ONLINE EDUCATION | EDUCATION | CAREER ADVICE

Minority Women in Business: Getting Better But Not There Yet

Things are looking up for minority women. But don’t break out the champagne just yet.

 

As tough as the corporate world has been on women in general, it has been brutal to minority women. Statistics have shown a dramatic disparity between the number of women of African-American, Hispanic, or Asian-American ethnicity and the number of white women in higher positions and an even larger disparity between minority women and white men. While this disparity is still glaring, recent years have shown signs of change.

 

According to data gathered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from 2002 to 2005, minority women are shifting upwards, albeit at a glacial pace, in their employment opportunities. For example, the number of black women in clerical, craft, operative, laborer, or service worker positions is steadily declining, while the number of black women in sales, technical, and professional positions is rising. Similarly, Asian-Pacific women are shifting away from laborer and operative jobs and flocking toward professional, technical, and sales positions. Interestingly, Hispanic women show significant increases in all job types.

 

What do these shifts mean for minority women? One word: OPPORTUNITY. Black, Latino, and Asian women have more opportunities for well paid, more rewarding careers than perhaps any generation before them. Especially among professionals, which include doctors, attorneys, nurses, accountants, minority women are leaving less rewarding career choices and taking advantage of unprecedented opportunities.

 

Are opportunities endless? Not yet. Making up nearly 65 percent of management positions, white males still rule. White females make up 29 percent of the same segment. Minority males compose nearly 10 percent of the segment. That leaves minority females with the remaining 6 percent. Needless to say, African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American women still have a long way to climb to catch up to their white counterparts.

 

What will it take for minority women to rise up through the ranks? While future career success largely starts in the home with supportive family members and friends, much advantage can also be gained from the right college education and making solid career progress after school. With the right moves, a lot of determination, and a strong education, women of color can move into full and meaningful careers where they can reach their potential.

 

Interested in learning more about how to get the right business education? Check out our list of online business schools. They are ready and willing to get you started off right on the road to success.

 

GEOS Colleges offer an extensive range of long and part-time courses. GEOS Oceania English Language colleges offer English courses in modern facilities in the Oceania region - Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa.

Non-Profit Customers Get Free Website Design for their home pages their first year with hosting rates of just $10 a month paid annually.

SHARE THIS STORY:

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Do you need continuing education information?

Improve your earning power, further your job prospects or increase your chances for promotion. Fill out our continuing education form.

RELATED POSTS:
Women in the Boardroom: Still a Tough Climb
Diversity and the Odd Man (or Woman) Out
Girl Power: Women Rule in the Classroom
Does Diversity Work?
Millennials Will Change the World
The Sudden Fall of Eliot Spitzer and Ethical Leadership
Navigating the Career Fair
Celebrity Actors & Their College Majors

RELATED DEGREES: Accounting, Advertising and Marketing, Aircraft Technology, Animation, Architectural Design, Art and Design, Art and Design, Auto, Motorcycle, and Diesel, Behavioral Science, Biomedical Engineering, Business, Business Administration, Business and Finance, Child Care and Development, Communications, Communications, Computer Science, Computer Technology, Construction and Repair, Continuing Education, Corporate Education, Cosmetology, Counseling, Criminal Investigations, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Administration, Culinary Arts, Curriculum and Instruction, Dental Assisting, Digital Design, Digital Design, Drafting, Drafting, Early Childhood Education, Economics, Education, Education Administration, Electronics and Technology, Elementary Education (K-6), Engineering, English and Writing, Esthetician, Film and Video Production, General Studies, Global Business, Graphic Design and Multimedia, Health Care Administration, Health Services, High School Diploma/GED, History, Homeland Security, Hospitality and Travel, Human Resources, Human Services, Information Systems, Instructional Technology, Interior Design, IT and Networking, Law, Law, Law Enforcement, Leadership and Management, Legal and Paralegal Studies, Liberal Arts, Manicurist, Marine and Aquatics, Math and Physics, Math and Physics, MBA, Medical Assisting, Medical Billing and Coding, Medical Billing and Coding, Multimedia, Networking, Nursing, Office Assistant, Office Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Political Science, Private Security, Project Management, Psychology and Development, Public Administration, Real Estate, Real Estate, Repair Technology, Risk Management, Secondary Education (6-12), Skilled Trades , Software Development, Special Education, Specialty Trades, Teacher's Aides and Interns, Teaching, Technology Management, Technology Management, Telecommunications/Fiber Optics, Theological Studies, Web Design

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am and is filed under Career Advice, Choosing a Degree, Choosing a School, News & Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.