Check this link out...it talks about some history of women in jobs over the years...
http://www.5min.com/Video/Small-Business-Spotlight---Celebrating-Women-In-History-132892585
Saturday, June 26, 2010
web site just about "women on business"
This web site talks a lot about women and business. Here are just a few things they talked about during women's month...
-Women are making their presence known in the workforce, not just as employees but leaders as well. Women business owners employ 13 million people and account for 40% of all privately held firms. There are also 1.9 million firms that are majority-owned by women of color in the U.S. These firms grew faster than all privately held firms between 2002 and 2008.
-So, as we reflect on the history of women in the workforce this coming month, there is no doubt that we have come a long way. For example this article from 1943 on hiring women, written for male supervisors of women during World War II, includes “tips on getting more efficiency out of women employees.” As you can see, things have clearly changed. Take some time in March to remember the women who have worked so hard to make it possible for women in business to succeed today, and how we are helping the women business owners of the future!
All this information comes to you by: http://www.womenonbusiness.com/womens-history-month/
-Women are making their presence known in the workforce, not just as employees but leaders as well. Women business owners employ 13 million people and account for 40% of all privately held firms. There are also 1.9 million firms that are majority-owned by women of color in the U.S. These firms grew faster than all privately held firms between 2002 and 2008.
-So, as we reflect on the history of women in the workforce this coming month, there is no doubt that we have come a long way. For example this article from 1943 on hiring women, written for male supervisors of women during World War II, includes “tips on getting more efficiency out of women employees.” As you can see, things have clearly changed. Take some time in March to remember the women who have worked so hard to make it possible for women in business to succeed today, and how we are helping the women business owners of the future!
All this information comes to you by: http://www.womenonbusiness.com/womens-history-month/
Women on Top
- According to Forbes 2010 most powerful women list, several of our favorite companies have women as their CEO’s.
- In January, President Obama signed the historic Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which aims to guarantee equal compensation for men and women.
- Yet women still don't enjoy the same rewards for their managerial performance as men.
- This year, America's top-paid female CEOs earned, on average, $3.9 million. Compare this to the men, who raked in an average of $11.9 million.
- In January, President Obama signed the historic Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which aims to guarantee equal compensation for men and women.
- Yet women still don't enjoy the same rewards for their managerial performance as men.
- This year, America's top-paid female CEOs earned, on average, $3.9 million. Compare this to the men, who raked in an average of $11.9 million.
No. 1 Andrea Jung
Avon Products Age: 51
Tenure as chief: 10 years
Total compensation: $11.8 million
An icon among female CEOs, Jung (No. 25 on our Power Women list) has kept Avon fresh and relevant with new packaging and an emphasis on skin care. Economic weakness has spurred more women to form Avon franchises.
No. 2 Carol Meyrowitz
TJX Age: 56
Tenure as chief: three years
Total compensation: $11.1 million (No. 24 on our Power Women list) is skillfully shepherding the company that owns Marshalls and T.J. Maxx.
Tenure as chief: three years
Total compensation: $11.1 million (No. 24 on our Power Women list) is skillfully shepherding the company that owns Marshalls and T.J. Maxx.
No. 3 Indra Nooyi
PepsiCo
Age: 54
Tenure as chief: three years
Total compensation: $9.4 million
The Indian native (No. 3 on our Power Women list) orchestrated a huge acquisition this year that greatly enhanced Pepsi's position in the beverage market by purchasing Pepsi Bottling Co.
PepsiCo
Age: 54
Tenure as chief: three years
Total compensation: $9.4 million
The Indian native (No. 3 on our Power Women list) orchestrated a huge acquisition this year that greatly enhanced Pepsi's position in the beverage market by purchasing Pepsi Bottling Co.
Rosemary Roberts Cloud may not be a CEO, but she is Fire Chief for the City of East Point, Georgia, and the first African American Female Fire Chief in the United States. In her position, she is responsible for managing four fire stations and 100 employees, in a city with 40,000 residents.
Elizabeth Blackburn: biological researcher at UCSF. Awarded 2009 Nobel prize in Medicine.
female -vs- male jobs
The 10 Most Female Occupations
| Occupation |
| Logging workers |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
| Cement masons, concrete finishers and terrazzo workers |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
| Tool and die makers |
| Roofers |
| Heavy vehicle/mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics |
| Home appliance repairers |
| Crane and tower operators |
The 10 Most Male Occupations
| Occupation |
| Logging workers |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
| Cement masons, concrete finishers and terrazzo workers |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
| Tool and die makers |
| Roofers |
| Heavy vehicle/mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics |
| Home appliance repairers |
| Crane and tower operators |
Male Dominated Jobs
-Detectives
-Automobile mechanics
-Firefighters and Police
-Airplane pilots
-Civil Engineers
-Architects
-Chefs
-Truck drivers
-Computer & Office machine repairs
-Executives & CEO
Police, FireFighters, Military and Construction..
Women in policing
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_officer
Who we are: Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention and detection of crime, and the maintenance of public order. Police officers may be sworn to an oath, and have the power to arrest people and detain them for a limited time, along with other duties and powers.
Updated 2003 Hiring & Retaining More Women: The Advantages to Law Enforcement Agencies
Overview of research providing compelling evidence that increasing the number of female officers improves police response to violence against women and reduces police use of excessive force.
*www.lasd.org
Current Situation: Effective July 10, 2008 LASD has established a temporary female deputy sheriff hiring goal of 20.11%
___________________________________________________________________
* http://www.laalmanac.com/crime/cr73b.htm
LAPD had the Nation’s First Police Woman
In 1909,
* http://www.joinlapd.com
| As A Woman |
Women Firefighters
Who we are: Firefighters, often colloquially called firemen, are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations
CURRENT EVENT
Firefighter Awarded 6.2 Millions Dollars
A jury has awarded $6.2 million in compensatory damages to a
If you were a city firefighter in the 1960's, your job usually consisted mostly of taking care of the fire engines and the station and, when there was a fire, going to it and putting it out. Your protective gear -- probably a canvas or rubber coat, thigh-length boots, and a heavy leather helmet with no eye protection concern for the health and fitness of firefighters was minimal.By the 2000's, almost all of this had changed. Firefighters in most fire departments now take part in public education, fire inspections, and other forms of community outreach.
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Women in Construction
*http://www.nawic.org
Who we are: Women in construction are actively engaged in the various phases of the construction industry.
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) originally began as Women in Construction of Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1953 by 16 women working in the construction industry. Knowing that women represented only a small fraction of the construction industry, the founders organized NAWIC to create a support network. Women in Construction of Fort Worth was so successful that it gained its national charter in 1955 and became the National Association of Women in Construction.
Women in the Military
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_military_by_country#United_States
Today, women can serve on American combat ships, including in command roles. There is a plan to allow women to serve on submarines.Although Army regulations bar women from infantry assignments, some females are detailed to accompany male infantry units to handle searches of Iraqi women.
The case United States v. Virginia, in which the Supreme Court ordered that the Virginia Military Institute allow women to register as cadets, gave women soldiers a weapon against laws which (quoting J. Ruth Bader Ginsburg) “[deny] to women, simply because they are women, full citizenship stature—equal opportunity to aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society.”
In Afghanistan, Monica Lin Brown, was presented the Silver Star for shielding wounded soldiers with her body, and then treating life-threatening injuries.As of November 2008, the U.S. military has only one woman, Ann E. Dunwoody, with the rank of four-star general.
Pictures of Women in Male Jobs
These are just a view pictures of Women doing what some people think is men's work...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Stats and Facts
Statistics and Facts:
In this post you will find a bunch of statistics about women in male jobs and some fun facts that you might not have known. Go ahead, take a look. It was very interesting to me to find such big percentages and changes in recent years. Women are taking big steps into the men’s world of work!
I first explore the United States government web site and I thought it gave me some great numbers to start off this post. According to the government…
- Many occupations once dominated by men have seen a great increase in numbers of women workers since 1983, according to figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
- Other traditionally male-dominated occupations seeing increases in female workers included:
- • Police detectives and supervisors -- 360 percent increase
- • Millwrights -- 315 percent increase
- • Civil Engineers -- 196 percent increase
- • Automobile mechanics -- 177 percent increase
- • Firefighting occupations -- 174 percent increase
- • Airplane pilots and navigators -- 167 percent increase
You can read more about these statistics at: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/censusandstatistics/a/menwomenjobs.ht
Then I wanted to try and find where women are taking over men’s positions the most and found out the top 10 so called “white collar” jobs. They are…
1. Veterinarians (female vets have increased from less than 2 percent to 43 percent)
2. Top public administrators (37 percent are now women, compared to 4 percent in 1989)
3. Math & science teachers (increased 6-fold)
4. Chemistry teachers (increased 4-fold)
5. Industrial engineers (22 percent are now women, compared to 6 percent in 1989)
6. Dentists (increased 4-fold)
7. Car salespeople (increased 3-fold)
8. Messengers (increased 3-fold)
9. Physicians assistants (increased from 20 percent to 58 percent)
10. Members of the clergy (6 percent of clergy members were women in 1989 compared to 18 percent today). Of the 497 occupations tracked by the government, women have increased their representation in 106 job categories.
THIS IS GREAT!!! Women are stepping it up and the United States is starting to see that women can do the same jobs as men if not the same maybe even better. I found all this information at: http://www.roadandtravel.com/businessandcareer/careers/womenbreak.htm
It’s funny….well not really… but women are taking over and have progressed majorly in the past years. Just take a look at some of these facts and statistics!
- Of the 122 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 72 million or 59.2 percent, were labor force participants—working or looking for work.
- Women Comprised 46.8 percent of the total U.S. labor force and are projected to account for 46.9 percent of labor force in 2018.
- Women are projected to account for 51.2 percent of the increased total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018
- 66 million women were employed in the U.S. – 74 percent of those worked on full time jobs with 26 percent being part time.]
- The largest percentage of employed women (40 percent) worked in management, professional, and related occupations, 32 percent worked in sales and office occupations, 21 percent in services ooccupations, 5 percent in production, transportation, and material moving occupatioins and 1 percent in natural resources, construction and maintenance occupations.
- The 20 most prevalent occupations for employed women in 2009 were—
1. Secretaries and administrative assistants, 3,074,000
2. Registered nurses, 2,612,000
3. Elementary and middle school teachers, 2,343,000
4. Cashiers, 2,273,000
5. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides, 1,770,000
6. Retail salespersons, 1,650,000
7. First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers, 1,459,000
8. Waiters and waitresses, 1,434,000
9. Maids and housekeeping cleaners, 1,282,000
10. Customer service representatives, 1,263,000
11. Child care workers, 1,228,000
12. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, 1,205,000
13. Receptionists and information clerks, 1,168,000
14. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers, 1,163,000
15. Managers, all other, 1,106,000
16. Accountants and auditors, 1,084,000
17. Teacher assistants, 921,000
18. Cooks, 831,000
19. Office clerks, general 821,000
20. Personal and home care aides, 789,000
- The unemployment rate for all women was 8.1 percent and 10.3 percent for men in 2009. For Asian women it was 6.6 percent; white women, 7.3 percent; Hispanic women, 11.5 percent; and black women, 12.4 percent.
- The median weekly earnings of women who were full-time wage and salary workers was $657, or 80 percent of men’s $819. When comparing the median weekly earnings of persons aged 16 to 24, young women earned 93 percent of what young men earned ($424 and $458, respectively).
- The 20 occupations with the highest median weekly earnings among women who were full-time wage and salary workers in 2009 were--
1. Pharmacists, $1,475
2. Lawyers, $1,449
3. Computer and information systems managers, $1,411
4. Computer software Chief executives, $1,553
5. Engineers, $1,311
6. Physicians and surgeons, $1,228
7. Computer programmers, $1,182
8. Management analysts, $1,177
9. Computer scientists and systems analysts, $1,167
10. Occupational therapists, $1,155
11. Speech-language pathologists, $1,148
12. General and operations managers, $1,110
13. Education administrators, $1,093
14. Psychologists, $1,091
15. Personal financial advisors, $1,088
16. Human resources managers, $1,072
17. Marketing sales managers, $1,052
18. Managers, all other, $1,037
19. Registered nurses, $1,035
20. Network systems and data communications analysts, $1,032
- Women accounted for 51 percent of all workers in the high-paying management, professional, and related occupations. Here is just a sample of these occupations where women were the larger percentage of those employed:
Occupation Percent Female
Registered nurses.................................................. 92.0 percent
Meeting and convention planners.................. 83.3
Elementary and middle school teachers............ 81.9
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 73.8
Medical and health services managers............. 69.5
Social and community service managers........... 69.4
Psychologists.......................................... 68.8
Other business operations specialists.............. 68.4
Human resources managers......................... 66.8
Financial specialists, all other...................... 66.6
Tax preparers...................................... 65.9
Insurance underwriters............................. 62.8
Education administrators........................... 62.6
Accountants and auditors........................ 61.8
Veterinarians......................................... 61.2
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners,
and investigators.................................. 60.6
Budget analysts...................................... 59.3
Medical scientists.................................... 56.9
Advertising and promotions managers........... 56.5
Financial managers................................. 54.7
- Of persons aged 25 years and older, 29 percent of women and 30 percent of men had attained a bachelor’s degree or higher; 31 percent of women and men had completed only high school, no college.
- The higher a person’s educational attainment, the more likely they will be a labor force participant (working or looking for work) and less likely to be unemployed.
- For women age 25 and over with less than a high school diploma, 34 percent were labor force participants; high school diploma, no college, 53 percent; some college, but no degree, 62 percent; associate degree, 72 percent; and bachelor’s degree or higher, 73 percent.
- For women age 25 and over with less than a high school diploma, their unemployment rate was 14.2 percent; high school diploma, no college, 8.0 percent; some college, but no degree, 8.0 percent; associate degree, 5.9 percent; and bachelor’s degree or higher, 4.5 percent.
That was a lot of information to take in, but don't worry guys, women don't bite!!!
In this post you will find a bunch of statistics about women in male jobs and some fun facts that you might not have known. Go ahead, take a look. It was very interesting to me to find such big percentages and changes in recent years. Women are taking big steps into the men’s world of work!
I first explore the United States government web site and I thought it gave me some great numbers to start off this post. According to the government…
- Many occupations once dominated by men have seen a great increase in numbers of women workers since 1983, according to figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
- Other traditionally male-dominated occupations seeing increases in female workers included:
- • Police detectives and supervisors -- 360 percent increase
- • Millwrights -- 315 percent increase
- • Civil Engineers -- 196 percent increase
- • Automobile mechanics -- 177 percent increase
- • Firefighting occupations -- 174 percent increase
- • Airplane pilots and navigators -- 167 percent increase
You can read more about these statistics at: http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/censusandstatistics/a/menwomenjobs.ht
Then I wanted to try and find where women are taking over men’s positions the most and found out the top 10 so called “white collar” jobs. They are…
1. Veterinarians (female vets have increased from less than 2 percent to 43 percent)
2. Top public administrators (37 percent are now women, compared to 4 percent in 1989)
3. Math & science teachers (increased 6-fold)
4. Chemistry teachers (increased 4-fold)
5. Industrial engineers (22 percent are now women, compared to 6 percent in 1989)
6. Dentists (increased 4-fold)
7. Car salespeople (increased 3-fold)
8. Messengers (increased 3-fold)
9. Physicians assistants (increased from 20 percent to 58 percent)
10. Members of the clergy (6 percent of clergy members were women in 1989 compared to 18 percent today). Of the 497 occupations tracked by the government, women have increased their representation in 106 job categories.
THIS IS GREAT!!! Women are stepping it up and the United States is starting to see that women can do the same jobs as men if not the same maybe even better. I found all this information at: http://www.roadandtravel.com/businessandcareer/careers/womenbreak.htm
It’s funny….well not really… but women are taking over and have progressed majorly in the past years. Just take a look at some of these facts and statistics!
- Of the 122 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 72 million or 59.2 percent, were labor force participants—working or looking for work.
- Women Comprised 46.8 percent of the total U.S. labor force and are projected to account for 46.9 percent of labor force in 2018.
- Women are projected to account for 51.2 percent of the increased total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018
- 66 million women were employed in the U.S. – 74 percent of those worked on full time jobs with 26 percent being part time.]
- The largest percentage of employed women (40 percent) worked in management, professional, and related occupations, 32 percent worked in sales and office occupations, 21 percent in services ooccupations, 5 percent in production, transportation, and material moving occupatioins and 1 percent in natural resources, construction and maintenance occupations.
- The 20 most prevalent occupations for employed women in 2009 were—
1. Secretaries and administrative assistants, 3,074,000
2. Registered nurses, 2,612,000
3. Elementary and middle school teachers, 2,343,000
4. Cashiers, 2,273,000
5. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides, 1,770,000
6. Retail salespersons, 1,650,000
7. First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers, 1,459,000
8. Waiters and waitresses, 1,434,000
9. Maids and housekeeping cleaners, 1,282,000
10. Customer service representatives, 1,263,000
11. Child care workers, 1,228,000
12. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, 1,205,000
13. Receptionists and information clerks, 1,168,000
14. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers, 1,163,000
15. Managers, all other, 1,106,000
16. Accountants and auditors, 1,084,000
17. Teacher assistants, 921,000
18. Cooks, 831,000
19. Office clerks, general 821,000
20. Personal and home care aides, 789,000
- The unemployment rate for all women was 8.1 percent and 10.3 percent for men in 2009. For Asian women it was 6.6 percent; white women, 7.3 percent; Hispanic women, 11.5 percent; and black women, 12.4 percent.
- The median weekly earnings of women who were full-time wage and salary workers was $657, or 80 percent of men’s $819. When comparing the median weekly earnings of persons aged 16 to 24, young women earned 93 percent of what young men earned ($424 and $458, respectively).
- The 20 occupations with the highest median weekly earnings among women who were full-time wage and salary workers in 2009 were--
1. Pharmacists, $1,475
2. Lawyers, $1,449
3. Computer and information systems managers, $1,411
4. Computer software Chief executives, $1,553
5. Engineers, $1,311
6. Physicians and surgeons, $1,228
7. Computer programmers, $1,182
8. Management analysts, $1,177
9. Computer scientists and systems analysts, $1,167
10. Occupational therapists, $1,155
11. Speech-language pathologists, $1,148
12. General and operations managers, $1,110
13. Education administrators, $1,093
14. Psychologists, $1,091
15. Personal financial advisors, $1,088
16. Human resources managers, $1,072
17. Marketing sales managers, $1,052
18. Managers, all other, $1,037
19. Registered nurses, $1,035
20. Network systems and data communications analysts, $1,032
- Women accounted for 51 percent of all workers in the high-paying management, professional, and related occupations. Here is just a sample of these occupations where women were the larger percentage of those employed:
Occupation Percent Female
Registered nurses.................................................. 92.0 percent
Meeting and convention planners.................. 83.3
Elementary and middle school teachers............ 81.9
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 73.8
Medical and health services managers............. 69.5
Social and community service managers........... 69.4
Psychologists.......................................... 68.8
Other business operations specialists.............. 68.4
Human resources managers......................... 66.8
Financial specialists, all other...................... 66.6
Tax preparers...................................... 65.9
Insurance underwriters............................. 62.8
Education administrators........................... 62.6
Accountants and auditors........................ 61.8
Veterinarians......................................... 61.2
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners,
and investigators.................................. 60.6
Budget analysts...................................... 59.3
Medical scientists.................................... 56.9
Advertising and promotions managers........... 56.5
Financial managers................................. 54.7
- Of persons aged 25 years and older, 29 percent of women and 30 percent of men had attained a bachelor’s degree or higher; 31 percent of women and men had completed only high school, no college.
- The higher a person’s educational attainment, the more likely they will be a labor force participant (working or looking for work) and less likely to be unemployed.
- For women age 25 and over with less than a high school diploma, 34 percent were labor force participants; high school diploma, no college, 53 percent; some college, but no degree, 62 percent; associate degree, 72 percent; and bachelor’s degree or higher, 73 percent.
- For women age 25 and over with less than a high school diploma, their unemployment rate was 14.2 percent; high school diploma, no college, 8.0 percent; some college, but no degree, 8.0 percent; associate degree, 5.9 percent; and bachelor’s degree or higher, 4.5 percent.
That was a lot of information to take in, but don't worry guys, women don't bite!!!
It was all found at: http://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/main.htm
Please feel free to read more on the topic. These are just some statistics and facts about women in male jobs!
Please feel free to read more on the topic. These are just some statistics and facts about women in male jobs!
Thanks! Danyale
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