مشاوره شغلی برای زنان: افق های جدید / روش های گسترده

Although women make up nearly half of the workforce in the United States, the number of women who hold senior management positions in large U.S. firms continues to be disproportionately low. This fact raises concerns about individual fairness and equality of opportunity. Herein, we demonstrate that the use of strong mentoring programs holds great promise as a way to increase the number of women in senior management roles. An extensive study supports the mentoring program recommendation, as do examples of foreign firms which far more readily employ women in executive positions than do U.S. firms.

A well-mentored workplace can make it easier to recruit and retain successful and productive business women, who are now earning over half the professional and managerial degrees awarded per year and who comprise almost half the entire paid labor force. “Companies that have diversity and manage it properly make better decisions, produce better products, and retain key business advantages over more homogenous companies,” which leads to increased financial gain (Catalyst Inc., 2004). Gender diversified leadership is important to the bottom line of business. It is time to rethink mentoring and broaden its use both by companies and government entities.