Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to careers and jobs.
Why aren’t women enrolling in Canada’s MBA schools?
Canadian Business
The Façade of Post-Feminism
Our Executive-in-Residence Vanessa Iarocci reviews Smart Girls: Success, School, and the Myth of Post-Feminism, for Stanford Social Innovation Review
Who is minding the gap?
The Globe and Mail
Strategies for a revolution in careers for women
The Financial Times
How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume
Harvard Business Review
Hiring at professional services firms is highly skewed toward applicants from wealthy families. But this research uncovered a disturbing twist: coming from an advantaged social background helps only men.
Unintended consequences of diversity statements
Pro-diversity value statements impact the applications of racial minorities but do not protect these applicants from hiring bias
Social class and gender in professional firms
Higher-class women are seen as less committed than their male counterparts
Career-building short courses
Rotman’s Initiative for Women in Business offers executive education programs for women at all stages of their careers. The Initiative has been committed to strengthening the female talent pipeline since 2008. Together with award-winning faculty and corporate partners, they support the career development, decision-making and leadership skills of female professionals.
Four ways business can help women climb the career ladder
Sarah Kaplan is featured in the Irish Times talking about the importance of accountability for achieving gender equality (and not just offering implicit bias training)