Catalyst published some interesting statistics about how women stack up in the U.S. workforce. The results aren't very surprising if this is a topic you're familiar with, but for those that aren't, check out the stats below: Women make up: 46.7% of the U.S. labor force 51.5% of management, professional and related occupations 14.4% of Fortune 500 executive … [Read more...]
Post Layoff – To Take A Lower Salary or Not
Guest post by Donna McNamara (learn more about Donna at the end of this post) Unemployment in the US has been creeping upward again since May and currently stands a little over 9%. For many (myself included), unexpected job loss created a new normal. That new normal seems to translate into a lower salary upon finding work again. My situation is a little different from most. I … [Read more...]
Supplementing Your Income With A Home Job While Building Your Business
Guest post by Traci L. Dillard-Bell (learn more about Traci at the end of this post) Building a home business can be physically, emotionally, and especially financially exhausting, but there are ways maintain a steady stream of income by taking on a part-time home job early on while creating your business. Having a side income can reduce some of the stress when trying to make … [Read more...]
You Don’t Have to Choose Between Your Career and Your Relationship
Guest post by Susie Collins (learn more about Susie at the end of this post) The tension and stress have been there for, it seems, all time. Historically, as more and more women entered the paid workforce, more and more women felt the tug and pull. It continues today. There are a growing number of career opportunities for women these days. While discrimination has … [Read more...]
WomenOnBusiness.com Named to Forbes List of Top 100 Websites for Women 2011
For the second year in a row, WomenOnBusiness.com has been named to the list of the top 100 websites for women in 2011 by Forbes. Meghan Casserly and Jenna Goudreau of Forbes.com spent a year researching and developing the 2011 list of the top websites for women and offer the following insights into the criteria that went into selecting the 100 sites that made the list this … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Improve Communication Overnight
Guest post by Maranda Gibson (learn more about Maranda at the end of this post) I was thinking the other day about how I’m addicted to multitasking. I was hanging out with a friend, just chatting, and suddenly I realized that I had checked my email about five times in a 20 minute span. Why was I doing that? We use email to communicate but when you have conversation happening … [Read more...]
29 Fortune 500 Companies Have No Women on Boards
In a new ranking of public companies without women in top leadership from Bloomberg Businessweek.com, it was revealed that 5.8% of the companies in the S&P 500, "remain all male in decision-making roles, with no women on the board of directors or among the company’s top five highest-paid officers." Perhaps the most surprising company on this list is Discovery … [Read more...]
Learn How to Pitch Your Company to the Federal Government – Free Webinar
I just learned about a free webinar hosted by American Express OPEN and Women Impacting Public Policy that might be very helpful to some WomenOnBusiness.com readers. The details are below! Did you know there is roughly $27 billion in contracts set aside specifically for women business owners? Thanks to the Small Business Administration’s Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) … [Read more...]
Discover How You Can Benefit from Content Marketing
Following is an edited excerpt from my latest book, Content Marketing for Dummies, which teaches individuals and business owners how to create and publish online content that can help you reach your goals. The primary benefits of content marketing are building brand awareness and developing relationships with your target consumer audience and online influencers. The idea is to … [Read more...]
DIY, the Small Business Mirage
Unedited guest post by Alina Popescu (learn more about Alina at the end of this post) For most women running a small business, constantly growing it also means cutting all unnecessary costs and trying to save whenever possible. If a fee seems a bit much for a certain service they might want to contract, they turn to the Do it Yourself/DIY approach. In most cases, doing … [Read more...]