When men and women apply for a job

It has been found that for a given position women don’t apply

Until they are certain they are one hundred percent qualified

Or even overqualified, while men don’t harbor similar reservations

They are known to apply if they have two-thirds of the qualification

That the job demands, confident in their ability

To learn new skills, while women seem to doubt their capabilities..

This under-confidence tends to undermine

The careers of women from the time

They enter the job market, many women do not achieve

Their full potentials because they continue to believe

That they have to have all the answers and make no mistakes

Growth involves risk that many women are reluctant to take..

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The societal structure is still heavily skewed

Towards men in business, women are viewed As less capable of being leaders, by both men and women indeed

More women to break these stereotypes we need

Let women be comfortable enough to display

Their ambitions, their visions, and make their way

Up the workplace ladder just like men do

With the right mindset, women can reach the glass ceiling too

Published by Docpoet

A mother, a physician by profession, fiercely passionate about work, family, travel and fashion..

2 thoughts on “When men and women apply for a job

  1. I am reading “Dinners with Ruth” about the friendship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Nina Totenberg of NPR. What they went through, and both fought and fought for regarding women fighting for equality is really interesting. And crazy when you have to think that it does not seem all that long ago, either. It is a bit lightweight but entertaining and informative, if you can find a copy of it.

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