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Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the Gender Pay Gap

Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the Gender Pay Gap. AAUW’s groundbreaking research report, Behind the Pay Gap, revealed that just one year out of college, women working full time already earn significantly less than their male counterparts earn. STARTING SALARIES. $35,000. $39,000.

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Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the Gender Pay Gap

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  1. Your Campus Blueprint: Closing the Gender Pay Gap

  2. AAUW’s groundbreaking research report, Behind the Pay Gap, revealed that just one year out of college, women working full time already earn significantly less than their male counterparts earn.

  3. STARTING SALARIES $35,000 $39,000

  4. FIRST YEAR - STARTING SALARIES AND YEAR-END BONUSES $35,000 Bonus: $1750 First Year Total: $36,750 $39,000 Bonus: $1950 First Year Total: $40,950

  5. DO THE MATH! He now has earned $4200 more than you did in the first year!

  6. SECOND YEAR - SALARIES $44,000 He’s a go-getter, Hard charger! $39,000 She’s a hard worker, steady!

  7. SECOND YEAR SALARIES AND YEAR-END BONUSES SALARY $39,000 BONUS $1950.00 SALARY $44,000 BONUS $2,200.00

  8. LET’S DO THE MATH AGAIN! OUR YOUNG MAN $44,000+ $2,200= $46,200 YOU $39,000+ $1,950= $40,950 SECOND YEAR DIFFERENCE $5250 In two years, the difference is $9,450

  9. Women college graduates will earn roughly $1 million less over their work life than the young man standing next to them getting the same degree, at the same time! THAT’S THE PERSONAL COST OF THE WAGE GAP TO YOU! Women college graduates will earn$1.2 million less over their work life than the young man standing next to them getting the same degree at the same time!

  10. Losses to you over three years: First year $4,200 Second year $5,250 Third year $10,500 In three years, a loss of almost $20,000! Over your working life time, a loss of roughly $1,000,000 or more! That’s how the wage gap happens!

  11. The Face of Pay Equity • In 2009, women earned 77 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts • 67 cents for African American women and 58 cents for Latinas, compared to white men • Female college graduates earn 75% of what male peers earn • 90 percent of women see equal pay for equal work as a priority

  12. The pay gap cannot be fully explained by choices

  13. Working Towards Equal Pay • Federal and state legislative efforts • Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (signed into law) • Paycheck Fairness Act • The Fair Pay Act • State Pay Equity Legislation • Equal Pay Day • April 28, 2009 • Public education strategies • AAUW Pay Equity Resource Kit

  14. Campus-based programs Eckerd College Gender Wage Equity Workshops $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops Working Towards Equal Pay

  15. $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops • 3 hour workshops for juniors and seniors • Facilitator training sessions • Goal of 500 campuses in three years • 2009 on 62 campuses in 23 states • 2009 provided facilitator training for 600

  16. $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops • Student participants: • Participate in role-play exercises to help them gain concrete skills to enhance their negotiation skills. • Learn about the personal consequences of the gender wage gap and what a $1.2 million loss in wages over one’s working lifetime means to them and to our nation. • Learn how to benchmark reasonable salaries and benefits by learning about job titles, job functions, salary ranges, and the effect of market realities on salaries. • Gain insight on their “bottom line” and how to budget.

  17. $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops • Why bring to your campus: • Few campuses offer training that focus on the specialized topic of salary negotiation • Gain campus and community exposure • Give students the skills they will need to enter the workforce • Partner with two national organizations, AAUW and the WAGE Project, both of which are widely recognized leaders in work that improves the lives of women and girls

  18. $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops • How to bring to your campus: • The fee is $500 for the use and development of the materials for the initial $tart $mart campus workshop. • Additional costs include travel and lodging expenses for any WAGE Project facilitator who travels more than 25 miles to the campus. • $tart $mart Facilitator Training is available for $50 per individual.

  19. $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops • How to bring to your campus: • Potential funding opportunities and partnerships for $tart $mart campus workshops and facilitator trainings mayinclude • Requesting an allocation from the dean of students and/or the Student Recruitment Office • Dividing the cost among several campus organizations that are interested in hosting a workshop • Offering sponsorship opportunities to interested community businesses or organizations • Applying for a local grant • Fundraising by interested student organizations that wish to host aworkshop or facilitator training

  20. $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops Read more at http://aauw.org/learn/LeadershipPrograms Contact Annie Houle at the WAGE Project to schedule a workshop and/or facilitator training at ahoule@wageproject.org

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