Registered Nurse
Regardless of whether a woman chooses to work out of necessity or desire, more women are employed now than ever before. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women made up 45 percent of the workforce in 1998. By 2008, that number had increased to 48 percent. The BLS predicts this trend of the increase of women in the workplace will continue.
Bright Horizons
Bright Horizons offers benefits to its employees that makes it easy for them to be mothers and employees. The company features on-site child care, which means mothers can drop their children off at the on-site daycare and are never too far away. The company's workforce is made up of 96 percent women. Nearly 40 percent of these women are minorities.
Build-A-Bear Workshop
In addition to children thinking their mother has one of the best jobs around, women who work for Build-A-Bear Workshop also have access to a subsidized gym membership and can make an average annual salary of around $51,000 as a chief workshop manager. Women are less likely to be passed over for a promotion by a man here thanks to the fact that the workforce is made up of 86 percent women.
Northwest Community Hospital
Northwest Community Hospital is a suburban Chicago hospital that has a workforce made up of 83 percent women. Women who work here can save time trying to find time to go to the gym thanks to the on-site fitness center. The most common hourly job at the hospital is that of an acute care staff nurse.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Women may be attracted to working for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta thanks to the hospital's on-site child care. The workforce here is made up of 82 percent women. The hospital awarded employees for referrals during its 100 nurses in 100 days campaign. One of the prizes for a referral was 100 free hours of babysitting.
Southern Ohio Medical Center
Registered nurses at the Southern Ohio Medical Center make an average salary of just under $60,000 per year. Thanks to the hospital's 4-percent job growth from 2008 to 2009, more women are getting opportunities to work there. The hospital staff is made up of 82 percent women, and it has an on-site fitness facility.
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network
The Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network is a hospital that has added more than 1,000 new employees since 2006. A full 81 percent of the hospital's employees are women. The most common hourly job at the hospital is that of a registered nurse. The average salary for a registered nurse here is about $59,000 per year.
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