Not-Your-Typical Career Tips For Woman In STEM – From Telle Whitney, Founder, Grace Hopper Conference.
Science, technology, engineering and math are still male-dominated industries, with women making up only 24% of the STEM workforce – still. This 2017The stats are even worse when it comes to, where women are only 18.7%, or computer network architects where women are only 4.2%, or aerospace engineers which are only 8.9% women. In 2020?!
To find out what women can do themselves to advance, I spoke with Telle Whitney, PhD., former CEO of the largest organization for women in technology, Anita B.org, and cofounder of the renowned Grace Hopper conference, which attracts ~18,000 attendees each year., from an in-depth conversation I had with her recently: So many women in STEM fields think their skills will speak for themselves through their work, but often they don’t.
: “Job descriptions are almost always out-of-date and there’s a lot of boilerplate, so you don’t necessarily know what they’re hiring for,” Whitney pointed out. So, research the organization, reach out to them and find someone you know there or someone you know knows there to find out what the role is truly about.
“It isn’t a lifetime commitment in terms of one career….It’s almost always in those big changes that you see real growth,” Whitney said.I can relate. If I had thought about why I could not live in Fargo, North Dakota, I would never have taken the job at Chrysler that changed my life forever for the better, for example.
You never know where your skills will take you – or can take you – unless you explore other options, even while you keep your day job.
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