Despite women comprising 43.4% of the global workforce, they hold only 30.4% of top management roles. Progress has stalled since 2002, with minimal increases noted. A skills-based hiring approach could dramatically enhance talent pools, particularly increasing female representation, suggesting a significant strategic shift in recruitment practices. U.S. statistics show a steep drop of women in senior positions: from over half in entry-level roles to only 28.5% in C-suite roles, highlighting urgent disparities in career advancement opportunities.
As women in the U.S. climb higher on the corporate ladder, their numbers drop significantly. While they hold more than half of entry-level individual contributor positions, only one-third of women are in more senior individual contributor positions.
LinkedIn's data indicated that a skills-based hiring approach would expand talent pools by 6x globally and can substantially increase the pool of potential candidates and propel more qualified women forward.
Even though top-level management representation among women has grown between 2015 and 2024 from 27.5% to 30.4%, progress has slowed down, LinkedIn found.
In terms of the management track, women hold 40% of early-career management positions but just 28.5% of C-suite positions, the career site said.
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