tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31945839.post115453668573838716..comments2024-01-27T14:29:29.301-05:00Comments on Universal Jellyfish: Woman's Equality and Global ThinkingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31945839.post-1154890363761079502006-08-06T14:52:00.000-04:002006-08-06T14:52:00.000-04:00An article in the New York Times today (8.6.06) di...An article in the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/business/yourmoney/06women.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th" REL="nofollow">New York Times</A> today (8.6.06) discusses what it's like for women on Wall Street who have such a difficult time working while having children - because the jobs can be so demanding and time-consuming. While the article mentioned mothers using nannys - I didn't notice any mention that the fathers might do more in the area of child-raising. <BR/><BR/>At least women I know have been able to persue an intense career more easily while having children when the husband has been able to take over more of the child-raising role.<BR/><BR/>But anyway - it seems that Wall Street may be thinking about ways to keep women working or get them back - which was interesting.<BR/><BR/><I>...Women remain the minority sex on the Street and many young recruits say they have grown more circumspect about a career there.<BR/><BR/>The Street says it wants to change all of this, not simply because it is socially expedient but because the financial world needs a diverse work force to make money and court clients — especially when clients themselves are not homogeneous.<BR/><BR/>“You can’t build a great company without great people, and great people are not just white, straight men aged 25 to 40,” said Joe Gregory, president of Lehman Brothers. According to a study by Columbia University’s Center for Work-Life Balance, white males represent just 17 percent of the global talent pool of individuals with graduate education.<BR/><BR/>“The work force of tomorrow is at home,” said Patricia David, global head of diversity and talent management at Citigroup’s investment banking unit. “They are not old or retired. They are in their 40’s and 50’s.”<BR/><BR/>And like Ms. Stoeber, some of them want to return to the Street."</I>Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830195671645630057noreply@blogger.com