# Prof. Sheila Wellington offers women career advice

1 Faculty News November 2, 2011 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032476.jpg?itok=tRZIxDgW)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times Women at the Top blog](http://blogs.ft.com/women-at-the-top/2011/11/02/helping-the-next-wave-of-women/#axzz1cZnqNql8) -- “There will be an assumption that a woman can’t accept that promotion or can’t move because she’s got kids in school. So \[the company\] offers the job to Jim instead of Jane. I really worry about this. Particularly now because we need all the brains we can get."

[Read more](http://blogs.ft.com/women-at-the-top/2011/11/02/helping-the-next-wave-of-women/#axzz1cZnqNql8)