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Making it in a ‘whole new world’
Orli Langer’s job was different before she went into private practice. The hospital systems she worked in as a high-risk obstetrician/gynecologist were good hospitals, but she was beholden to the bottom line—she had to see a certain number of patients and she couldn’t always spend the time she wanted to with each.
Women in skilled trades encourage others to join the workforce
Ironworker Lissette Rossi can be on the same job all week, constructing the skeletons of buildings at 50 feet in the air with her union Local 399 in Camden. Still, […]
Adding value
The amount could be $25,000 or $500,000. To Jules Miller, who runs the Blockchain Ventures fund and blockchain accelerator at IBM and her own Prose Ventures, a funding endeavor is about more than writing a check.
‘Build that table’
Barbara George Johnson, executive director of the John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy at Thomas Edison State University in Trenton, hopes to serve as an inspiration for women to move forward, and a conduit to help them in their own careers. At the Leading Women Entrepreneurs Force for Change event on Nov. 14 in Newark, she and other successful women will connect with and learn from each oth[...]
Updating the letterhead
Of more than 300 name partners at New Jersey’s top firms, only 5 are women. According to the 2018 National Association of Women Lawyers Survey, men and women are represented relatively equally in law school graduates and at the associate level. But, although women make up 47 percent of law firm associates, they make up 30 percent of non-equity partners, and 20 percent of equity partners.
Breaking the mold
Some government procurement programs favor women-owned business, and a number of programs “in New Jersey in general, and Newark in particular, encourage women entrepreneurs in general,” said Zago Manufacturing Chief Executive Officer Gail Friedberg Rottenstrich. “But not so many in manufacturing. There could be more.”
A different view
At a time when many people are trying to tear down gender-based barriers, the divisions between men and women are still enough to warrant gender-specific events like the sixth annual Women Entrepreneurship Week, according to some experts.
Leading Women Entrepreneurs to host panel discussion at RVCC
The leadership lounge aims to provide women with tools, guidance and networking contacts to help them advance their business and careers.
Leveling the field
There’s no question that life science, biotech and related companies have made significant advances in combating life-threatening illnesses and other conditions. But the industry in general appears to be falling short when it comes to recruiting and advancing women and other minorities, according to some government statistics.
Dromsky-Reed becomes Brach Eichler’s 1st female executive committee member
Trust and estates lawyer Susan Dromsky-Reed joined the Roseland law firm as an associate in 1997.
Women are making their mark in commercial real estate
A recent CREW study suggests that in many aspects, women have achieved equal or close-to-equal standing to men in the industry.
This equal pay day, study finds NJ ranking could be better
On Monday, the Rutgers Center for Women and Work at the School of Management and Labor Relations announced that although the Garden State is on par with national statistics, our overall pay equity ranking nationwide is No. 25.
