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When the Grass Isn’t Greener: How to Stay Where You Are and Ask for What You Want
By Angela Fiorentino
We’ve all heard the phrase “The Great Resignation” over the past few months. Angela Fiorentino of AmeriFactors Financial Group and a member of SFNet’s Women in Secured Finance Committee gathered several top female executives to discuss the best way to communicate your professional goals and hold some of those “tough conversations” in this current climate.
It is clear that this is an “employee market” right now. Although this is objectively observable, women don’t appear to be leaving their current positions in the numbers we might imagine. According to a recent survey of 1,000 women, 85% are still with the same employer post pandemic and 68% of us plan on staying for at least the next two years (https://fairygodboss.com/presentation/womens-jobmobility-in-2021). Yet, 40% of these same women have had their pay or hours reduced. So, there appears to be a disconnect between what women are observing in the marketplace and our own experiences and goals. How can women use the current job market dynamic to bridge the divide between what we observe happening in the market generally and what we deserve to have ourselves while also staying loyal? We spoke with several high-powered women across the secured finance industry to find out.
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