Three quarters of young women being put off traditionally “male-dominated” industries by poor careers advice Export

@book{citeulike:754979, abstract = {ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council for the industry, has found that young women feel let down by the careers advice they receive and are being put off traditionally male dominated industries. Research among 2,400 11 to 18 year old girls found that over two thirds (70\%) felt there was a gender bias against girls in the careers advice they were given, despite the girls themselves being keen to break gender stereotypes. As a result, ConstructionSkills is launching Positive Image, a TV advertising campaign to reach young women directly.}, citeulike-article-id = {754979}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.constructionskills.net/pdf/news/pressreleases/pr-20060404-positiveimage.pdf}, keywords = {career-change, career-guidance, employment, equal-opportunities, gender, occupational-segregation, women}, posted-at = {2006-07-12 16:43:31}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Construction Skills}, title = {Three quarters of young women being put off traditionally ” male-dominated” industries by poor careers advice}, url = {http://www.constructionskills.net/pdf/news/pressreleases/pr-20060404-positiveimage.pdf}, year = {2006} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:754979 L3 - citeulike-article-id:754979 N2 - ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council for the industry, has found that young women feel let down by the careers advice they receive and are being put off traditionally male dominated industries. Research among 2,400 11 to 18 year old girls found that over two thirds (70%) felt there was a gender bias against girls in the careers advice they were given, despite the girls themselves being keen to break gender stereotypes. As a result, ConstructionSkills is launching Positive Image, a TV advertising campaign to reach young women directly. TI - Three quarters of young women being put off traditionally “male-dominated” industries by poor careers advice PB - Construction Skills KW - career-change KW - career-guidance KW - employment KW - equal-opportunities KW - gender KW - occupational-segregation KW - women PY - 2006/// UR - http://www.constructionskills.net/pdf/news/pressreleases/pr-20060404-positiveimage.pdf ER -