Women In Technology - Friday Links - 20/01/2023
Hello everybody,
WIT is back after the end-of-year holidays; we hope you too all had warm and disconnecting moments with your close ones.
New year's resolutions
· Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/
· How to Stop Overthinking and Have More Impact as a Female Leader
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-stop-overthinking-have-more-impact-female-leader-nicola/
· And a fun song I recently came across for all these tough moments 2023 may bring to us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXF5vgT2SQ8
Your own kind of leader
Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand’s Prime Minister.
I hope I leave behind a belief that you can be kind, but strong. Empathetic, but decisive. Optimistic, but focused. That you can be your own kind of leader – one that knows when it’s time to go.
· How the world fell in love with Jacinda Ardern
· Women remain extremely underrepresented in global politics, with just 28 countries represented by elected female leaders as of 2022, according to U.N. figures. “At the current rate, gender equality in the highest positions of power will not be reached for another 130 years,” U.N. Women said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/19/jacinda-ardern-resign-sexism-battles/
Davos 2023
· CERN's Director General Fabiola Gianotti gave a remarkable talk at the WEF in Davos this week on CERN’s scientific program and how that boosts Cooperation in a Fragmented World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7MN4C8PcWc
· Need more 'he for shes' to hit gender parity, agrees WEF panel
Live @wit.cern on job opportunities
· Join us live on Instagram (@wit.cern) on Wednesday, January 25 at 17:00 CET. We’ll be chatting with a talent acquisition specialist from CERN HR, and learning about some of the job opportunities available at CERN and what it’s like to work here. You'll be able to ask questions during the live event! Spread the word to your friends and students who might be searching for a job this year!
WITalk with Fermilab’s Lorena Lobato
· Lorena is a Computing Services Specialist in Fermilab and an ex-IT-CERN employee. She will be interviewed by wit-sc Florentia to discuss about her career path, transition after CERN, women in technology in Europe and the US, and many more!
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1240247/
WIT Collaboration Workshop now!
· You may still join us in the Idea Square on a fun networking event! The goal of the workshop is to collaboratively re-think the WIT web site, meet members from the community and spend some time together to start the year.
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224830/
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,
Eva
on behalf of CERN WIT Communications
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