Cities Where Women Earn More Than Men

Cities Where Women Earn More Than Men

Median Wages for Women vs. Male Peers

Metro Area    Wage Ratio   
Atlanta, GA 121%
Memphis, TN-AR-MS 119%
New York City-Northeastern NJ 117%
Sacramento, CA 116%
San Diego, CA 115%
Miami-Hialeah, FL 114%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 114%
Raleigh-Durham, NC 114%
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 112%
Phoenix, AZ 112%
Richmond-Petersburg, VA 112%
San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA 111%
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 111%
Oklahoma City, OK 110%
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 109%
Salt Lake City, UT 109%
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 108%
St. Louis, MO-IL 108%
Kansas City, MO-KS 108%
Columbus, OH 107%
Washington, DC-MD-VA 106%
San Antonio, TX 106%
Milwaukee, WI 106%
Jacksonville, FL 106%
San Jose, CA 105%
Houston-Brazoria, TX 104%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 104%
Portland, OR-WA 104%
Cleveland, OH 104%
Orlando, FL 104%
Las Vegas, NV 104%
Austin, TX 104%
Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, MA-RI 104%
Nashville, TN 104%
Louisville, KY-IN 104%
Birmingham, AL 104%
Chicago, IL 103%
Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News, VA 102%
Philadelphia, PA-NJ 101%
Boston, MA-NH 100%
Detroit, MI 100%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 100%
Baltimore, MD 100%
Denver-Boulder, CO 100%
Pittsburgh, PA 100%
Indianapolis, IN 100%
Hartford-Bristol-Middleton-New Britain, CT 100%
Seattle-Everett, WA 96%
New Orleans, LA 93%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 92%

 

via blogs.wsj.com

Free Education

If you are thinking of changing careers but don’t think you have enough training or education  . . .  in my book How to Reinvent Your Career, you will be able to find some suggestions about how to learn things for free.
 
One of my favorite new ways to learn things is through iTunes’ program called iTunes U (the U stands for university). Some very well respected universities participate in iTunes U, and offer many free video downloads that you can access to learn about almost anything. Even if you aren’t considering changing jobs, I highly recommend checking out their free lectures.

You can also learn a lot on iTunes through their podcasts, which are also free. A podcast is a recorded audio program that you download onto your computer, iPod or MP3 device. There are excellent podcasts on just about any topic you can imagine.

For a list of some great free educational sites, check out the following:

1.    iTunes U: http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ – iTunes have their university courses as well as regular podcasts available. Be sure to check out all of the free things iTunes has to offer.

2.    ‘Stuff you should know’ podcast  (the hosts Josh and Chuck are great!): http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm

3.     MIT Open Courseware: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

4.     Computer training: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=140

5.      How to use APA for writing papers: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

6.      Source for a lot of educational videos that help you to be on the cutting edge: http://wimp.com/

7.      Grammar guide: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

8.      Online tutorials: http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/ed4you.html#Online Tutorial

9.      Source for many educational training videos: http://websearch.about.com/od/imagesearch/a/education_video.htm

10.    Career training resource: http://freecareertraining.org/

Changing Jobs – Be Sure You Have the Right Skills

It’s important to look at how things have changed since you last made a career move, and decide whether you’ve kept up with the changes around you. Are you lacking some important skills? I recommend assessing your skills inventory and deciding whether you need to get some training in some of the following areas:
  1. Computer use
  2. Networking
  3. Interview performance
  4. Job Hunting
  5. Communication
  6. Analytical research
  7. Adaptability
  8. Diversity awareness
  9. Leadership
  10. Planning/goal setting
  11. Problem solving
  12. Teamwork
  13. Multi-tasking
  14. People skills
  15. Self-reliance

 Remember that these are all important skills that employers are going to be looking for in prospective employees. Remember to highlight your abilities in each of these areas when writing your résumé.

Work at Home – Advice from Dani Babb

Dr. Danielle Babb (The Babb Group) has some great information she shares about working online. She was on my doctoral committee and was wonderful. I read all of her books. Here is an interview where she gives some advice for working at home (good for stay at home moms) in the online environment.
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Top 10 Ways in Which Social Media Can Get You Fired!

According to Proofpoint, an Internet security firm, of companies with 1,000 or more employees, 17 percent report having issues with employees’ use of social media. Furthermore, 8 percent of those companies report having actually dismissed someone for their behavior on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. Some other interesting findings from the study:

  • 15 percent have disciplined an employee for violating multimedia sharing / posting policies
  • 13 percent of US companies investigated an exposure event involving mobile or Web-based short message services
  • 17 percent disciplined an employee for violating blog or message board policies

So, how do you avoid getting fired when using social media? What are the things which will, most probably, get you fired? Here we go with another Thoughtpick fun-fact list with a point:

via blog.thoughtpick.com

I have been doing a lot of research on social networking lately. This article does a nice job of pointing out the things you should be concerned about in your present job. However, remember these rules apply if you are looking for a new job as well. Be careful what you put on your social media sites, it could keep you from getting a job.