Saturday, May 16, 2015

Great article in NYT about how children of working mothers have advantages later in life


The two things that struck me: 1) Daughters of working mothers tend to become more educated, have more supervisory roles, and earn more money than daughters of non-working mothers.  2) Sons of working mothers spend more time on housework and homework than sons of non-working mothers.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Articles again - new moms working and paid time off for new dads

How companies are keeping new moms on the job: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=33785062&nid=

Paid time off for new dads: http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/03/14/392632777/new-dads-in-togo-are-guaranteed-something-that-u-s-dads-arent?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150314

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Male Groups Advancing Women's Careers

http://www.wsj.com/articles/men-pitch-in-to-boost-women-at-work-1426029982?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_careerjournal 
"Catalyst, a nonprofit group that tracks and advocates women’s advancement"

Also: White Men As Full Diversity Partners

Forward Thinking Company - Babies at Work!

http://menloinnovations.com/blog/2010/09/babies-in-the-workplace/#comment-7235

This is great!

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Difference between Male and Female Brains and Vodaphone's Maternity Leave policy (wish they had this when I was at Intel!)

How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having "Female Brains")


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2015/03/06/an-unusual-new-policy-for-working-mothers/

Women working in US reduced from 74% in 2000 to 69% in 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/upshot/us-employment-women-not-working.html?abt=0002&abg=0

Flex Jobs website

Would love to know anyone who has used this successfully:
http://www.flexjobs.com/About.aspx