Unfortunately, it is still our reality as women to face workplace challenges — lack of respect, overt and insidious sexual harassment, man-terruptions — simply because we are women. Some fields are known to be male dominated businesses because they are majorly and traditionally controlled by the men. These fields are the Science, Technology, Economics and Mathematics. Women in these fields are regarded as odd people or people who have improperly earned their positions. They go to work every day already saddled with the task of proving their worth and abilities — a weight their male colleagues do not bear. The ready question would be; what can we do about this? I always encourage women to speak out against these circumstances and demand equal treatment and pay. Actually the following specific steps could be taken by women to experience more satisfaction in their job.
* Cultivate and Embrace Self Confidence: Women must learn to acknowledge their accomplishments so far as they are real and rightly earned and as much as possible avoid comparison.
* Create a Solid Peer Support System: Women should reach out to other women in the same industry as them and form relationships with them. Solidarity is a great key to success.
*Team up with a mentor: Learning from a successful woman in Upper Management, their stories and experiences in their field will help you cope with challenges and achieve success
* Personalized Feedback: Women should note the issues experienced and rely on the strategies that have earned them success. This way the know the best way to approach a task or find the right technical area to specialise in.
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