WOMEN GETTING THE BREAKS IN BEING HIRED

Women Getting the Breaks in Being Hired

Women Getting the Breaks in Being Hired

Since job contacts are important in finding and getting jobs, especially in high power and lucrative ones, women are at a disadvantage by not having more networking association with people in high-status positions (Moore 2000). Men have always had this advantage. When women enter the work force, many times, they are concentrated in clerical and service jobs, "placing them outside of professional and managerial networks (Moore 2000)." "Men, in holding most professional and managerial jobs, enjoy personal and work associations that facilitate learning ...