Lea Goldman on gender gap
From SheBelieves Summit: Self Esteem, Confidence, and Motivation - Lea Goldman · · U.S. Soccer
“Men apply for a job when they meet only 60% of the qualifications; women apply only when they meet a hundred percent of them. Understand what that means: if there are ten criteria, men hit six and they say I'm good enough for that job. Women feel the need to hit all of those criteria. The net result is that men have access to more opportunities than women do. It's not because they deserve them more; it's because they go for them more.”
On , Lea Goldman, Global Brand President of Tommy Hilfiger at PVH CORP, spoke about gender gap during SheBelieves Summit: Self Esteem, Confidence, and Motivation - Lea Goldman on U.S. Soccer.
About Lea Goldman
At a 2018 SheBelieves Summit, Lea Goldman, then editor-in-chief of Lifetime Television, spoke about self-esteem, confidence, and motivation. She cited survey findings that men apply for jobs when meeting 60% of qualifications while women apply only when meeting 100%, and that 46% of men always negotiate salary after a job offer compared to 30% of women. Goldman stated that the gender pay gap begins with a first job and that men account for 75% of conversation in conference rooms. She advised attendees to put away phones during meetings, ask for informal reviews, attend conferences, and network by following up with speakers. Goldman encouraged young women to negotiate for small salary increases on first job offers to build the habit, and said mistakes should be owned and leveraged as opportunities.