We Have Come a Long Way Baby..But We Still Have a Long Way to Go!
Recently I read the book called Lean In by the COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg. In her book she covers many topics that working women deal with and offers practical solutions on how to overcome them. Its modern successful women like her who are great examples for females of all ages and most importantly young women who are just starting their careers. I think women have come a long way in the past 50 years, but I had an experience recently that made me realize we still have a long way to go in terms of workplace equality. If I can share my experience and it helps someone else then its worth putting myself out there, hence this blog post. Recently I answered an advertisement for a position in the handbag industry. I have been doing freelance work, but I am always looking for new gigs as I just moved to California 5 months ago and I am not working full time. The job sounded like it would be an opportunity to learn a new sector in the indus...