{"id":2631,"date":"2014-05-22T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/167.172.54.60\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:41:26","slug":"the-career-paradox-for-uk-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/the-career-paradox-for-uk-women\/","title":{"rendered":"The Career Paradox for UK Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"hero-article-6a0389f9b1608\" class=\"hero-article page-block page-block--pdtop-reg page-block--pdbot-reg\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill-tag pill-tag--blue-20\">Accelerating Leaders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__date\">22 May 2014<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-article__title\">The Career Paradox for UK Women<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/talking-talent\/library\/images\/branding\/logo-icon.svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__author-name\">Dru Patel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/thestandingdesk-u9ZD9vJEmiA-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/thestandingdesk-u9ZD9vJEmiA-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/thestandingdesk-u9ZD9vJEmiA-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/thestandingdesk-u9ZD9vJEmiA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/thestandingdesk-u9ZD9vJEmiA-unsplash-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/thestandingdesk-u9ZD9vJEmiA-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/thestandingdesk-u9ZD9vJEmiA-unsplash-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"sticky-content-sidebar-6a0389f9b3905\" class=\"sticky-content-sidebar page-block page-block--pdtop-none page-block--pdbot-xl\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container sticky-content-sidebar__wrap\">\n\t\t<aside class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__sidebar-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"social-share\">\n            <h4 class=\"highlight\">Share<\/h4>\n            <a href=\"mailto:?subject=the-career-paradox-for-uk-women&amp;body=Check out this post by US Site: https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/the-career-paradox-for-uk-women\/\" title=\"Share by Email\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"social-share__link social-share__link--facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Fthe-career-paradox-for-uk-women%2F&amp;title=The+Career+Paradox+for+UK+Women\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"social-share__link social-share__link--linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Fthe-career-paradox-for-uk-women%2F&amp;summary=\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=800,width=900');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"social-share__link social-share__link--twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The+Career+Paradox+for+UK+Women https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Fthe-career-paradox-for-uk-women%2F\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/insights\/blog\/\" class=\"ui-btn ui-btn--outline-b sticky-content-sidebar__back\"><span>Back to articles<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"body-content\"><p>This report is an examination of the working environment for women and mothers and seeks to understand what organisations are doing to support female career progression. 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