YOUR CAREER Robyn Crigger, CEO Compass Career Management Solutions–OI Partners Inc.
What Do Women Want? Women Have Come a Long Way
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omen have come a long way, Baby! Remember that expression?
Well, there is a lot of truth to that statement. When the mothers of Baby Boomers began working, the workplace was VERY different! Of course, all salaries were very small, and there weren’t the regulations looking out for “safety and health” of employees back then.
Employees today owe a LOT to their mothers and grandmothers. For years women weren’t even allowed to vote in elections. Some very strong women pioneers carved the way for a better life for us all.
Each generation has had
to deal with some struggle or hurdle. There was a time when most women stayed at
home and raised their children, as well as taking care of their homes.
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One political movement that impacted so many women was when we were encouraged in the 1960’s to “be all we could be” – encouraging women to have professional careers. That sounded quite “liberating”, though it could also be viewed that women were now competing with men in the workplace. The fact is there were some women doing the same work as men but for much less money. Not sure if women were asked “if this is that what women really wanted?”
Obviously, though women could be trained for jobs that men did, one fact is that men weren’t able to have children, therefore, women were still having the children, plus were expected to clean the house, wash laundry, grocery shop, etc. Looking back, I wonder how many women were aware that they would be committing to a career AND the other family obligations? Even today there is a portion of women who want
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