Are Women Helping Each Other in the Workplace?

Are Women Helping Each Other in the Workplace?

 A recent poll by LinkedIn found that 51 percent of women surveyed between the ages of 18 and 29 said that they have not been mentored by female colleagues.  Of the women questioned, 67 percent of those who aren't mentoring others said the reason is because they haven't been asked to mentor anyone.
While it's hard not to get discouraged by these numbers, it's important to remember that each situation is circumstantial.  Brittany Sykes, senior account executive at Teszler PR, Inc., recalls when her supervisor, Barbara Teszler, helped  her advance in her career.
"After interning {for Teszler}, I was offered a trial run for a position and ultimately became a publicist," says Sykes.  "{Teszler} left the company to start her own and because she loved the work I did for her, I followed her a few months later.  We now work together, bouncing ideas off of each other every day and constantly bringing in new business."
"We're all in this together," says Teresa Currier, chair of Saul Ewing LLC's Women's Development Initiative.  "Women today know that, and act upon it."  If we look up to other women in the workplace, the study suggests, we need to start asking them to help us in our own careers.




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