For Women and Career Advancement, Success Takes Planning

Posted by admin in Women In Career on June 9, 2011

A lot of women around me seem to complain about career advancement, and yet most of these professional working women fail to realize that they fail to advance not because of gender, but due to the fact that they underestimate their own worth and have no idea to take advantage of their accomplishments and skills.

Professional women with high career advancement aspirations need a sound plan to help them be prominent from their coworkers and peers. They need their employers to recognize their talent, strengths and worth in their profession. There are several ways for women to seek career advancement opportunities and make it into a reality.

Instead of focusing on their individual talents, strengths, skills, accomplishments, and own worth in specific areas, many women focus on trying to improve in areas they do not do well.

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Professional Women Advancing Their Careers

Posted by admin in Women In Career on June 8, 2011

Given the challenges for women who want to advance their careers, I asked two groups of women with whom I was working what motivated them to want to take on those challenges. Their responses were varied but displayed an energy and conviction that was inspiring.

"I know I have talent, expertise and potential and I want to develop it and use it."

"I'm ambitious, and I have a vision for my life and goals I want to fulfil."

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The Danger of Flexible Hours For Women’s Careers

Posted by admin in Women In Career on June 6, 2011

There are fears that extensions to maternity leave could harm women's career prospects. Sainsbury's Human Resources director, Imelda Walsh, had to defend her proposals to extend flexible working laws after it was suggested that this measure would encourage employers to avoid hiring women at a child-bearing age.

It has been noted that women have the overwhelming majority when it comes to using the flexible working laws so far. To counter this, paid and extended paternity leave have been introduced, but then the fear has become that too much pressure is being put on employers to cater for parents at work.

Walsh's proposals have now come into place in the form of the right to request flexible working hours being extended from only applying to parents of children under the age of 6 to applying to the parents of children under the age of 16. Walsh has also called for the government to address the issues of culture and gender that are making men feel less confident about requesting flexible working hours. She has further called for the government to provide practical solutions regarding parental rights for SMEs who are experiencing difficulty trying to organise their work.

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