Results from the 2014 Randstad Canada Women Shaping Business survey

1. challenges and opportunities 2014
climbing the corporate ladder:
are senior roles attractive to women?
Randstad Canada’s Women Shaping Business program aims at exploring the challenges and
opportunities for today’s Canadian women in the workplace. We conduct annually a nationwide survey
in collaboration with Ipsos Reid, asking Canadian women how they feel the country has progressed
toward more equal workplaces. Over a thousand working women (including 303 managers and
executives) were interviewed online. Here are a few highlights:
women
shaping
business
Do you aspire to advance to a senior or executive position?
Yes
No
Undecided
48%
34%
47%
76%
Total
18-34
35-54
55+
guidance up the ladder:
the value of sponsorship and mentoring
salary gap:
in what province do women perceive the largest gap?
Yes, I am currently or have been a mentor
Perceived salary divide by province
(for perceptions of a very large divide between men and women)
advancing to senior roles:
when fears, perceptions and bias get in the way
Perceived factors that can prevent women from advancing to senior roles 2014
5%
9%
10%
77%
No, I have never been provided or
personally sought the support of a mentor
Yes, my current employer has
provided me with a mentor
A past employer has previously
provided me with a mentor, but I
currently do not have one
Yes, I currently have a mentor that
I sought on my own
Do you have a mentor?
Quebec
Alberta
Ontario
Atlantic
Canada
53%
48%
45%
44%
41%
33%
Saskatchewan
& Manitoba
British
Columbia
44%
33%
26%
25%
24%
24%
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Ontario
Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Atlantic Canada
Lack of executive sponsors or mentors
Personal confidence
Less willingness to relocate for senior position
Perceptions of leadership capacity for women
Perceptions of women in managerial roles
Employees fearing possible maternity leave
Employees fearing absences due to family obligations
11%
21%
25%
30%
36%
51%
53%
Want to get the full results of the study?
Go to www.womenshapingbusiness.ca
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#womenshapingbiz
Consult our blog for enlightening articles
on these key topics: blog.randstad.ca/blog
Register for our Women Shaping Business Linkedin Group to build your network and engage in
thought-provoking conversations.
To what extent do you feel that overall image (looks, personal image, etc.)
is a factor and has an impact on career progression for men and women?
14%
6%
35%
56%
32%
31%
19% 7%
A large factor A moderate factor A small factor Not a factor at all
Men Women