Over a third of highly qualified women take an extended break from their careers in order to raise children. Such a move is always a difficult decision, but for women working in financial services the stakes are extremely high. Off-Ramping is Most Costly for Women in Finance Women in financial services face a particularly hard […]
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With 40 percent of women earning more than their husbands, and only 16 percent of US households consisting of a breadwinner father and homemaker mother, it is clear that America’s long-held gender roles are in a state of flux. Mr. Mom 2.0 Perhaps the most obvious sign of the change taking place in modern American
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When news hit that ailing tech giant Yahoo! hired Google VP Marissa Mayer as the company’s CEO, the buzz in offices everywhere began almost immediately. With Mayer at the helm, the terminally uncool and financially unstable Yahoo! finally had a chance to be a fresh, relevant player once again. The “Good Mom” Debate Begins The buzz went from a loud hum
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When Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO and newest board member, said that she leaves the office every day at 5:30 pm to have dinner with her children, the news was met with a combination of shock and awe.
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This month’s cover story in The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All,” has quickly become the most widely read article in the history of the venerable magazine’s website. After being online for only seven days, 775,000 people have read the piece, 155,000 have liked it on Facebook, and the vast majority of major media
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