Prosperous career pivots and Women in STEMM
Submission deadline: 16 August 2024
First Publish Dates: 1-4 October 2024
This month we are delving into some inspiring stories and initiatives that support people to transition their careers between industries, leverage their transferable skills, and embrace non-traditional career journeys.
About the prosperous career pivots campaign
We’re asking eligible Endorsed Employers to contribute to an article featuring real-world testimonials from women who have entered your organization from either drastically different industries or shifted into drastically different roles or business units within your organization.
Not only will the article help our community of women better approach their own career paths, but it will also let them better see your organization as a place where they could succeed.
The questions to answer
Supply the testimonial from one woman within your organization that has made a drastic career pivot either as they entered your organization, or within your organization that answers the below questions:
- Please share your name, pronouns, and role title.
- What was your prior role and/or industry before you pivoted your career, and where or what are you doing now that’s so different from before?
- What motivated you to make such a big career change?
- How has your current employer supported and inspired you to continue your career in this industry?
- What advice do you have for other women looking to pivot their career?
Word limit: 350 words
Keep in mind that your submission will be published along with submissions from other Endorsed Employers too. To this end, please only supply testimonials where your organization has been directly involved in the pivot.
Potential article headlines
(These are only examples and will depend on the actual content submitted)
- 8 reasons to pivot your career (and where to go when you do)
- How you can make a prosperous career pivot like these women
BONUS Content Opportunity: Women in STEMM
In this month’s spotlight, we want to raise the voices and experiences of women in STEMM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine).
Not only will the article help the women in our community feel that their experiences are seen and supported, but it will also let them better see your organization as a place where they could succeed.
The questions to answer
Supply the testimonial of one woman within your organization who works in a STEMM role that answers these four questions:
- Please share your name, pronouns, and role title.
- What do you love about working in STEMM?
- What’s one myth you think needs to be busted to get more women in this industry?
- Why do you think gender equity is important in this industry?
Total word limit: 350 words
Potential article headlines
(These are only examples and will depend on the actual content submitted)
- The myths and realities of being a woman in STEMM
- 8 Women share what working in STEMM is really like
To submit your organization’s advocacy campaign contribution, complete the form below.
Please make sure your submission includes the name, pronouns, role title, and a picture of any person(s) we can attribute the answer to in the article.
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FAQs
What type of images do you need?
Please ensure any headshot photos are high resolution (minimum 1MB), ideally taken against light and neutral backgrounds, with the individual’s face visible and not blurry, to ensure we can use them in the campaign.
Ensure to include a description of all images in the image file name, including the name, role title and pronouns of the pictured people.
How will the advocacy campaign content be shared?
The advocacy campaign content may be curated into any number of formats, including long-form articles, shorter carousel-style stories, videos, or infographics. Each content piece will then be shared across a variety of marketing platforms including our website, social media channels and newsletters. Where relevant we will also broadcast through our partner network and syndicate affiliations.
Will all my content be included?
Due to the high volume and variety of submissions for each focus area, we are unable to include every word of every supplied Endorsed Employers’ content. We will carefully adapt, edit, and curate the content to meet the needs of your organization, but also the needs of our audiences, while always maintaining the veracity of what has been supplied.
We rely on all our Endorsed Employers to provide content relevant to the topic details — the more relevant the content provided, the more space it will be given in any individual feature. Our team will be in touch if we need further clarification on your submission.
I need to speak to someone, who should I contact?
Please reach out to your DEI Account Manager, or campaigns@work180.co if you have further questions.
How will I know when a campaign is live?
Once the main campaign content piece is published, you will be provided with the links.
Please feel free to share these across your own channels. If there are specific hashtags that we are using for the campaign, we will provide these to you to utilize when sharing across your own social media platforms.
Will I get to view the campaign before it goes live?
No. The time between drafting, building the content, and publishing is very tight. This along with the number of stakeholders involved in each campaign, and the number of campaign content pieces a single submission may be involved in, it simply isn’t fair or feasible to allow any one client to approve the content before it’s published. We ask that clients get all the content they submit to be approved prior to submitting.