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Career Advice from Female Tech Company Founders

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Women make up half of the total workforce in the United States, but they make up only 25% of the workers in the technology industry and hold just 15% of senior management positions. We are empowered by choices, to construct our lives and our careers based on our values, hopes, and dreams.

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4 Basic Skills of Emotional Intelligence that Can Make or Break Your Career

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Either way, emotional intelligence can affect your career. John explains there are four primary skills of emotional intelligence that you can cultivate along with your career: Self-awareness : Our ability to perceive our emotions and understand our tendencies to act in certain ways in given situations.

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Women, Invest in Yourselves

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For me, pursuing my career in financial services has always factored into my new year’s resolutions. And, that is just what I did, deciding to join the ranks of one of the most “male dominated” industries—financial services. The wisest advice he ever gave me was to build my career based on what I want, not what others expect of me.

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Do You Want to Land the Job of Your Dreams?

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Take a moment to answer the following questions to see how committed you are: Do you have a solid career plan with time lines? Do you know what your next career step is? Women who have decided on a definite career path, know why it is important to them, and are accomplishing what they have aimed for…that is SUCCESS!

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Women Ignoring a Growing Job Market

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Guest Post By Meghan Hall, Business Management Blogger (Learn more about Meghan at the end of this post). For a seemingly multitude of reasons women have failed to gain a foothold in the growing industries of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or more commonly known as STEM jobs. Start… Just, Start!

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Women, Food, and Being GUTSY

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This is the perfe ct time of year, when food is front and center in our minds, to honor a woman who has been in the food services industry for several decades. Victoria Vega is the National Director of Business Development, Corporate Dining for CulinArt Managed Dining Services.

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Gender Wage Gap by the Numbers

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In 2011, the median weekly earnings for women in full-time management, professional, and related occupations was $941, compared to $1,269 for men. In 2009, of the 32,280,000 dual-career couples, wives earned more than their husbands 28.9% of the 29,755,000 dual-career couples in 1987. The gender wage gap also varies by industry.

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