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Joan Runnheim Olson, M.S., ACC, CCMC, CLTMC, Certified Five O'Clock Club Career Coach
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Values and Beliefs Quiz: How Do You Score?

Whether you are a career coach, counselor, advisor, educator, or parent, your values and beliefs can affect how you interact with females and males. And, ultimately it may affect how you guide a student, client, or your child in exploring their career options. These options include careers traditionally held by females or by males. Take the quiz below and jot down if you respond never, rarely, sometimes, or always to each question. … Read more

Shifting into a Female-Dominated Career

I recently interviewed Jeff Johnson who is working in a female-dominated career as a surgical technologist. Check out the interview below:     More…  … Read more

Skills Sets in Non-Traditional Careers

I came across the following information on the Iseek website and found it quite interesting.

Job requirements have little or nothing to do with gender. In fact, skill requirements in male- and female-dominated occupations are often more similar than you might expect.   More… … Read more

Sweden Engineers Gender Equality

I have talked about it before- socialization plays a big role in gender stereotyping and ultimately career decision-making. From an early age, girls are dressed in pink, boys in blue. Girls are given dolls to play with and boys trucks. Around the home, girls are typically given the tasks of washing the dishes and cleaning the house, while boys mow the lawn and change oil in the car. Traditional gender roles often carry over into school where females are encouraged to take classes that prepare them for female-dominated careers and males for male-dominated careers. … Read more

Case Study: Increasing Awareness of Non-Traditional Careers

If you’re a counselor at the middle school or secondary level, the following case study is for you.

How can you increase parents’ awareness of non-traditional careers? What activities would you use to help parents learn more about non-traditional careers. i.e., male or female-dominated?   … Read more

Parents Can Help Overcome Gender Stereotypes

I had coffee one morning with a friend and was excited to learn that she is helping her daughter overcome the gender stereotype that girls aren’t good in math. Below is an interview with Suzy Fallon, mother of 8-year old Elle.

Could you describe what you are doing with your 8-year old daughter to encourage her to question her beliefs regarding her math abilities?  … Read more

10 Tips for Using LinkedIn to Find a Job

Are you utilizing LinkedIn to your best advantage? If you're in a job search, incorporate the following tips on maximizing your LinkedIn profile:   ... Read more

Managing Your Internal PR

It’s important to manage your own PR within your organization. Consider conducting a quarterly review of the real players that influence your career. If you don’t have a list of those players, take a few minutes to generate one. Then every three months review this list which will most likely include your bosses, peers, subordinates and clients. “Bosses” are those people at a higher level who can influence your career, i.e., your boss’s boss, some of your boss’s peers, and maybe even one or two people outside of your organization who are in the position of influencing your career. Some could even be in other geographic areas. ... Read more

Increasing Retention through Mentoring

 

 

 

 

Sapna Protheroe

The following interview is with Sapna Protheroe, College Development Manager at MentorNet, an online mentoring program. 

Why is the retention rate low for women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) classes/programs?

Many factors contribute to low retention rates including:

  • Low self-esteem
  • Lack of viable mentors
  • Discouragement from pursuing chosen career
  • Lack of support      … Read more

How to Move Up Inside Current Company

Do you work for a large organization and want to move up? Start by targeting the areas that interest you and then get to know people within each of those departments. There are three main techniques for getting in to see a person within your present organization: ... Read more