Can Women expect Better Job Prospects and Career Advancement in Canada?
Job prospects can be hard to come by when you are immigrating to another country. It can be even more difficult if you are female and have ambitions of rising to the top of your industry. There are many factors that can stop a woman progressing to top or “breaking the glass ceiling” as it is often called, and a new study carried out by employment agency Ranstad Canada makes clear some of the issues.
There was a
perception that the Canadian business environment is more progressive than in
other countries, thus allowing women to break down the barriers when it comes
to career progression, but a new survey is extremely revealing and seems to
tell a different slightly different story.
The survey was
conducted by Ipsos-Reid; more than 500 Canadian business women were interviewed
and they had some interesting things to say about the chances of being promoted
in Canada.
Appearance
90% of the
women surveyed said that they believed a woman’s appearance would directly
affect a woman’s chance of promotion. The survey also revealed that 37% felt
the appearance of men wasn’t quite so important to being promoted. And when
women talked about appearance, they didn’t just mean the way a woman presents
themselves, they also felt that being physically attractive would enhance a
female’s prospects of being rewarded a promotion.
Do Women make Better leaders?
According to
the survey, those interviewed felt that women do indeed make better leaders
than their male counterparts. They believe that women are more flexible in
their approach and are more empathetic. However, women also had to work much
harder to get where they are and had to work longer hours.
61% of women
also admitted to finding it hard to balance out work life and family life.
“There is a great divide and divergence of opinion between women under 35 and women over 55 as regards what they as women can expect from the work place. There need be no doubt that women are good and inspiring leaders and it is our goal to provide a platform for and encourage all the executives, employees and all others to have an open discussion about the kind of workplace prejudices, obstacles, etc. that create hindrances to women as employees in the workplace.”
The Future for Female Employees in
Canada
Despite the
challenges of climbing the career ladder in Canada, the majority of women still
believed that the chances of career progression for woman in Canada remained
good; 52% expected to see an increase in management roles.
Summary
So it seems that
whether you have always lived in Canada or plan to immigrate to Canada, the
possibility of career progression is there for women, but they just have to
work much harder.
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