Re: [CODE4LIB] NYTimes article on Gender Wage Gap

2012-12-20 Thread Rosalyn Metz
I just finished The End of Menhttp://www.amazon.com/The-End-Men-Rise-Women/dp/1594488045/ a month or two ago. Hanna Rosin discusses those studies in the book as well as a third that basically says the easiest way for women to negotiate for a wage increase is by using the argument its good for the

Re: [CODE4LIB] NYTimes article on Gender Wage Gap

2012-12-19 Thread Cary Gordon
When I worked as an entertainment production manager, my internal motto was Sure $25 isn't important, unless it is my $25. People who sell stuff (and offer jobs) like to perpetuate the myth that negotiating is déclassé. I learned to negotiate when, an early teen, I watched my dad buy a car, and

Re: [CODE4LIB] NYTimes article on Gender Wage Gap

2012-12-19 Thread Carol Bean
negotiate4lib++ On Dec 19, 2012, at 6:32 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: When I worked as an entertainment production manager, my internal motto was Sure $25 isn't important, unless it is my $25. People who sell stuff (and offer jobs) like to perpetuate the myth that negotiating is déclassé. I

Re: [CODE4LIB] NYTimes article on Gender Wage Gap

2012-12-19 Thread Karen Coyle
On 12/19/12 3:32 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: I have no idea if there is a gender gap in negotiating. If there is, lets kill it. Maybe we should start negotiate4lib. From the NYT article: Research by the Harvard senior lecturer Hanna Riley Bowles