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IT Needs More Female Role Models: Young women need more technology mentors and role models if the UK is to attract women to tech jobs, says BlackBerry's creators, RIM. Research for RIM found that 73 per cent of girls aged 11 to 16 believe the UK lacks women role models in the tech...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Women, Information Technology, Role Model, Humraz, MentorSET, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Should UK Boards Follow Cameron's Lead?: Conservative Party leader David Cameron's promise to fill one-third of his Cabinet posts with women if he makes it to Number 10 has had employment lawyers up in arms. Positive discrimination, points out Glovers solicitors, contravenes EU discrimination laws. Anyway, affirmative action breeds resentment in the ranks and is seen...; Tags: Women, Equal Opportunity Commission, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-15
11 Bonehead Business Decisions You Must Avoid: Think you're making smart moves for your company? Maybe not. BNET sister site TechRepublic lists 11 dumb decisions that can take down just about any business, large or small. Start with these two: #2: "Human beings can be replaced with machines to answer our phones" Today, it's a treat when...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Rick Broida, women, Very few voicemail system; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Valentino Goes After the Less Rich Shopper: Women's Wear Daily reports this morning that fashion brand Valentino -- whose global sales rose nearly 10 percent last year -- aims to double revenues to more than $381 million as it remakes the brand to appeal to younger, less affluent shoppers. Building on its reputation as...; Tags: Brand, Women, Valentino, Branding, Gender And Diversity, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Human Resources, Sales, Lisa Everitt; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Can DSW Catch Up To Zappos?: There are women who buy shoes and then there are Women Who Buy Shoes. For the latter, the launch of DSW.com -- DSW Shoe Warehouse's online store -- comes as super news. Is it too late to blunt the impact of online shoe pusher Zappos.com? The bricks-and-mortar...; Tags: Shoe, Advertisement, Women, Zappos, DSW, Gender And Diversity, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Sales, Lisa Everitt; Blog posts 2008-05-02

More women Charge Bloomberg LP With Discrimination: By Leslie Gevirtz NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of pregnant women at news and financial data company Bloomberg LP who claim to have suffered sex discrimination has grown to 58 from three, an attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Bloomberg L.P., U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, data company, discrimination, women, leave, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, New Jersey, Thomson Reuters Corp., lawyer, New York, attorney, agency, harassment, compensation, financial, job, U.S; News items 2008-05-01
women and the Power of Negotiation | Useful Commute Podcast: Research confirms that women are reluctant to negotiate -- at work and at home -- and continually underestimate their value. In this podcast, "Ask For It" coauthor Sarah Laschever explains how women can maximize their bargaining power and ask for their fair share of raises, promotions and perks. ...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Podcasts, BNET staff, women, negotiation; Blog posts 2008-04-14
More women Charge Bloomberg LP With Discrimination: By Leslie Gevirtz NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Financial news and data firm Bloomberg LP, founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is facing a lawsuit involving 58 women who say they had their pay cut, were demoted or denied opportunities because they had become...; Tags: Lawsuit, Women, Bloomberg L.P., Bloomberg LP, EEOC, Lancaster, Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley; News items 2008-05-01
How Star women Build Portable Skills: The Idea in Brief A star performer in one company will shine in another, right? Wrong. When stars switch firms, their performance actually dims, along with their new company's market value, author Boris Groysberg argues. Everyone loses....; Tags: Gender and diversity, Boris Groysberg, women, job change, mentor, internal network, bond, career, strategy, job, recruiting, workplace, analyst, talent, performance, barrier, compensation, network, equity, workforce; Articles 2008-04-01
SCORE Gets Designing women Continue Success In Florida: Emily McHugh needed one more class to finish her master's degree in business at Columbia University. The course - "Managing New Business Ventures" - required her to write a business plan for a new enterprise. So, Emily developed a plan for a company that would make laptop and Palm Pilot...; Tags: financing, women, laptop computer; Case studies
SCORE Helps women Entrepreneurs Boost Business Plan In Charleston, SC: Kimberly Brock Brown and Charlton Douglas thought they had nearly everything necessary to open a specialty food distribution business in Charleston, SC, last year. The two young women were experienced, enthusiastic, knowledgeable about their target market and potential customers, attentive to details, and ready to tackle the risks of small...; Tags: Gender and diversity, women, financing, small business, bank; Case studies
Do women Make Better Managers?: In the past few decades, researchers have discovered physiological variations in the brains of men and women. Women are more flexible and find it easier to multitask. Men are usually left-brain oriented. That often makes then better at solving abstract equations and problems. Typically, when comparing managers, the dialogue is...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Microsoft Corp., women, team-building, leader; White papers
Hey, Superwoman: Learn How To Take A Break!: So what is the hardest lesson for many women entrepreneurs and executives to learn? Surviving the "Superwoman Syndrome" and learning to take a break. Too many women business owners think their enterprise won't go at all unless they're always around to start and steer the engines. As a result, they...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., women; White papers
Success Is Always In Style For women's Apparel Store Owner In Portland, ME: 1992 might not have been the best time to start a small business, particularly in New England where banks stung by the recession were reluctant to lend money to new ventures. Carla, who had worked in women's fashion and retail for over 20 years, knew all the ins and outs...; Tags: Gender and diversity, women, bank, small business, knowledge, Web; Case studies
SCORE Helps Two women Entrepreneurs Chart A Path To Success: Jennifer Finn and Nicki Stokosa both with backgrounds in fashion, buying and marketing, they went into business together and established a contemporary women's clothing boutique featuring an exceptional array of designer collections and intimate apparel. But before plunking down a significant amount of savings to get their business concept off...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Marketing research, women, market research, marketing; Case studies
Designing women Stitch Up A Multi-Million Dollar Business In Ft. Wayne, IN: The two new neighbors Barbara and Patricia shared an interest in fashion design. They developed some prototypes for soft, quilted duffel bags and purses. The items were the hit of an in-home clothing show, and demand grew. Barbara and Patricia found themselves searching for experienced seamstresses, deals on wholesale fabric,...; Tags: P&L, women, finance; Case studies
Get Mom the Coolest, Trendiest Gift Ever: Power Tools a Hip Alternative to Candy and Flowers for Mother's Day: The hottest Mother's Day gift this year is not roses, candy or even breakfast in bed. It's a cordless drill straight from the domain of tool-belted dads. Increasingly, women are at least as interested in tackling home improvement projects as they are in getting pampered or receiving yet another household...; Tags: Gender and diversity, PRODUCTIVITY, Homestore Inc., women, home improvement, tool, hardware; White papers
Has the 'Glass Ceiling' Cracked?: An Exploration of women Entrepreneurship: Many women are saying goodbye to the corporate worm in favor of creating their own through entrepreneurship. This paper explores some of the reasons why women in today's workforce change from the rise on the corporate ladder path to the worm of entrepreneurship. Issues such as job stress and one...; Tags: Gender and diversity, AllBusiness.com, women, entrepreneurship, worm, workforce, job; White papers
Federally Sentenced women's Facility, Truro, Nova Scotia: This study gives information on the GeoExchange systems used by the Federally Sentenced Women's Facility. Committed to reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by fossil fuel combustion attributed to its activities, the Correction Service, Canada (CSC) installed 60 tons of GeoExchange (geothermal) heating and air conditioning at its new Federally...; Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, GeoExchange, carbon dioxide, geothermal energy, fossil fuel, benefit; Case studies
Federally Sentenced women's Facility: The Federally Sentenced Women's Facility is a 41,300 ft2 complex in Truro, Nova Scotia. To help the facility meet the Green Plan's carbon dioxide reduction targets, a closed loop ground-source heat pump system was installed. The ground-source heat pump system consists of twenty 3-ton water-to-water heat pumps located in mechanical...; Tags: women; Case studies