CAREER GIRLS

do you ever feel like you are taken less seriously in the workplace,

only because you are a girl? and a young one?

i've been extremely lucky to work on an incredible team,

with both men and women who not only respect me and my work,

but teach and mentor me to grow both personally and professionally.

every once in awhile, though, someone says something that irks me.

for example:

i do a lot of recruiting in my current role, and therefore conduct

dozens of phone interviews every week. 

the other day, i called this man for a routine interview.

i started by introducing myself and giving him a brief overview 

of how the interview was going to go. 

the guy started laughing, like he literally chuckled, and said,

"wow! that was quite the mouthful little lady!"

little lady?! seriously? my dad doesn't even call me that.

i couldn't help but think how differently he would've reacted 

had i been an older male calling for the interview.