Tag Archives: motherhood penalty
It’s Lonely in the Middle
As I’m winding down my MBA experience, I’m taking a management class to prepare for what I hope will be a big career transition over the next few years. The course launched this weekend with a case about a manager … Continue reading
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He-cession/She-cession: Why We Need To Invest in Women Right Now
The internet is abuzz over the “he-cession,” the term promoted by David Zincenko in USA Today and Reihan Salam in Foreign Policy to describe the disproportionate affects of the recession on men. If you prefer the likes of Christina Hoff … Continue reading
Sounding Off on Jack Welch
I couldn’t let another day go by without talking about Jack Welch’s comments on “work-life balance” at the Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference. As reported by The Juggle at The Wall Street Journal, Welch said: “There’s no such thing as … Continue reading
Combating The Motherhood Penalty
A reader recently drew my attention to this post on Businessweek’s Working Parents blog about a new study suggesting that the motherhood penalty is very real: Using fake resumes for two equally qualified candidates–one childless, one a mom—the researchers found … Continue reading
