Also promised are structural reforms such as increasing the participation of women in the workforce.
One is that more women in the workforce are creating a demand for more flexible hours.
That's not just for MBAs, it's the function of men and women in the workforce in general.
The proportion of women in the workforce has risen from 42.5% in 1971 to 53.4% in 2004.
What do you believe should be done to help even out the playing field for women in the workforce?
Changing demographics (more older women in the workforce, an aging population) mean more workers with eldercare responsibilities than ever before.
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We do know now that women in the workforce, based on the competition in the office, produce high amounts of testosterone.
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More women in the workforce has increased GDP by 25 percent.
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Nearly three quarters of American adults (73%) say the trend toward more women in the workforce has been a change for the better.
This is partly down to the increasing role of women in the workforce, as declining wages and benefits force families to rely on two incomes.
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However, says Ensmenger, the presence of these women did not indicate that managers of the ENIAC project had modern attitudes toward women in the workforce.
The difference between men and women in the workforce has nothing to do with biological destiny and everything to do with education, skill and training.
The Pill, women in the workforce, widespread deferment of marriage, rising divorce rates, gay rights these set off a prolonged but erratic improvisation on a replacement.
Women's employment, which continued to rise during the l980s recession, may be more affected this time, as the number of women in the workforce is much higher.
If you add their increase to the dramatically increased presence of women in the workforce, and the increase in the retirement age, it accounts for almost all the increase in disability claims.
To address relatively low rates of women in the workforce, Jordan will work to increase the percentage of women workers, particularly university graduates, from 14.7% to 25% of the workforce, in the next three years.
It says that the numbers of projected immigrants would not be enough to overcome the lack of people of working age, and other measures are necessary, such as increasing the participation of older workers and women in the workforce.
Not something you're ashamed to do, not something you're afraid someone will assume something bad, but a badge of honor that you are willing to spend your time giving the benefit of your experience to young women in the workforce.
With the boom of women in the workforce (comprising just about 50% these days), along with a corresponding burst of female entrepreneurship ( 40% of all entrepreneurs), combined with the muscle of the female vote ( 66% in the last presidential election), the 2012 election may very well come down who makes the most convincing case to women.
The proportion of women with infants in the workforce (the women that is, not the infants) is declining, meaning that more mothers are staying at home.
This study analyzes nearly 20 years of data to explore the adaptation of one professional service firm to an increase in women in the professional workforce and the shifting discourse around gender and work.
Required to support her family, Helen Gurley became a working woman in an age before the feminist revolution had helped women win acceptance in the workforce.
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The figures show that the percentage of women in the executive workforce now stands at 57%.
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Another part of the picture is the large number of women now in the global workforce: fully half, driven by better education and aided by the steady wind of social forces.
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In the U.S., technology is one of the fastest growing industries and yet, in this country, where women make up half of the workforce, women only hold 25 percent of jobs available in the information technology industry.
Now historically, economists looking at this question have concluded that the more affordable and available child care gets, the more likely women are to stay in the workforce.
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Once again President Obama uses the State of the Union to try to mislead women about their prospects in the workforce and to try to expand government in ways that will make jobs even more scarce.
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My concern has been how do women adapt to being in the workforce and assuming more leadership positions or how can women balance their careers and parenthood?
Meanwhile, other countries have kept growing the number of women in their workforce, leaving us in the dust.
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Since Rebekah is a diversity leader (and flexibility increases the number of women who stay and advance in the workforce), I asked her why this particular book stands out among all others.
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