Can the legal sector offer women roles that ease the pain of managing work and childcare? Totum knows, and works with, the firms that are forging ahead in supporting female talent. A BBC Radio 4 programme ‘You and Yours’ recently put UK childcare costs under the spotlight once again. Many parents welcomed the introduction of […]
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Internships increase and over half lead to top graduate job offers, report reveals
Businesses are hiring more interns, increasing their salaries, investing in quality programmes and working harder to bring them back as employees. Employers hired 6% more interns in 2018 94% of employers encourage interns to return as employees 57% of interns offered jobs on graduate schemes 87% of interns who are offered jobs accept Institute of […]
Totum research shows women taking the lead in law
For some time, Totum has seen more women making headway at leadership levels in business services functions in law. But we are delighted to now be able to put some figures behind what we know from our experience of working with talented business women in the legal sector. These show that more women are being […]
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Five factors that influence women’s success
Our research reveals the following Five Factors that are key to influencing women’s sucess. In order to establish these, we interviewed successful business women, in particular our Women in the City Woman of Achievement Award Winners, and we also compared and contrasted how women and men typically behave in certain workplace scenarios. Factor 1: The […]
Bringing Brilliance to Business
Women are now entering the workplace in equal numbers to men and do so with greater expectations than previously. However, despite over half a century of progress, the rising importance of female purchasing power and the acceptance of the need for a more feminized working culture, the business world is still dominated by masculine values […]
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Culture matters when it comes to the acquisition and retention of female talent
I was delighted to be asked by Leathwaite to contribute to its 2019 Global HR Leadership Report. This data-rich document is the result of a poll of 1000 Global HR leaders including Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs), Heads of Specialist Functions (including Talent, Reward, Learning and Recruiting) and those at the vanguard of HR Transformation […]
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Can shipping’s choppy seas offer calm waters to women?
We have the skills; we have the degrees; we have the experience. So why aren’t more of us in leadership positions? More and more women graduate from universities and according to the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency, 69% of students studying medical technology-related degrees are women. We can see many female employees occupying entry-level positions, […]
Managers: do you recognise the signs of burnout?
Careers expert Zena Everett is an executive coach, author and an in-demand speaker on career management and productivity. Here she talks about how to spot and stop burnout in your teams – and yourself. Don’t wait for a sickness note or resignation for proof of burnout in your teams. Here are some warning signs to […]
9 in 10 women Face Problems Returning to Work After Having Children
One-third of mothers struggle to cover the cost of childcare A recent survey of 1,000 UK mothers has revealed a continuing lack of support from businesses when it comes to balancing family and work. The survey, undertaken by HR training providers DPG, revealed that 9 in 10 mothers (87%) faced issues when returning to work […]
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The gender pay gap and why it’s not about fixing women
And it’s not about the confidence gap, either The recent flurry of interest in the gender pay gap has rightly put a spotlight on the differential in earnings between men and women. Over ten thousand organisations recently returned their first gender pay gap reports and, whilst unsurprising for many, the statistics confirm a gap on […]
