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Broken Rung for Women in the Workplace – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1106 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1106 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Antoni Shkraba Studio Credit: RDNE Stock Project Credit: Vlada Karpovich Preamble The journey of professional advancement is rarely linear, especially for women. Despite strides in education and employment, one stubborn barrier continues to hinder women’s rise in the workplace: the broken rung. This metaphorical broken step on the career ladder represents the first critical promotion from entry-level roles to management—and it is where women’s progress often falters. In their insightful book, *The Broken Rung: When the Career Ladder Breaks for Women—and How They Can Succeed in Spite of It*, McKinsey senior partners Kweilin Ellingrud, Larein...

Understanding Women’s Health Gap – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #995 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #995 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Cedric Fauntleroy Credit: Ivan Samkov Credit: Michelle Leman 26 August was Women’s Equality Day. Their health gap is a major challenge in achieving equality. Links of resources for this post at the end. Women live longer than men, but they spend 25 percent more of that time in poor health. Closing this gap can add more healthy years to their lives. It must be recognized that women’s health is not just a scaled down version of men’s health, but that it is biologically distinct and different. McKinsey Health Institute – MHI – in collaboration with World Economic Forum, has done detailed research and analysis on country-wise situation of women’s health, the...

Applying for Jobs Where We Don’t Qualify – Pros and Cons – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 992 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 992 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Image Created with Microsoft Designer Image Created with Microsoft Designer Put up any job ad in a newspaper, and it is likely the HR will receive hundreds of doses k., Via Email and post. They find it hard to screen this load and therefore depute the junior-most (mostly) staff to do the first screening. She/he rejects a huge number of applications on the basis of primary factors like education, age, experience, or even gender. If such a large-scale culling is not applied, it is found that lot of unrelated candidates have applied. A finding from a Hewlett Packard internal report, that has been quoted in lean In. The Confidence Code, and a h...

Greetings - New Year 2023 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #739 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #739 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. YEAR 2023 HAS STARTED. IT IS TIME FOR USUAL GREETINGS, WISHES, AND PRAYERS. I PRAY AND WISH THAT PAKISTAN GETS OUT OF THE ABYSS IT IS IN NOW, THAT THE PEOPLE GET MUCH NEEDED RELIEF, AND THAT WE SEE OUR COUNTRY OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF THE CORRPUPT, INCOMPETENT, MYOPIC, SELF-CENTERED, AND SELFISH RULERS, WHEREVER THEY COME FROM. AAMEEN. I ALSO PRAY THAT EACH ONE OF US GETS APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION FOR OUR HARD WORK AND BENEFITS WHICH ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT. AAMEEN. Every year is a usual mix of happy and sad events, but the year 2022 has been particularly devasta...