Careers - Benefits, Perks - Hey Ladies, Re-enter the Tech Work Force

According to the Wall Street Journal, many high-tech companies are seeking the skill sets of women who may have left high-paying careers. Some well-known and smaller companies are implementing what are known as job re-entry programs. Why job re-entry programs for women? Here is what the article says:
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The new efforts aim to counteract a "brain drain" caused by the exodus of large numbers of women from these fields in the prime of their careers. While 41% of highly qualified scientists, engineers and technicians in lower-tier jobs are female, more than half eventually quit midcareer, based on research by the Center for Work-Life Policy's Sylvia Hewlett and others, published last year in the Harvard Business Review. Women in these fields face isolation, extreme job pressures and long hours; they often become most discouraged about 10 years into their careers -- just as family pressures also tend to intensify. </blockquote>

Careers - Benefits, Perks - Hey Ladies, Re-enter the Tech Work Force

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