{"id":815545,"date":"2024-12-29T02:13:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/the-most-important-advice-for-women-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T02:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:13:12","slug":"the-most-important-advice-for-women-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/the-most-important-advice-for-women-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Advice For Women In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Caitlin Clark poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected first overall pick … [+]<\/span> at Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are you ready? While there are indeed headwinds trying to hold women back as 2024 becomes 2025 \u2013 from the overturning of women\u2019s reproductive rights to reversals of diversity policies and more \u2013 there were also historic gains for women in business and finance that can catapult women to the next level.<\/p>\n

The number of women in the C-suite of private companies valued at over $1billion doubled this year, according to Women\u2019s Business Collaborative<\/a> and women CEOs in the Russell 3000 (index of the largest 3,000 US companies) jumped from 6.8% in 2023 to 9% in 2024. And Caitlin Clark (pictured) and other remarkable female athletes broke records and catapulted women\u2019s sports to a new stratosphere.<\/p>\n

In addition, women stand to inherit $30 trillion by 2030, only 5 years away, according to McKinsey<\/a> and other sources. The World Economic Forum<\/a> calls it \u201cThe Great Wealth Transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DOE headline on clean energy job growth in 2024<\/p>\n

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With the economy shifting towards prioritizing both values and profit, and with new industries being created such as in clean energy, climate, sustainability and artificial intelligence, whole new careers, jobs and new business opportunities are opening up for women than there have been in the past. For example, a Department of Energy study<\/a> found that clean energy jobs grew at twice the rate of jobs overall. Now is the time businesses are leading with purpose, even if they don\u2019t call it that, as Daryl Brewster of Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose wrote this week<\/a> (he joined a panel I moderated at the Solutions For Change Summit earlier this month).<\/p>\n

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Joan Michelson moderating panel at Solutions For Change Summit produced by the Alliance to End … [+]<\/span> Plastic Waste, Dec. 6, 2024. L to R; Vanessa Chan, Michael Braungart, Daryl Brewster, Joan Michelson.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But women are still getting in their own way. Here\u2019s how.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So many women are holding themselves back, even when doors crack open.<\/p>\n

I keep hearing women undervalue their skills, their experience, their knowledge, and what they bring to the table. I keep hearing women emphasizing how they are missing pieces of the qualifications in a posting, rather than the special skills they bring to it.<\/p>\n

As a result, these women are either not going after job opportunities, or showing up an interview in a way that diminishes their expertise and their value.<\/p>\n

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Maybe they were thinking they\u2019re being humble, and a team player, but what they\u2019re really doing is showing how they should not be given that job opportunity. That is, they are eliminating themselves from the opportunities they actually want and are very qualified for, and where they could thrive.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not humble to downplay your expertise in a job interview or any conversation. That doesn\u2019t mean be arrogant either.<\/p>\n

Most important career advice, especially for 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The most important piece advice for 2025 is to recognize how much you know, how much value you can bring. Recognize how qualified you are for any opportunity that shows up at your door. There will always be more to learn, but what you bring is unique, includes being resourceful, and the intelligence to figure out strategies and tactics.<\/p>\n

There is a lot of information you can learn if you need to, but you can\u2019t teach initiative, or enthusiasm. You can\u2019t teach resourcefulness, you can\u2019t teach ideas, you can\u2019t teach creativity, and we each have our own unique approach to problem solving.<\/p>\n

You also have a network. It takes particular people skills to build a network and to know how to gracefully leverage it on behalf of the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen often have far more skills than their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So, shoulders back, stand up straight, chin up, own the space you occupy, own your knowledge and own your expertise.<\/p>\n

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Celinda Lake, Lake Research Partners<\/p>\n

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Veteran opinion research leader Celinda Lake<\/a>, President of Lake Research Partners, put it well on Electric Ladies Podcast this year: \u201cWomen often have far more skills than their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s translate into. And actually, we’re going into a good period now where I think employers and organizations are looking for the skillset that you have, more than the job titles that you have. And that’s good for women, because we have a lot of skills that we will have acquired in different arenas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBring in your all,\u201d she added. \u201cPeople are really interested in public service and what you’ve learned from those non-paid roles, as well as those paid outside the home roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be discouraged if you put yourself out there and you\u2019re rejected. By raising your hand, applying for that new role, asking for that bigger project, you are still getting noticed and on their radar and in their mental and literal databases.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersistence and, don’t take it personally,\u201d Lake reminds us. \u201cIt’s tough out there. It requires resilience, but just remember that you have a tremendous amount to offer and you know it.\u201d That\u2019s how top athletes like Caitlin Clark keep honing their skills and make it to the top.<\/p>\n

Own what you know and what you\u2019re good at. And look at your career differently<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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