Following on from our look at just how much women's standing in the workplace has improved since 1943, more heartening news arrives regarding women's fortunes in the City of London.
In a survey headlined with possibly the millionth use of the 'Sexism in the City' pun (surely time to retire this one now?), recruitment specialists Joslin Rowe report that women received nearly half (48.4%) of job offers made in the City in May 2009 (external website), up from 44.9% a year ago.
The report, based on information relating to 1,244 job offers made in the City, shows a concomitant fall in offers made to men over the same period (from 55.1% to 51.6%).
So while progress on closing the gender pay gap remains depressingly slow, the Joslin Rowe research suggests that women are close to achieving parity with men when it comes to landing City jobs.
Sadly, the report does not present any data on the current status of the gender pay gap in the City. In the meantime, women workers in the City might be well advised to refer to our recent post on why women should think like men when it comes to salary.
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