Nearly 2 in 3 women who left the workforce during Covid plan to return—and most want to enter this field. (via CNBCMakeIt)
and negative career impacts over the course of the pandemic, due to a host of factors such as carrying the weight of caregiving responsibilities, as well as their overrepresentation in in-person jobs vulnerable to disruption during the Covid-19 crisis.
throughout 2021, in search of roles better suited to their needs and interests. As such, employment experts say businesses must turn their attention toward what kind of work environment and solutions they can provide in order to hire and retain more working women. "We've reached a critical inflection point in the workplace where women are evaluating their careers in a new light," said Bill Pappas, MetLife's executive vice president and global technology and operations head, in a statement.
A majority of women say they've considered pursuing a career in STEM, but 1 in 3 say they don't know where to start, and another 1 in 4 say they've been actively discouraged from going into the field. Many fear it's too late in their career to make the jump, and they feel their skills are better suited to other paths.
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