Sadly, nine out of 10 of the most high-paying careers are also male dominated, while six out of 10 of the lowest-paying careers are, you guessed it, female dominated. But the good news is there are a number of majors that actually end up favoring women financially, at least with jobs...
There always have been more women than men schoolteachers since the Civil War. Yet the management of our schools always has been dominated by men. There is a prevailing social norm that management is a man's job. Today in education this norm is reinforced by an increasing number of men in...
Universities are currently not meeting the needs and demands of the growing IT sector, when it comes to educating enough professionals. Amongst those who do graduate, the proportion of women is alarmingly low [29]. A research amongst college students in USA showed that women had significantly low...
Via the submission of six published papers, this thesis draws together the body of work by Broadbridge on retail management and women's careers. It reveals the factors that continue to be problematic for women's careers and why in 2010 they continue to be under-represented in the retail manag...
The nursing profession continues to grow at a pace much faster than all other professions, making this female-dominated career a viable and potentiallylucrative optionfor women over age 50.5 Prospective nurses of all ages can earn their registered nurse (RN) licenses through a local community colleg...
Getting the Girls into the Male-Dominated Careers; MOVES to Help Women Get a Secure Foothold in Traditionally Male-Dominated Rural Industries Are Being Stepped Up. the Fourth Year of the Women and Work Initiative Has Just Kicked off, with Grants Available to Train Women to Reach Their Full ...
industry is undergoing a quiet yet powerful revolution, led by a group of women who are not merely dreamers, but doers utilizing agriculture drones. As drones sweep across the agricultural industry, they're carving a path for women to establish their presence in this historically male-dominated ...
Given the concentration, time and energy demands of scientific research, it is easy to see how women with limited time to devote to their careers may fall behind their male counterparts. Ling also pointed out that the male-dominated scientific sector, which was formed over a long period of ti...
the engineering industry is still heavily dominated by men. Only around 10% of the engineers in the country are women. Advancing as a woman in mechanical engineering is not an everyday occurrence, but Busch has given me the opportunities to do so. I have been able to work in a whole ran...
The retail and information technology (IT) sectors are interesting extremes when it comes to men and women in the labour market. The retail trade is traditionally a female-dominated sector at the lower end of the pay scale. On average they have lower education levels and their career opportunit...