Off-Ramps and On-Ramps
Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success
You have likely seen the considerable attention the press has given to the notion that large numbers of highly-qualified women are opting out of mainstream careers. The recent coverage is spurred by a new research study published in this month's Harvard Business Review. The research was co-funded by Ernst & Young LLP, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, all members of the Hidden Brain Drain Task Force, a private sector initiative that is investigating this phenomenon. Now you can learn more about it from the people who can provide an inside look: The co-authors of the report, Ernst & Young's Carolyn Buck Luce and the Center for Work-Life Policy's Sylvia Ann Hewlett, as well as Catalyst's Ilene H. Lang.
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The numbers reveal why this is a critical topic: nearly four in 10 women with a graduate degree, professional degree or high-honors undergraduate degree have left the workforce voluntarily. As many as 93 percent of those who leave want to return to work, but only 74 percent find jobs, and just 40 percent return to full-time, professional jobs. An especially worrying statistic for the business sector in an increasingly tight labor market ? none of these women want to return to their former companies.
Join Ernst & Young LLP for an innovative Thought Center Webcast that will discuss what companies can do to keep talented women on the road to success and offer ongoing support for them as they pursue their careers. Our panelists will offer insights into practical steps employers can take to redefine the workplace, including:
- Alternative "pathways to power" that provide less linear career paths
- Flexible work arrangements that provide interesting, meaningful work
- Ideas and insights into how companies can help women reclaim and sustain ambition
- Elimination of "push" factors that can make women want to leave your organization
- And much more!
We hope you will join us for this live, interactive webcast. CPE credit will not be awarded for this webcast.