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On the heels of the "man-cession" is the "he-covery," two neologisms similar in that they both pertain to men's economic prospects during the last few years and they're both irritating as hell. Despite the fact that for every three new jobs in 2011, two went to men, it now looks like women and men are back to being hired for jobs at roughly the same rate. So it's fair to assume that of the twelve currently available jobs, six will go to women. More »
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A valley in Palmira, Colombia, which was once war-torn and filled with little economic opportunity has been transformed by two women, Patricia Restrepo and her daughter Vanessa. Ten years ago, the women started a butterfly export business called Alas de Colombia after they noticed that there was a growing demand for butterflies at places like nature museums. More »
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Martha and Lorena Reyes had worked at the Hyatt Hotel in Santa Clara, CA for a combined total of over 30 years. But after they complained about "humiliating" photos posted of them, they were both fired. Now they're taking action. More »
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A British hospital is conducting an internal investigation after a job ad on its website concluded with the line, "Usual rubbish about equal opportunities employer etc." The hospital was quick to state that it does not actually consider equal employment opportunity to be "rubbish": More »
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A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests one mechanism by which jobs become gender-segregated: The way they're advertised, and the way men and women tend to respond differently to those advertisements. More »
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Freight company CEO and President Judy McReynolds has been a lot of things: A teenage gymnast, an engineering student, a tax accountant, and a wife and mother. But she's never been someone who made gender an issue. That's nice! More »
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Or, rather, because her boss couldn't afford to keep her on. But, as said boss rationalized it, "Now that you have a husband, he can take care of you." More »
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Which is great news! If you live in a city, anyhow. And are under 30. And don't have kids. And... More »
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A survey found that only 45% of Americans are happy with their jobs, the lowest level in 22 years. Reasons include stagnating salaries, increasing health insurance premiums, and being forced to wear 37 pieces of flair. [AP, via CBS] More »
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Yesterday, the Guardian published a piece on the fates of asylum seekers in these tough economic times. Forbidden from working or otherwise supplementing their meager allowance from the state, 31,500 people are mired in poverty, stuck in limbo. More »
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A story in today's Times profiles one of those dudes who takes a job a week for a year in hopes of writing one of those "I spent a year doing BLANK and all I got was a noticeably lower advance than the last guy who pitched a book about spending a year doing BLANK" memoirs. It's filled with quotes on how young people today have so many options, how no one feels any loyalty to their jobs anymore, how we all have a "the only person I work for is myself" mentality. (Memo to people still giving quotes like that to newspapers: FUCK YOURSELF.) Okay, back to you guys. So, you're probably at work now. And I take it you don't love your job. But it pays the bills, offers insurance, whatever, right? Or maybe it doesn't, even? Okay, if something awesome came along, not matter how long you've been doing that job, you'd probably take it, right? I asked the Jezebels, who have had something like 34 post-college staff jobs among them. More »
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