Workplace Buzz: Today's Headlines

Workplace Buzz on October 11, 2007 7:14 AM

Speaking Up
When the Heinz School of Public Policy’s Linda Babcock noticed that male Ph.D. students were getting more opportunities to travel to conferences, get exemptions from course requirements, and teach their own classes, she began to question the system. What she found was surprisingly simple — the reason men get more opportunities than women, and the title of her book on the subject, is Women Don’t Ask. The Tartan

A Matter of Personal Choice
Recent research also reflects the ambivalence with which many mothers regard their own decisions about working or staying home, and many feel harshly judged for their choices. There is a widespread belief that today's parents are not measuring up to the standard that parents set a generation ago, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. More than half of Americans (56%) say that mothers are doing a worse job today than mothers did 20 or 30 years ago, the study found. USA Today

How To Wow Them
Dear Annie: I'll be getting my MBA in the spring, and I'd like to meet some prospective employers at a job fair that will be held on campus in a couple of weeks. The only problem is, because of my work schedule, I can only go to the fair for an hour or so. (It's a five-hour event with at least 50 companies expected to show up.) Is it even worth bothering, with so little time? If so, how can I get the most out of it? -Tick Tock CNNMoney.com

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