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Getting to where you want to be in (non)profit

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 5:14pm

Navigating a career through the nonprofit sector may not be as easy as most people imagine. Once you decide to forgo the monetary bottom line to work for a specific cause or organization, you would think that doors would immediately open for you, and opportunities allowing you to work on behalf of the ‘greater good’ would be plentiful. Wrong. The nonprofit sector is just as competitive as the for-profit sector, with many individuals transitioning between for-profit and nonprofit work.

What are some of the pathways through and into the nonprofit sector and how can they be successfully navigated?

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Women in the Boardroom

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10/10/2011

NCRW is Co-Sponsoring

2011 New York City Women in the Boardroom

Monday, October 10, 2011 – 3pm to 6pm (registration at 2:00pm)
The Roosevelt Hotel (45 East 45th Street, NY 10017)

Cost: $150 individual tickets, $1500 table of 10
To register online: nyc2011.zapevent.com

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Report: What’s it Worth? The Economic Value of College Majors

Teaser:

Researchers at Georgetown University calculates the median salary for workers by their college major. Among the findings are major disparities between genders and races.

Editorial:

From the Selected Findings:

The full report also looks at a host of other factors, broken down by specific majors, that can affect potential earnings, including gender, race and ethnicity. In some cases, the findings are stark. Gender inequality, as expressed in pay differences, is rampant across virtually every major. For example, even in one of the highest-earning majors for women (Chemical Engineering), women still make $20,000 less per year than men. The report also highlights some glaring racial and ethnic earnings gaps. For instance, African-Americans who graduate with a Finance major earn an average of $47,000 per year, which is less than Hispanics ($56,000) and Asians ($56,000) — and much less than Whites($70,000).

Source:

Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

URL:

http://cew.georgetown.edu/whatsitworth/

Date:

May 24, 2011

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Fine-tuning Finances for Women

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06/01/2011

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Emerging Leaders Trivia Night

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05/24/2011

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Nannerl Keohane: Realizing the Potential for Women's Leadership

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05/12/2011

Join Professor Nannerl Keohane on Thursday, May 12th at 1pm EST for an important discussion on how female and male undergraduates at Princeton approach their college years, the differences in how they define leadership, and in their overall experience.

A recent study from the Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women's Leadership makes specific suggestions on how to support young women on campuses, provide them real-life skill sets and make their existing leadership more "visible." Many of the patterns observed in the report are common to other co-ed campuses and have implications for how women advance in careers after graduation.

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The OpEd Project Webinar

Submitted by sbanerjee on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 5:37pm

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04/27/2011

Join us on Wednesday, April 27th at 2 PM EST, for a webinar presented by
The OpEd Project Founder and Director, Kate Orenstein.

THINKING BIGGER

What is the bigger picture, and how do you and your ideas fit into it? Your ability to see the bigger picture is what will make it accessible to you – and sometimes what will make it exist at all (a definition of thought leadership).

Building a Pipeline to Women’s Leadership

Female students have now surpassed their male peers in high school and college graduation rates. Yet across sectors, women’s representation in professional leadership roles has stalled at 15-17%. If women make up the majority of students earning Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees why are there so few women in top management positions? Further aggravating women’s uneven progress, the disparity is often most pronounced in the most lucrative fields, especially STEM, economics, and finance.

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Emerging Leaders Trivia Night 2.0

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03/29/2011

Join NCRW's Emerging Leaders Network for Trivia Night 2.0

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

7-9pm

The Dubliner (45 Stone Street)

Our first trivia night was such a big success that we decided to do it again! Join us for trivia starting at 7pm. Come early for networking!

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Building a Pipeline to Women’s Leadership

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 2:55pm

Female students have long surpassed their male peers in the rates at which they seek higher education. Yet across sectors, women’s representation in professional leadership roles has stalled at 15-17%. If women make up the majority of students earning Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees why are there so few women in top management positions? Further aggravating women’s uneven progress, the disparity is often most pronounced in the most lucrative fields, including STEM, economics and finance.

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