You’ve heard about the gender pay gap. But how about the gender resume gap?
New data from LinkedIn shows that women are not promoting themselves as much as men on the site.
The platform analyzed more than 141 million member profiles in the US and noticed that women have shorter profile summaries, while men “skew their professional brands to highlight more senior-level experience,” sometimes even removing the junior roles from their resume altogether and that on average women share 11 percent fewer skills on their page than male counterparts.
More generally, the study found that women are more likely to apply for roles in the administration, marketing and customer service fields, while men aim for “higher prestige,” higher paid roles.
So how can we close this gender resume gap? Begin radically self-promoting, pad out your resume in your favor and start ruthlessly applying for jobs just a touch beyond your reach. It might work for you. Hell, it’s working for the men.