No doesn’t mean no forever, it means no for right now. If you don’t get a positive answer, don’t let that stop you from trying again. Find out what information your boss wants and be pleasantly persistant.
Good luck,
Laura Browne, Author of Raise Rules for Women: How To Make More Money At Work
http://www.RaiseLady.com

By: nicki gilmour

nicki gilmour — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:00:17 +0000

PwC have made a video on the gender gap- check it out, just released today
http://www.pwc.com/Extweb/pwcpublications.nsf/docid/FFF26DD54B44BFA0852574E800706215

– In order to shed light on the impact of the gender gap on the world in 2050 and identify some of the actions that can be taken to overcome the challenges of the future, PricewaterhouseCoopers has invited leading business people, politicians and academics from around the world to share their views on this critical issue.

Excellent stuff