Answer: 

Questions:

• What policies or benefits do you think make a company a "best employer" for women?
• What major advantages do companies with women-friendly policies have? 

Here are the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Behind the numbers (Forbes)

Companies have made considerable progress in their quest for gender parity over the years, enacting strong hiring and retention practices that directly benefit female employees and offering family-friendly policies that place women at the center of these efforts.

In our third annual ranking of the best employers for women, Forbes collaborated with market research firm Statista, surveying 75,000 Americans, including 45,000 women, working for businesses that employ more than 1,000 workers. The respondents spanned 31 industries and were asked to share their opinion on a series of statements about their respective employer’s culture, opportunities for career development, image, working conditions, salary and wages and diversity.

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The NGPF curriculum team recently updated the Career Unit. Here's a few of the fave resources:

• ANALYZE: A High School Resume and Cover Letter 

• COMPARE: Choosing Between Job Offers

• DATA CRUNCH: What’s The Relationship Between Education and Unemployment?

• DATA CRUNCH: Which Careers Are the Biggest Gamble?

• FINE PRINT: Pay Stub

• PROJECT: Who Aced the Interview Challenge?

• PROJECT: You Decide! Who Gets the Job?

• SOFT SKILLS: Good Communication

About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.