The Gender Barriers in Financial Services ‘Women are still being overlooked’ By Eve Maddock-Jones Half of women say they have experienced barriers to their career within financial services because of factors such as pregnancy and menopause, a recent study has found. Simplify Consulting published research into the gender pay gap and experiences and found the ‘glass ceiling’ was still ever-present…
CEO Credits Her Career Success to Advice She Got When She Was 11 By Morgan Smith Beth Ford never imagined her career would make headlines. The Land O’Lakes CEO grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, as one of eight kids. Her first job was detasseling corn for $2 an hour. During college, she cleaned toilets and painted houses. Decades later,…
Mika Brzezinski: 7 Tips for College Women Entering the Workforce Mika Brzezinski laid out a career roadmap for young women on Wednesday during a keynote address at the annual Women’s History Month Luncheon hosted by the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware. By Julianne Pepitone As founder of Know Your Value, Mika Brzezinski has doled out a lot of career…
UN Women: Gender Equality is Critical for Afghanistan’s Future Expert’s take: Gender equality is critical for Afghanistan’s future, long-term development, and sustained peace By Alison Davidian On 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul and took the city, and we knew from that moment that life for women and girls in Afghanistan would change. Over the past month, we have…
New Documentary Finally Recognizes One of Pop Music’s Great Pioneers A new documentary about Shania Twain’s life and towering career is part of a trend towards the reappraisal of women’s impact on music. By Lauren O’Neill There was a time when Shania Twain was one of the biggest names on the planet. Between 1995 and 2002, she released a succession of era-defining…
Whole30 President Talks Inspiration, Success, & More By Sarah Regan Finding a career path that both suits you and touches the lives of others can be difficult to achieve—something Erica Rozetti, the president of Whole30, has come to know well. In this installment of our series, Follow Her Lead, we chat with Rozetti on what Whole30 means to her, how she’s…
3 Female Fortune 500 CEOs Share Advice, Lessons, & Skills By Morgan Smith The number of female CEOs in the Fortune 500 rose to a record high this year — 44 — which still means that women run less than 10% of the largest corporations in the U.S. Despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, women have yet…
A Young Investigator’s Roadmap: Steps to Clinical Science Success By Brenda Patoine What does it take to succeed in clinical and translational science? How does a young investigator navigate those early-career leaps from student/trainee to independently funded research scientist? What inspires a research focus, and how do you build a career around it? These questions were front and center for…
Woman of Distinction 2022: Debbie Abergel, Nadel By Sara Lavenduski Debbie Abergel knows a thing or two about rebranding. Of course, there are obvious examples, such as spearheading the major rebrand of her company, Top 40 distributor Nadel, that was made official this spring. But there was also the time, not long after she started at Nadel when the company…
Camp Aims to Recruit More Female First Responders By Amanda Rooker At Iowa Hero Academy, everything is hands-on. The five-day overnight camp is put on by Des Moines Police Department and the Des Moines Fire Department for Iowa girls ages 15-18. From firearm simulations to search and rescue drills, to learning how to use fire hoses and hydrants, the camp…
