Gender Gap / Unequal access to ‘hot jobs’ says Catalyst

Women around the globe are blocked from advancing in their careers because of unequal access to high visibility jobs and international experience, according to a new report.

After graduate school, women start at lower level jobs than men and receive less pay, and the gender gap just gets wider as their careers progress, the study by non-profit group Catalyst showed.

“There are certain of those on-the-job experiences that really predict advancement, and they are high visibility projects, having mission-critical roles and getting international experience,” said Christine Silva, senior director of research at Catalyst and the lead author of the study.

“The main finding here is that women get fewer of all of these critical experiences than men do,” she added in an interview.

Catalyst’s findings are based on online surveys of 1,660 high potential alumni who graduated from business school between 1996 and 2007…

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via Unequal access to ‘hot jobs’ obstructs women’s careers: report – The Globe and Mail.