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How many
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have
Professional-BlackWomen
as
top executives
at the
Chief-level?
The Answer
To Us:
BlackWomen.com
for
black women
who are:
- College-educated
- Achievers
- Career-minded
- Stylish, and
- Business-savvy
How many Professional Black Women rose high enough in a company to be included in the list of 50 most powerful women in 2008 by Fortune Magazine?
The answer is:
30
20
10
1
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Welcome
We are Professional-BlackWomen an organization dedicated to the recognition and promotion of Professional Black Women in the workplace, more specifically in:
- Business
- Law
- Education
- Science
- Healthcare
- Politics
- And other similar fields
More and more black women graduate from college every year having earned their college degrees, just like their counterparts. However, their career ascension as a whole continues to lag badly behind.
First of all, employees cannot hire themselves, so black women college graduates have to depend on companies with effective diversity practices to finally hire them.
Employees cannot promote themselves either. Therefore, a few years down the road, professional black women have to wait for an open-minded supervisor to recognize their contributions and promote them because of their performance.
The rungs on the ladder are placed further and further, making them harder to reach, harder to climb.
Is this the result of equal opportunity at work?
The answer that you come up with will say a lot about your level of honesty and truthfulness.
For this specific example, here is a case in point.
- See for Yourself
- Check the Numbers
- Face the Truth
It is time that companies in America review their practices along with their so-called diversity policy and admit how they are not working.
All companies have policies about not discriminating on the basis of gender or race. Yet, when you examine their results through the realities of their organizational chart, their board of directors, their highest paid employees, the true pattern emerges.
It certainly excludes specific groups of people as they are nowhere to be found.
- First, on gender
- Second, on race
To address this problem and others, one of our goals is to raise awareness on the issues affecting us. We plan to work as well on finding applicable solutions that will yield better results that are noticeable, significant, and, of course, measurable.
Another goal is to establish this website as a central location where Professional Black Women can post their resumes. This will make it easier to reach to our group whenever companies need to hire educated, qualified, and competent black women.
Be visible.
Additionally, we plan to highlight the work and achievements of Professional Black Women. We will start with the giants of the past like Mae Jemison, Rosa Parks and continue with those of the present such as Ursula Banks, Condoleezza Rice, and so many others. Then, we will focus our attention on the future preparing the path to the day when many more Professional Black Women will hold positions at a higher level in many fields.
Our work will not be complete if we do not strive to dispel the stereotypes that we are plagued with and have to confront everyday.
Finally, we will provide guidance to young Black Women aspiring to become Professional Black Women through positive mentoring and useful advice.