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Moms in the corner office
Back in 2002, economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett caused quite a stink with her research findings that 49% of corporate women earning over $100,000 a year were childless at age 40. As a young, impressionable 23-year-old, I remember the reams of headlines following that statistic which basically claimed that it was impossible to combine motherhood and a high-pow… read more »
With no jobs, grads "gamble" on education
(This column runs today in USA Today. If you’re coming over from the newspaper website, welcome! I hope you’ll look around and read some of the posts from our archives).
By Laura Vanderkam
Kiki Okaly has a great résumé for a young engineer, with a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University and multiple internships. Unfortunately, when… read more »
The Pay Gap, and the Time Gap
The “pay gap” between men and women is much in the news these days. Ninety years after women gained the right to vote, a typical story reports, we still earn 77 cents on the dollar. (This goes closer to 81 cents in other calculations, but it’s still around 20%).
But what if there’s more to the story? Some new data is showing that the question of why peo… read more »
Is Twitter Work?
In 168 Hours, I talk about trying to distinguish between “work” and “not-really-work.” Work means activities that are advancing you toward your career goals. I like this definition, because it forces us to examine how we spend our hours closely. We do plenty of things at work that are not-really-work, even if they look like it. A m… read more »
