We are only now beginning to understand the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on women in the global workforce. Not only did the pandemic disproportionately affect women, particularly those in marginalized communities, working mothers, and female caregivers, but it worsened the gender gap in the workplace, setting women back by decades. According to The National
Too often, women are confronted with career roadblocks that limit their progress up the corporate ladder. Many of those are based on cultural and social “truths” that are in reality myths. Here are seven myths that commonly keep women from achieving the career goals for which they strive and deserve. Myth: Women aren’t good at
In the newly blazing-hot job market, a record number of U.S. workers are quitting their jobs to put themselves first. In April alone, nearly 4 million people voluntarily quit their jobs, according to the Labor Department. And the numbers were almost as high in both May and June. Moreover, according to Bankrate’s August 2021 Job
If you find yourself feeling unproductive and unmotivated at work, you could be struggling with burnout. It’s more than just a buzzword, and it certainly isn’t an excuse to get away with reduced productivity. Burnout has become a major problem in the workplace. A study by Indeed discovered that 52% of workers are experiencing burnout
As women, we’ve been encouraged to proudly and boldly take our seat at the table. But what happens when the door is locked, and we can’t enter the room with the table? What does it say when women take a seat at the table but aren’t given the chance to own that table? What does this say
Internships are the perfect way to try out your desired career while securing some much-needed work experience in the process. An internship can either be paid or voluntary, dependent on the role and the company. However, this position could be the stepping stone you need to get your foot on the career ladder and boost
The impending return to office has been a point of media attention and employer-employee contention. Understandably so—when COVID-19 availed the conditions for a global experiment, the positives and negatives of at-home working became clear quickly. The initial pride of ‘pulling it off’ led industry giants like JP Morgan and Facebook to announce bullish plans toward
Do you experience the “Sunday night scaries,” dreading the thought of Monday morning? Or hit snooze on your alarm so many times you lose count because you don’t want to get out of bed and go to work? Overwhelmed, overstretched, and just over it, you find yourself caught in a vicious cycle of work sucks.
Working from home (WFH) is here to stay. Whether you love it or hate it, chances are you will be given the option to embrace this trend more often than ever before, as the aftereffects of the pandemic keep teaching us valuable lessons about productivity. If you expect to continue doing your work from home,
If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a thousand times over the past year: we’re in the midst of “The Great Resignation.” The coronavirus pandemic brought about a shift in the way we approach our lives and think about our careers. Adjusting to the new paradigms of work-from-home, and now, return-to-work, have made many
