Negotiating the glass ceiling – can women get to the very top?

Written by Paul Clutton


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Childcare is a major concern while on foreign assignments, and many, unless completely satisfied with childcare arrangements, would not take on an international management position. Male counterparts, however, move across borders withoutrepparttar extra baggage of responsibility for housework and childcare.

Secret to success.

But of course its not all doom and gloom. There are many who, for one reason or another, do break throughrepparttar 106977 glass ceiling and succeed in combining a high-flying career with marriage and children.

We’ve compiled some of their tips forrepparttar 106978 top:

1.Match or exceedrepparttar 106979 qualifications, ambition and mobility of male managers. 2.Ask regularly forrepparttar 106980 next career move rather than waiting to be offered. 3.Be better than male managers at balancing a number of functions simultaneously. 4.Establish a mentoring relationship. 5.Become integrated in organisational networks. 6.Develop an individual style of management. 7.Be flexible and receptive to different ideas. 8.Communicate effectively and be a good listener. 9.Take risks and experiment. 10.Invest in your image

Having a little faith and a lot of nerve,repparttar 106981 glass ceiling will soon disappear into thin air – just in time for you to go flying straight through!!

Paul Clutton is a Director and founder of the Cardiff-based recruitment specialists Professional Recruitment Wales.


Be a Graphic Designer

Written by Maricon Almonte


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After graduating from these programs, it is also helpful if you land in a related business or studio in order to gain wider experience. Another factor to consider isrepparttar percentage ofrepparttar 106976 graduates who get hired after graduation. Choose a school or university with a high percentage so that you are sure that their programs are trusted byrepparttar 106977 industry and related businesses.

You can check outrepparttar 106978 schools in your locality. If they don’t fit your standards, you can check outrepparttar 106979 schools and universities inrepparttar 106980 US and Canada. Choose your program and ask for some information. This will help get ready forrepparttar 106981 new background.

If you don’t want to go to school day in and day out, you can have an online course. A graphic design degree is offered byrepparttar 106982 Art institute Online, Westwood College Online or American InterContinental University Online.

In order to be a great graphic designer you must haverepparttar 106983 proper exposure with your unprecedented talent and imagination. You must know how to build bleeds correctly, separate colors properly, foldrepparttar 106984 panels accurately and knowrepparttar 106985 concepts and principles underlying graphic design. If you don’t know theserepparttar 106986 clients will suffer especially whenrepparttar 106987 job involves a last minute job. As a result, your reputation will also be tainted with disgust. Just a word of caution: everything you do will fall back on you so be cautious!

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