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 JOBS, CAREER ADVICE, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION MAGAZINE FOR WOMEN Whether you're a jobseeker, woman business owner, college student seeking career advice or simply interested in exploring career opportunities for women, Women in Business and Industry's website is committed to serving your needs. Through our diversity and inclusion partnership with CareerBuilder.com – the leader in online job search, resume posting, online recruitment and job posting boards – finding the right job is easier than ever!  Women in Business and Industry is dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in employment and education. Our purpose is to connect women with companies and institutions that take diversity and inclusion seriously and understand that a diverse workforce built by providing equal opportunity is the best way to succeed. Companies seeking to fulfill Title 41, EEO Compliance have found our service invaluable as a tool to manage their equal opportunity recruitment programs. 
 WOMEN REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE U.S. WORKFORCE • Of the 120 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 71 million, or 59.3%, were labor force participants—working or looking for work. • Women comprised 46% of the total U.S. labor force and are projected to account for 47% of the labor force in 2016. • A record 68 million women were employed in the U.S.--75% of employed women worked on full-time jobs, while 25% worked on a part-time basis. • The largest percentage of employed women (39%) worked in management, professional, and related occupations; 34% worked in sales and office occupations; 20% in service occupations; 6% in production, transportation, and material moving occupations; and 1% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.  MORE FACTS ABOUT WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE Women accounted for 51% of all workers in the high-paying management, professional, and related occupations. They outnumbered men in such occupations as financial managers; human resource managers; education administrators; medical and health services managers; accountants and auditors; budget analysts; property, real estate, and social and community association managers; preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers; physical therapists; and registered nurses.  DID YOU KNOW? The ten occupations with the highest median weekly earnings among women who were full-time wage and salary workers were-- • Pharmacists, $1,603; • Chief executives, $1,536; • Lawyers, $1,381; • Computer and information systems managers, $1,363; • Computer software engineers, $1,318; • Psychologists, $1,152 • Physical therapists, $1,096; • Management analysts, $1083; • Computer programmers, $1074; and • Human resource managers, $1073  |
UPCOMING DIVERSITY CAREER FAIRS Los Angeles, CA May 5, 2009 L.A. Convention Center 1201 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 Tampa, FL May 20, 2009 Doubletree Tampa 4500 West Cypress Street Tampa, FL 33607 |
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