Jobs/Professions, Work “A true professional knows what they know, knows what they don’t know, and knows the difference between the two” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 June 2020 Most difficulties in real estate transactions (from simple misunderstandings all the way to costly...
Gender, Jobs/Professions, Work “In the early days of coding, women flocked to programming because it offered more opportunity and reward for merit, more than fields like law. Now software has the closed door.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 April 2019 If biology limited women’s ability to code, then the ratio of women to men...
Jobs/Professions “So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 April 2017 So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges? Is it inertia? Are organizations embarrassed...
Jobs/Professions “Failure to acknowledge a woman’s hard-earned professional title while men are awarded theirs, even when unintentional, has profound implications and reinforces the perception of women having lower status” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 March 2017 Failure to acknowledge a woman’s hard-earned professional title while men are awarded theirs, even...
Jobs/Professions, Work “It is time to toss ‘commensurate with experience’. Maybe it once was a good practice, but no longer; hiding salary ranges is a ruinous practice” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 March 2017 It is time to toss “commensurate with experience.” Maybe it once was a good...
Jobs/Professions “The predicament of modern C.E.O.s may seem surprising, given their prominence and lavish compensation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 November 2016 Business professors once talked about “the imperial C.E.O.,” but, increasingly, we’re in the era...
Jobs/Professions “If American teachers…haven’t got much better over the past three decades, it’s largely because their training hasn’t, either” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 November 2016 Most new teachers enter the classroom with a limited set of pedagogical skills, since...
Jobs/Professions, Work “There’s more to life than whether you got this job or that fellowship” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 August 2016 It’s important for people to establish a sense of their own value beyond some...
Jobs/Professions, Work “Having a title in front of your name is important, but it does not mean you have a career” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 July 2016 Having a title in front of your name is important, but it does not...
Jobs/Professions, Work “One thing I encourage people to think about is to look not just at the company, but look at the specific person you’re going to be working for” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 May 2016 One thing I encourage people to think about is to look not just at...