Overcoming Barriers to Career Advancement as a Woman of Color with The FLI Collective

Break Concrete: Black Women At Work

Women of color face unique gender and racial barriers to their professional advancement and are less likely to move into leadership roles. In today’s bonus episode, we speak to the women of The FLI Collective, a lifestyle podcast that deals with the experiences of being first generation and low income in academia. We examine some of these challenges and discuss strategies for advancing women of color, including when we should pursue stretch opportunities and how we lead and bring others along with us. Welcome Drs. Marlette Jackson, Edritz Javelosa, Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, Miranda Stratton, and Courtney Pena!

Topics Covered:

• Defining FLI - first generation, low-income college graduate
• Navigating privileged spaces as a class migrant
• What stops women of color from applying to jobs
• Why women discount their qualifications when job hunting
• The power of networking
• Defining stereotype threat
• What women of color should do when considering a new job
• How women of color lead and navigate leadership
• Recognizing the invisible labor women of color managers undertake
• Why women of color are not promoted into senior positions
• How to self-advocate in the workplace

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