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Exemplary Henkel-project: Care Support / Vorbildliches Henkel Projekt: Care Support

Monday, October 11th, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

The reconciliation of family and career is not only a matter of childcare. Many employees take care of elderly or sick family members. Often, concerned people feel left alone with this burden. Also a couple of Henkel-employees struggled with the amount of time and attention, their dependant family members require.

To support concerned employees, the project „Care Support“ was started in September last year. In regular meetings, employees and retirees with dependant family members meet to share experiences and get advice. Regina Neumann-Busies of the Social Services department moderates these meetings together with Gabriele Eggert, who provides Social Service to Henkel retirees. After one year, they see very positive results. The participating employees support each other and learn how to reconcile their job and family care.
Care Support is a unique and exemplary project in Germany and creates broad interest. [DE]
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Women in Business

When women earn the money / Wenn Frauen das Geld verdienen

Monday, August 16th, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

On tuesday evening the ZDF-show „37 Grad“ reported about women who earn more money than their husbands. At Henkel we actively support women to have a successful career, therefore this show was interesting for us. Just a few years ago the gender roles were clearly seperated: the man was the bread-earner. Women mostly worked part-time, if they worked at all. But the times have changed and nowadays it’s not a rarity that women earn more money than their husbands. In every tenth househould, women take the financial responsibility.

The TV-show pursued the questions how couples deal with the situation and how the gender roles are being re-defined. Three different couples were introduced, all of them with a different background. Two of the three men lost their jobs, whereby their wives became the sole earners. The men didn’t feel very comfortable about their situations and suffered from self-doubt. However, it is another situation, if both have a job but the woman earns more money. This was the case for the third couple. The man who stays at home and takes care of the children said: I have never felt better in my life. The TV-show demonstrated that there is a new generation of men, who enjoy staying at home and taking care of the children without feeling unmanly.[DE]

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New form of apprenticeship helps young parents / Neue Ausbildungsform hilft jungen Eltern

Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

The Deutsche Welle in Bonn was one of the first companies to introduce a new form of apprenticeships: the part-time apprenticeship for young parents. A part-time apprenticeship allows young parents to finish an apprenticeship and still take care of their children. The part-time apprentices work less hours per week. However, it is still possible for them to finish the apprenticeship within the regular time.
The part-time apprenticeship is being supported by the Modus project, an initiative of the chamber of commerce and industry Bonn/Rhein-Sieg. Each year the project helps 12 – 16 young parents to find an apprenticeship at a family-friendly company.
The project recently won the second prize of the “Hidden Movers Award 2010”, a nation-wide award presented by Deloitte.
The demand for part-time apprenticeships is high and the apprentices are highly motivated. But only few companies offer this type of apprenticeship. The Network for part-time Apprenticeships lists initiatives in Germany that help young parents to find an apprenticeship. [DE]
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Salary report by the magazine Wirtschaftswoche and Personalmarkt Services / Gehaltstest der Wirtschaftswoche und der Vergütungsberatung Personalmarkt

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

The magazine Wirtschaftswoche and Personalmarkt Services compared the salaries of 470 careers and positions. The results are mainly negative. The salaries of top-managers increase while those of university graduates constantly decrease. The gap between women and men still exists and the net income of German employees decreased in 2009. Positive news is, that the old principle “who stays the longest at the company earns the most” no longer exists. Performance is the determining factor for a rise in salary and specialists can expect pay raises up to 5 percent. [DE]

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Women in Business

Do women have a „superwoman complex“ / Haben Frauen einen „Superwoman Komplex“?

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

For years, women fought for the equality of women and men. Many improvements have been made, others, for example equal payments, are still to come. Did the fight for equality lead to a superwoman complex? A superwoman complex is the constant need of women to prove that their as good, or even better, then men. For their career this competitive behavior can be beneficial. But often this behavior spills over into the private lives of women. [DE]

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Diversity & Inclusion

Women who change the world: Cornelia Sengpiel and her agency Profiplaza / Frauen die die Welt verändern: Cornelia Sengpiel und ihre Agentur Profiplaza

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

The current issue of the German Cosmopolitan reports about Cornelia Sengpiel as a woman who changes the world. She founded an employment agency for highly qualified, experienced women who want to work in flexible working hours or part-time work models. Her agency Profiplaza matches the needs of companies for qualified employees and the needs of women for balancing family-life and career. [DE]

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The great disappearing act – a survey by Bain & Company / Das große Verschwinden – eine Umfrage von Bain & Company

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

And yet another survey shows that women have become a major part of the global workforce but seem to disappear in top management positions. The survey by Bain & Company identifies three hurdles on the way to gender parity: a perception gap, the problem of balancing family & career and commitment of companies to gender parity.[DE]

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Women in Business

Event-Tips by the Center for Women in Business and Technology / Veranstaltungshinweise des Zentrum Frau in Beruf und Technik

Monday, March 1st, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

The Center for Women in Business and Technology informs about workshops, lectures and events on the topics of career enhancement, balancing family and career and the support of career advancement of women. [DE] (more…)

Women in Business

Die Pausen-Frauen/ The Interval Ladies

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

A few weeks ago we blogged about a report released by the German Institute for Economic Research. The result of the report is that only 2.5% of all board members are women. Last weekend the German Newspaper FAZ published an article that questions these results. The article, written by a woman, says the problem was not that women have difficulties breaking through all-men-networks. The problems were the women themselves…[DE]

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Women – The time is NOW!/ Frauen – Eure Zeit ist jetzt!

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by Astrid Bosten

„Women – The Time is NOW!“ With a captivating speech, bestseller author Avivah Wittenberg-Cox was the crowning finale of Henkel’s second Women’s Networking Day in Germany. [EN]