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When it comes to recruiting and hiring, age—perhaps more than most other traits—tends to bring our unconscious biases and unwarranted assumptions to the fore.

Accomplished intellectual property (IP) litigator and former recipient of Profiles in Diversity Journal’s Women Worth Watching award Tara D. Elliott has made the move to WilmerHale in Washington, D.C., where she will be a partner and member of the firm’s IP Litigation team. Most recently a principal at a major U.S. law firm, Elliott was… Read the full article

Public awareness of workplace bullying has never been higher, thanks to high-profile cases such as the one involving Miami Dolphins teammates Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin. Affecting 37% of adult Americans, bullying can trigger a range of stress-related health complications—including hypertension, auto-immune disorders, depression, anxiety, and PTSD—and put a person’s career in danger. The Workplace Bullying Institute… Read the full article

We at PDJ join the U.S. Navy and the nation in celebrating Women’s History Month during March. Navy Women by the Numbers Currently more than 59,000 active-duty women, and more than 9,000 Reserve women, serve in the Navy. Making up 18 percent of the total force, women make numerous contributions to our Navy’s mission and… Read the full article

by Kathie Sandlin Rosa Brooks hates Sheryl Sandberg. Or at least that’s what she professed this week in one of the most discussed articles in the Washington Post. Her biting first-person commentary about women’s expectations—in their lives and careers—has many women up in arms. Not because she very sarcastically describes herself as a woman “who… Read the full article

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, Marie Claire Australia launched a new campaign on gender inequality that has taken Twitter by storm.

by Teresa Fausey Everybody’s heard about women and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and how not enough of us are choosing STEM careers. I admit it. I didn’t. I write for a living. Anyway, some brilliant folks at STEMconnector® decided to do the exact thing that’s most likely to make a huge difference in… Read the full article

A study conducted by Babson College shows that self-employed women also pay themselves less than men who hold similar positions.

Leading companies are still failing to capitalize on the talents of women in the workforce. Globally, a gender wage gap and significant disparity between women and men in high-level corporate positions continue to be an issue.

In fact, according to American Express OPEN’s 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, the growth in the number, revenues, and employment of women-owned firms over the past 16 years exceeds the growth rates of all but the very largest, publicly traded corporations in the country. And according to studies by the Guardian Small Business Research Institute, this… Read the full article