(Cancelled)!!! The Gender Wage Gap & How Not to Get Stuck in It

THIS EVENT IS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL WINTER TERM 2013.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT CEW  (OR THE CAREER CENTER) FOR A CAREER COUNSELING APPOINTMENT!!

The following links provide related, additional information.

Pay inequity and legislation to address it:
http://www.cew.umich.edu/action/statenatladvo/payequity

 

May 17th program Promoting and Asserting Yourself for Advancement:
http://www.cew.umich.edu/progevents/promoting-and-asserting-yourself-advancement/20120104

Even with a bachelor's or graduate degree, most women will not be paid the same salary as their equally-qualified male counterparts. Despite increased numbers of women attending college and in the workforce, the average American woman is still paid only 77% of what an average American man earns.

So what's a woman to do?!

This workshop will focus on three steps women can take to avoid getting stuck in their own wage gap. CEW counselors will show how to find information about current pay levels for differing job fields.

* Learn how to negotiate for a higher salary when you get a job offer.

* Participants will have the opportunity to make their voices heard in favor of state and federal pay equity legislation.

Did You Know?....

***Over the course of her working life, a female college graduate will lose $1.2 million due to the gender wage gap, or $2.0 million if she is a professional school graduate. (National Committee on Pay Equity, 2009) 

*** Part of the pay gap is due to lower pay levels in women-dominated career fields as well as men's increased willingness to negotiate for higher salaries.  But even after accounting for gender differences such as these, up to 20% of the gap could be attributed to discrimination. (U.S. General Accounting Office, 2003)