By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Do you feel undervalued at work or not valued at all? If you feel like your work goes unrecognized and your ideas are often neglected, it can be demoralizing, defeating and frustrating. As human beings, we all want to be patted on the back for hard work — and, moreover,…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Are you wondering about what types of careers are best for you, based on your Enneagram test results? If you’re a Type 9, these are the best Enneagram type 9 careers (and the worst!). What is an Enneagram personality type? First things first, Enneagram tests are similar to the classic…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss While June celebrates Pride Month, many companies offer benefits that support the LGBTQ+ community all year round (as they should!). The positive impact these benefits make extends outside of the LGBTQ+ community, as inclusive policies are appealing to all workers. One 2017 Deloitte study suggests that 80 percent of respondents said they look for employers…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss While women make up over 70 percent of the healthcare workforce, they’re significantly underrepresented in senior leadership positions. In fact, according to a report by consulting firm Oliver Wyman, just 30 percent of C-suite members and a meager 13 percent of CEOs in the healthcare industry are women. That’s largely…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss It’s no surprise that, regardless of the industry, diversity is good for business. Despite that common knowledge, however, women only make up 30 percent of scientists. With almost four decades of research published between 1980 and 2016 in the fields of biomedical research, clinical medicine and public health, a team…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Women have made serious strides leading up to 2019. Thanks to the “Year of the Woman,” when more women than ever ran for political office in 2018, 2019 is set up for more successes. But, despite the promising progress that’s been made thus far, there’s still significant work to be…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Jaime Sloan was on pace to set her own personal record in the 70.3-mile Ironman 70.3 in Tempe, Arizona, on Oct. 21, which is why she decided to pump some breastmilk before reaching the finish line. The 34-year-old was tasked with swimming 1.2 miles, biking for 56 miles and running…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss The 2018 midterm elections ensured that the House is now far closer to equality than it’s ever been before. A record number of women overall were running for office, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, and a record one-third of the candidates running for…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Starbucks often makes the headlines for its diversity and retention efforts — like the time the company shut down for racial bias training; and the time it announced a potential program that would allow some employees to spend half of their work week at a local nonprofit; and the time…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Though legislation may not stop critics from shaming nursing mothers, women can finally legally breastfeed in public in all 50 states. For years, both Utah and Idaho did not have laws in place to protect breastfeeding mothers who needed to feed their babies in public spaces, but new legislation in…
By AnnaMarie Houlis for Fairygodboss In her book, Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gives instructions for raising a feminist daughter — but seldom do we talk about raising feminist sons. Rather, we teach our sons that big boys don’t cry and to be aggressive in the pursuit of their goals —…
By Annamarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Some women are childless by circumstance, but evermore are childless by choice. And recent reports indicate that this trend shows no sign of reversing; rather the number of women without children is anticipated to rise. Just nine percent of women born in 1946 had no children, whereas to 17 percent for women…
By Annamarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Chris Mau went viral when he posted a Facebook status about having to change his daughter on dirty bathroom floors on Facebook due to a lack of baby-changing stations in men’s rooms. His post has received more than 63,000 likes and nearly 145,000 shares thus far because it resonates with so many dads and sits well with so many moms….
By Annamarie Houlis for Fairygodboss Women have infinite reasons to be proud. For starters, around 57 percent of the U.S. workforce is female, and 70 percent of women in the workforce also have children under 18 at home, as well. Even before women started entering the workforce in droves, they’ve always worked playing valuable roles in the pre-industrial market economy…
