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About the episode:  This episode is a collaboration with Cheryl-Lyn Bentley and her podcast, Break Concrete. They discuss their experiences as FLI women of color navigating class migration. It’s a really great conversation especially for those getting ready to graduate or anyone who is an emerging professional. 

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

Highlights:

• “Women, women of color, we are socialized into following rules and there are very harsh consequences if we don’t. We have to re-socialize into feeling more comfortable, just applying.”
• “Never look at any opportunity as too small.” 
• “Think bigger than right now.”
• “Unconscious bias has very real, very tangible, very conscious results.”

Other References: 

• Tara Sophia Mohr, Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified, Harvard Business Review, Aug. 25, 2014.
• Max Nisen, Employers ignore almost everything on your resume–except this, Dec. 2, 2014
• Sarah Cassidy, Apply for jobs like a privileged White Man in these five easy steps, Medium, Aug. 25, 2018
• McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.org, Women in the Workplace 2018
• Cindy Pace, How Women of Color Get to Senior Management, Harvard Business Review, Aug. 31, 2018.