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Women urged to fill skills shortage

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:57:50 +0000

From the website www.webchats.tv What’s your next career step? Have you ever thought about becoming a space scientist? Or working at the cutting edge of technology and design, creating gadgets that will become high street favourites? Traditionally it would be men who would say yes and pursue these careers but women are being encouraged to demonstrate their skills and prove that equality can be universal across every job sector. Roles in the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) industries are no longer just jobs for the boys. Improved working environments and more flexible working hours means young women or those returning after motherhood have more opportunities and better working practices than ever before. But progress still needs to be made. In SET, women still make up only 18% of the workforce. This means that the UK is failing to make the most of the talents of over half the population despite the fact there is a skills shortage within SET. Its clear that change is needed. To tell us how this will be achieved are three women who have bucked the national trend and proved that women can be successful in these fields. They’ll be fielding your questions about how you can get involved and find the dream job that you might have thought out of your reach. And yes what it’s like to be a space scientist! Maggie Philbin, former Tomorrow’s World presenter, Maggie Aderin, Space Scientist and Annette Williams, Director of the UKRC join us live on Wednesday 28th November at …

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Made in Germany | Microsoft — Women for senior management

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:50:04 +0000

There are five female directors among the 13 members of Microsoft Germany’s executive board, quite an exception in the world of big business. The corporation actively recruits women, not least because they are a largely untapped source in its constant search for highly skilled employees. The services that make it a very popular employer — flexible working hours, opportunities for part-time employment, family services and in-house child care — are available to both men and women. Nonetheless Angelika Gifford thinks they can still be improved. Gifford is a manager, mother of a three-year-old son and mentor for management trainees at Microsoft. Marion Hütter met Gifford, who is also one of the organisers of a diversity workshop intended to improve the corporate culture.

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Productivity tools for Intelligent communications

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:47:06 +0000

In this fast-paced world, it is quite a daunting task to balance the high pressure work environment with family commitments and this is especially true for women. In this video, Dr. Ramanujan Kashi, Senior Research Scientist, Avaya India, will describe technology and solutions which addresses these challenges in providing an environment for flexible work hours, telecommuting, and help in aiding women to succeed in their work places. A few cases studies on how these tools help are also presented.

For more videos please visit: www.siliconindia.com/university

Duration : 0:6:38

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Toxic Testosterone Culture – Why women leave business -

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:50:14 +0000

http://www.globalchange.com Toxic testosterone culture. Glass ceiling, career promotion and career blockage. Gender inequality, gender discrimination and improving workplace diversity. College performance, employers, recruitment. War for talent. Why women are most of best talent at junior management, but poor representation at senior management. Incompetent men eliminate women from workplace — male culture, macho, sexist humour, non flexible working, no career breaks, no flexitime, no child care, no understanding of work-life balance and family issues including caring for elderly relatives as well as young children at home. Steps corporations can take to improve diversity, win war for talent, become employer of choice, improve staff morale, staff retention, motivation and workplace productivity. Female talent losses reduce competitive advantage in long term. Stress at work. Changing working practices, innovation and use of virtual working, virtual teams and creation of virtual organisations. Promotion of part-time work and flexible working hours. Career break allowances and gap years. Parenting leave. Video by keynote conference speaker Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist and author of 12 books on global trends including Futurewise and Building a Better Business. Women, female, workplace, diversity, gender inequality, glass ceiling, career, war for talent, leadership, motivation, career planning, virtual working, retention, productivity, flexible, work, business, male, culture
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Duration : 0:8:17

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Toxic Testosterone Culture – Why women leave business -

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:50:14 +0000

Duration : 0:8:17

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Lorely Burt on flexible working

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:55:55 +0000

Lorely Burt MP, the Liberal Democrats’ spokesperson on Women and Equality, talks about the party’s position on flexible working.
Website: http://www.libdems.org.uk

Duration : 0:2:3

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8. Boxing Secrets – Learn how to Shadow Box and be an agile, sharp, flexible, fast, accurate boxer.

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:59:11 +0000

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Dennythetrainer teaches you the secrets of shadow boxing like a champion. Dennythetrainer teaches you foot work, punching techniques and how you can improve posture, agility and flexibility whilst doing shadow boxing training. Shadow boxing can be used as a warm up exercise or a cool down exercise.
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Duration : 0:4:55

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admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:04:59 +0000

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Women and girls. Seeking individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit. All ages. Must be willing or unwilling to travel. Flexible work schedule. Written and verbal communication skills not required. Experience in economic hardship, social isolation and inequality a plus. Applicants should have a comprehensive understanding of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse. We offer awards, trips and a unique combination of verbal abuse, sexually transmitted diseases and captivity with no opportunity for career growth. No references needed. All shifts available. Inquire within.

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Music by Judy Hyman Remixed by Jeff044

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A Film by Jeffrey Hellman

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Duration : 0:2:1

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