CareerConnections

May 1, 2009

Barnard Career DevelopmentElliott Hall, 2nd Floorwww.barnard.edu/ocd

NY TIMES SHOWS WOMEN ARE COMING OUT AHEAD IN THE RECESSIONA Milestone for Working Women? 1/14/09By Casey B. Mulligan

The terrible bottom line of last Friday’s job report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not surprise many people — there were many fewer jobs in December 2008 than in the previous month. Much less noticed, however, was Friday’s breakdown by sex of employment declines before December. Is it possible that one legacy of this recession is that women become a majority of the work force for the first time in American history?

As Layoffs Surge, Women May Pass Men in Job Force 2/6/09By Catherine Rampell

With the recession on the brink of becoming the longest in the postwar era, a milestone may be at hand: Women are poised to surpass men on the nation’s payrolls, taking the majority for the first time in American history. The reason has less to do with gender equality than with where the ax is falling... 82 percent of the job losses have befallen men, who are heavily represented in distressed industries...Women tend to be employed in areas like education and health care, which are less sensitive to economic ups and downs… Women may be safer in their jobs, but tend to find it harder to support a family… Even in full-time jobs, women earn 80 cents for each dollar of their male counterparts’ income, according to the government data.

In This Recession, More Men Are Losing Jobs 3/13/09By Floyd Norris

The unemployment rates for college-educated men and women are still relatively low, but both are rising. Over the 12 months, the unemployment rate of men with college degrees rose to 4.1 percent, from 2 percent; the figure for educated women went from 2.1 percent to 3.9 percent. Over all, the unemployment rate for women of 25 and older was 6.2 percent in February 2009, while that for men was 9 percent. That difference, of 2.8 percentage points, was the largest since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began compiling the numbers in 1948.

For full articles, visit www.nytimes.com.

PHONE NUMBER: 212 854-2033EMAIL: ocd@barnard.edu

STAFFRobert Earl, Jr.Director

Alexandra Nestoras Senior Associate Director

Won Kang Associate Director / Student Employment

Will Simpkins Program Director / Community & Diversity Initiatives

Nadine Verna Program Director / Senior Year

Linda Reals Manager / Financial Fluency Program

Katherine Hendry Assistant Director

Halle Kiefer Career Resources Assistant

Hiraida Crespo Office Assistant

Genise Reid Student Employment Assistant

Annapurna Potluri Administrative Assistant

THE TOP 10 EMPLOYERS FOR WOMEN

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Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables, FLWhat they do: Operate six nonprofit hospitals and provide other healthcare servicesWomen employees: 75% Women execs: 6% Women in top earners: 75%

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VAWhat they do: Advise corporate, government and institutional clients on strategy and technology issuesWomen employees: 38% Women execs: 19% Women in top earners: 21%

Ernst & Young, New York, NYWhat they do: Offer tax, audit and financial advisory servicesWomen employees: 50% Women execs: 30% Women in top earners: 35%

General Mills, Minneapolis, MNWhat they do: Manufacture packaged food productsWomen employees: 40% Women execs: 8% Women in top earners: 37%

IBM, Armonk, NYWhat they do: Provide global information technology and consulting servicesWomen employees: 31% Women execs: 3% Women in top earners: 21%

KPMG, New York, NYWhat they do: Provide audit, tax and advisory servicesWomen employees: 48% Women execs: 14% Women in top earners: 32%

McGraw-Hill, New York, NYWhat they do: Provide educational materials, financial and business informationWomen employees: 54% Women execs: 11% Women in top earners: 29%

PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, NYWhat they do: Supply accounting servicesWomen employees: 48% Women execs: 15% Women in top earners: 35%

UBS, New York, NYWhat they do: Provide wealth/asset management and investment banking servicesWomen employees: 39% Women execs: 12% Women in top earners: 12%

Wachovia, Charlotte, NCWhat they do: Provide banking and other financial servicesWomen employees: 62% Women execs: 8% Women in top earners: 36%

May 1, 2009

Barnard Career DevelopmentElliott Hall, 2nd Floorwww.barnard.edu/ocd

LIBRARY SPOTLIGHT:

SUCCESSFUL WOMAN’S GUIDE TO WORKING SMART: 10 STRENGTHS THAT MATTER MOSTBY: Caitlin Williams

The author takes you on a step-by-step journey through each of the Ten Strengths that are helping women succeed in today’s workplace.

Available in the Career Development Library on the 2nd floor of Elliott Hall!

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT

TIMESHEET-X LAUNCHING SATURDAY, MAY 16th!No more paper time sheets! No more running to Career Development to submit your timesheet. Thousands of students and trees are very excited! More information to come.

SUMMER CONTRACTSThe academic year ends on Friday, May 15, 2009. You will have to submit all paperwork for the academic year by that day. If you plan to work after May 15th, you will need a new contract for the summer. You can begin coming in for summer contracts at the end of April. Even though the timesheet process will be automated beginning May 16, you will still need to come to Career Development during contract hours to complete contracts for all positions worked.

WOMEN EMPLOYMENT IN THE RECESSION

New York Times February 6, 2009

May 1, 2009

Barnard Career DevelopmentElliott Hall, 2nd Floorwww.barnard.edu/ocd

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL 2+2 PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE JUNIORS

Harvard Business School has opened the doors on an innovative new program for college juniors. It's called HBS 2+2: two years of work, then two years of immersion in the Harvard Business School MBA Program. You must be a current college junior (or equivalent) with at least one remaining semester, after July 2009, necessary for the completion of your degree.

DEADLINE: 7/1/09DETAILS: www.hbs.edu/mba/admissions/2+2/

INTERNSHIPS

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Universal Music is currently seeking interns to work in their Special Markets Department for 2 full days per week. Interns will assist a sales team in creating compilation CDs. They will provide customer service, enter tracks into licensing system, learn the process of creating premium CDs, and pitch music promotions.

The White House Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which seeks to advance female leadership. The organization seeks a program intern to report directly to the National Program Director and Intern Coordinator. The intern will provide project support, assist with training, complete a special intern initiative with a team, research organizations and leaders, and perform other duties as requested.

The American Cancer Society in Brooklyn seeks summer interns to work in their Patient and Family Services Department for three full days a week. The intern will work directly with patients in an outpatient chemotherapy setting.

David Yassky for Comptroller Campaign is looking for students interested in getting hands-on experience on a citywide campaign for a progressive Democratic candidate. Applicants should be organized and highly motivated. Full time and part time internships are available.

The Femme Network is currently looking for writers interested in contributing articles to their twice-monthly newsletter read by over 4,000 subscribers.  Articles are generally female-centric, professionally focused and on current relevant topics.  

The Emmy-nominated PBS documentary series, “Art: 21-Art in the Twenty-First Century” seeks interns to assist the staff through all phases of the production process, including administration, research, production, and post-production. An interest in the arts, especially dance, is strongly recommended. The work is fast-paced, and a high degree of quality is expected.

Urban Omnibus, an experimental, multimedia project that spotlights critical analysis, local expertise and innovative interventions in the built environment of NYC, currently seeks summer interns to be its eyes on the street. Interns will file story ideas about architecture, infrastructure and environment and help to produce interactive media about New York City and its ongoing urban development.

tar mag, a new socially conscious arts, culture and fashion bi-annual magazine, seeks editorial interns to start immediately working three days per week. Interns must have fantastic writing, editing and verbal skills, be exceptionally detail oriented, analytical, and have a firm knowledge of current writers, trends and topics. Interns will spend the majority of their time researching writers, crafting pitches, and reviewing ideas and submissions.

May 1, 2009

Barnard Career DevelopmentElliott Hall, 2nd Floorwww.barnard.edu/ocd

Access Career Development resources all summer long!

Go to www.barnard.edu/ocd and select Tip Sheets & Online Workshops. Use our Online Workshops to prepare or edit your resume, draft a cover letter, learn about internships and the student employment program!

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

Visit eRecruiting at http://barnard.erecruiting.com/er/security/login.jsp for more information and listings.

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME JOBS Academic Success Program, Program Facilitator

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Marketing & Membership Asst.Barnard College Development, Personal Assistant/Researcher Summer PositionBoys and Girls Club of Harlem, Program & Education CoordinatorCity Year, City Year Corps Member

Clayman and Rosenberg, ParalegalThe Elmezzi Foundation, Research Associate/Community Organizer in NYCGroup Gordon, Inc., Entry Level Associate

Health Corps, CoordinatorHillel: The Foundation For Jewish Campus Life, Engagement Associate- Yale University Hillel (544)Manhattan Borough President’s Office, Assistant to Director of External AffairsManhattan Borough President’s Office, Special Assistant to Deputy Borough President & Senior Advisor to the Borough President

NTT America, Inc., Junior AnalystTrickle Up Program, Development AssociateUnited Neighborhood Houses of NY, Capacity Building Coordinator For Increasing Access To Healthy Food

United States Department of Justice, Paralegal Specialist Internship (Stipend)Vera Institute of Justice, Project AssistantWomen’s Research Center, Posting/Advertisements, Research Support Assistant Yale University School of Medicine, Bilingual Research Assistant

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Angel Chang, Fashion Design InternBeacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries with Environmental Consortium and Hudsonia, Research InternCBS Interactive, Editorial Intern (BNET.com)

CBS Sports, Fall Internship Program Children of Promise, NYC, InternshipChildren’s Pressline, Summer InternshipsCity Lights Media, Summer Casting Internship

Clean Air NY Program, InternColumbia University Earth Institute, Summer InternshipsCongressman Jerrold Nadler, Congressional Intern

Early Stages Program, Inc. of New York, Live Theater Program InternExecutive Office of Rhode Island’s General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio, Summer Policy InternsG. Schirmer, Promotion Department Intern

Hoff Productions, Summer Intern

May 1, 2009

Barnard Career DevelopmentElliott Hall, 2nd Floorwww.barnard.edu/ocd

LEONARD MARKS FOUNDATION WRITING CONTEST

Essays should address one of five current challenges for American diplomacy and propose a policy course to address that challenge over the next one to three years. This contest is open to US citizens who undergraduate or graduate students enrolled for the Spring 2009 semester majoring in international relations or a related field. First Prize is $8,000. Second Prize is $5,000.

DEADLINE: 6/9/09DETAILS: www.academyofdiplomacy.org/programs/marks.html

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, CONT’D.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES cont’d.Issey Miyake USA, PR Internship

Kaplan Publishing, International and Specialty Sales InternshipLar Lubovitch Dance Company, Marketing and Development InternLe Book Publishing, Administrative & Event Assistant - InternshipMIX: New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival, Intern

Mobility International USA, Note Takers for Disabled IndividualsNational Guild of Community School of the Arts, Marketing InternNew York Classical Theatre, Summer Internships

The Pipeline Project, Internship Interest FormSolomon R. Guggenhem Museum, InternshipStar Bright Books, Marketing InternshipUnited States Department of Commerce (International Trade), Internship

The White House Internship Program, White House Intern, Fall 2009Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, Ritual, Intern

May 1, 2009

Barnard Career DevelopmentElliott Hall, 2nd Floorwww.barnard.edu/ocd

44th Semi-Annual New Jersey Collegiate Career DayWednesday, 5/28/09 at 9 AMRutgers University, New BrunswickOpen to all college students and graduates from any school. 150 employers with full-time jobs and internships. For details, resume submittal, directions, and a list of employers visit: http://careerservices.rutgers.edu. Email njccd@careers.rutgers.edu with questions.

Baccalaureate ServiceSunday, 5/17/09 at 10:30 AMSt. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University

Presentation of Barnard DegreesMonday, 5/18/09 at 1:30 PMColumbia University

Columbia University CommencementWednesday, 5/20/09 at 10:30 AMColumbia University

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