Let’s kick the new year off with some good ‘ol fashioned positivity. This blog post is not about how much work women need to do before we are considered full equals; not today. This blog post is all about the future generation of go-getters that are making the business world better. We recently shared a blog post regarding the millennial take over and their unique contributions to the workforce. Not only is GenY changing the way we view and do work, but they are also shifting the perception of who does it.
Forbes shares that millennials see the silver lining in terms of gender equality in the workplace. “Millennials have the most positive outlook for women in the workplace. 65% of women polled feel women were equal on the job and 66% see visible female role models in their companies,” the article shares. We have long since subscribed to the idea that you can’t be what you can’t see. The fact that millennials see women in leadership roles is helping shape a stronger future with a better balance in gender representation. The number of female leaders has continued to grow as more women have started to occupy the workforce “It was estimated that in 2010, women made up almost half of the labor force (46.7%). In 1997, women made up 46.2% of the labor force, and back in 1970 women made up only 38.1% of the labor force. It’s safe to say that women will dominate the workforce in the coming years, especially as the number of entrepreneurs grows,” (Patten).
Millennial women are also driven and intent on succeeding According to a 2012 Pew Research Center study, “for the first time young women top young men in the value they place on a high paying career.”
Studies show that young women are driven, ambitious, entrepreneurial, and as author, Peggy Drexler shares, “busy knocking down barriers in the business world”.
It only gets better from here.
Sources
(Patten, E. & Parker, K, 2012, “A Gender Reversal On Career Aspirations”, Retrieved, January 14, 2014).
