Why women are expected to pursue jobs – not careers

My first promotion, I celebrated with colleagues who were mostly in a similar age group and had also received their promotion letters. Why the party is not over for bank stocks SEBI alerts RBI about NBFCs evergreening loans Kamath hires old comrade to power JioFin juggernaut Govt sees GDP growth lower than the latest RBI forecast “I am recognized in my field, there is a sense of relief when it happens. But what often goes unnoticed is that while getting women onto payrolls meets the recruiting company’s diversity quota, there is very little effort devoted to outlining for women employees the difference between a job and a career. Yes, she could have called the father or school and could have coordinated the pick-up better, but instances like these highlight how everyone around, right from one’s family to schools and businesses, often allow and sometimes encourage women to drop the career ball. Quite a few of the young women said they had to struggle to get money from their parents, as the assumption was that a degree followed by a job in a tech firm, which would boost marital prospects, was as far as a girl’s goals can go.