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This series of Project Working Mom articles discusses how to navigate and break out of the "pink ghetto," careers with the best growth outlooks, and how to use green technology skills to ditch your dead end job and build a career.
Also, take a look at the top 20 inventions, social movements, and laws that have freed women.
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Rethink College Inc.: A Response to Frontline’s Documentary on For-Profit Colleges
If you watched the recent Frontline documentary, College Inc. , which PBS aired on May 4, 2010, and you had no prior knowledge of for-profit colleges or the debate that surrounds their popularity, you...
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5 Careers, 5 Tax Deductions
Maximize your return – get the 411 on deductions in different career fields Tax season is nigh – whether you have one, two or five W-2 forms, the task upon you now is to maximize your return...
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6 Myths of the Working Parent
There are many myths regarding working parents. While some of these myths portray parents as saints, willing to do anything and to give up everything for their spouses and children, the truth generally...
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Top 20 Inventions that Liberated Women
Social, scientific & technical advancements that helped liberate women Women’s life in the past (with 13 kids): Monday : Baking and cooking. Tuesday : Laundering (by hand) and line drying. Wednesday...
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Breaking Out of the Pink Ghetto
Projections Show High Job Growth in Many Industries Pink-collar jobs are usually found in low-paying, high-stress fields – including teaching, nursing, and the secretarial arena. They’re labeled...
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Welcome to the "Pink Ghetto"
It's a typical winter day, somewhere in the Midwest. You pull into an icy parking space, make your way across the lot, and swipe your access card at the front door of your office. Once inside, you walk...
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Going from "Stuck" to Strategic: Escaping the Pink Ghetto
Trading Your Dead-end Job for a Real Career Using Green Science and Technology Skills If you’re frustrated with your job, you’re not alone. Across the country, millions of women feel tired...
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