All right, I’m a man writing about employment in information technology as well as employment in the marketing and creative fields. But I am aware that whatever I read about, learn about, or experience in the world of job hunting, proves to be tougher for women. It’s more difficult for women to find work and when they do, they still earn less than men doing the same job.
Laura DiDio of E-Commerce Times advises women in her article “Breaking Out of the Pink Ghetto” to “get serious about networking.” She says the objective for women should be to “make networking an integral part of their daily routines, formalize their efforts and set specific goals.”
That’s pretty much what most of us, men and women, understand about networking. But women need to understand that networking the same way men network may not be good enough. Read the rest of this entry »
