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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
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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

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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

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Research Your Way to a Green Job

I recently read Green Career Central’s excellent recommendations for building a target list of green companies. If you are interested in researching green jobs, check out Green Career Central founder Carol McClelland’s suggestions below. 1) Newsweek Green Company Rankings – Click on the headings to sort ... 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

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Employees now own Mestel’s legal staffing empire

by Julie Triedman.  November 01, 2011. For associates, equity partnership remains the gold ring that motivates many young lawyers to endure a years-long grind. Now, temporary attorneys who have been slogging away at document review in firm basements and off-site annexes are finally getting their chance at that prize, too. In August, Mestel & Company, one of the largest legal staffing and lateral placement firms in the country, announced ... 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

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Vocational Psychology Career Advice

It has always been surprising to me that so few psychologists choose vocational psychology as a career choice. Given that Sigmund Freud said that love and work were the two most important activities in life, you would think psychologists would be extremely interested in the dynamics of choosing, changing, or advancing careers. However, this has [...] ... 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

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Fields in Desperate Need of Females

While a wide range of career options are open to qualified women, many remain male-dominated, aka non-traditional. Below are 10 career fields where women can find job opportunities and serve as a pioneer for other women.   More… … Read more

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