Women in Business

Women, Children and the Challenges Debt Presents

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:38:25 GMT

Women and men alike are dealing with financial stress, threats of home foreclosure, medical debt and loss of income from layoffs or divorce. Contributing to the collective financial stress on Americans is the need for extra help dealing with...

A New Obstacle for Professional Women: The Glass Escalator

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:37:33 GMT

A new analysis by the New York Times today shows that more men are entering female-dominated professions like teaching and nursing, in an effort to achieve job stability, financial security and more time for family life. This employment shift has...

Women's Pay is 80 Cents To Every Dollar Paid to Men In Florida, New Report Says

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:15:56 GMT

Working women in Florida are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to men, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Partnership for Women & Families. In Florida, the median pay for a woman working full time is $32,762 per year, while...

Women CFOs Earn $215,000 Less

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:51:41 GMT

Hopes for bridging the gender gap in compensation for finance executives are still not close to being realized, at least in the profession’s top echelon. A comprehensive study of CFO pay at public companies in 2011 reports that male...

Are Women Better Leaders than Men?

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:24:11 GMT

The majority of business leaders are men, but a survey of more than 7,000 managers and executives suggests that women bosses get better overall ratings, according to Harvard Business Review . The survey was conducted in 2011 by Zenger...

Are Women Better Leaders Than Men?

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:50:33 GMT

Celebrating Women in Business

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:17:58 GMT

Florida Women’s Business Center Helps Budding Women Entrepreneurs

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:00:26 GMT

Unhappy teaching English as a second language for a local foreign language school, Nicole Barnard attended a “Building a Website” workshop at the Florida Women’s Business Center and received one-on-one business counseling. Then...

5 Things Women Should Never Say When Negotiating

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:02:37 GMT

Call me naive, but I find it shocking that in the 21st century, women still make less than men. The facts are sobering: The average woman makes about 77 percent of a man's salary in the same position. Asking for what you want—and...