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Stories to Inspire & Inform STEM + Women in their Careers
Gotarian Adventures | True Life Stories from fellow members
True life stories from Gotara members who share how the career advice they received from Gotara advisors helped them grow in their STEM careers.
No Risk. No Reward. Period.
Four women in STEM trailblazers share how they approach taking risks in their careers.
Gotara marks 1 year of Innovating STEM mentoring
Innovating STEM mentoring for women around the world has been Gotara’s mission for the past year. Today we have 650+ members from 29 countries.
Breaking the Maternal Wall: What are the top reasons working mothers in STEM take a career hit due to barriers and biases?
You’re a new working mother in STEM—and you’re trying to balance your career with your life and not hit the maternal wall. You have a great boss. She’s always telling you that you can leave early to be with your baby and that you can skip meetings to make that happen. That’s a good thing, right?
Ami Radunskaya shares 6 life lessons she learned as a professional musician, mother and woman in mathematics.
Ami Radunskaya shares 6 life lessons she learned as a professional musician, mother and woman in mathematics.
Essential Job Search Checklist for your STEM Career | Women in STEM
Spring is the perfect time to kickstart your job search. Use our job search checklist to narrow down the STEM jobs you’ll love.
Ginger Wierzbanowski shares 5 cybersecurity career strategies
Ginger Wierzbanowski recently retired from her cybersecurity career—where she was among the 1% of women who made it into senior management—to open a cidery. Now the only “spies” she’s focused on are her North Spy apples. At our recent TARATALK, she shared five strategies for how women can make it in the cybersecurity world, whether they’re technical or a non-techie like Ginger who has a MA in Russian studies.
Jessica Vandenberghe shares 7 Career Pathing Strategies to land your dream job
Jessica Vandenberghe knows all about beating the odds. She is one of 0.0007% of Canadian engineering graduates who identify as First Nations. Discover the 7 strategies she used to land her dream job.
Malika Grayson outlines her “VICTORY” strategy to overcome Imposter Syndrome for good
Malika Grayson is the last person you think would suffer from imposter syndrome. She’s a mechanical engineer, author and STEM activist. Her mission is to cancel imposter syndrome for good.
8 Ways to Boost your Job Satisfaction in STEM
Make time for gut checks, pretend you’re the CEO and question the supremacy of technology. These are just some of the insightful tips Alana Karen shares in this TARATALK. Alana, who is the Director of Search Platforms at Google is an author and a history major turned tech leader.
