Related: Is Sheryl Sandberg Going to Head Up Disney? As she did in the first book, she continues to offer practical advice: When negotiating pay, name a number that is just above the high end of the official salary range (if a position pays $35,000 to $40,000, ask for $41,000) write down your career goal and give it a deadline send résumés as PDFs to avoid formatting issues. study that concluded that men are compensated based on their promise women are compensated based on past accomplishments.) Consider that two thirds of lifetime wage growth occurs in the first decade of your career, and Sandberg's exhortations to young, smart women just entering the workforce seem all the more necessary. (Sandberg made a similar point in Lean In, citing a 2011 McKinsey & Co. According to the American Association of University Women, female college grads earned 82 percent of what their male peers did just one year out of college. In short: that the wage gap begins early, and women just entering the job market need advice on how to navigate the gender politics of corporate America. But even if she were simply out to make a buck (a cynical theory I just don't buy, and anyway, Sandberg is already a billionaire), she is saying what needs to be said. I like to think this new book represents coming full circle for Sandberg, whose impassioned 2011 commencement speech at Barnard College is often cited as the beginning of her second career…as a feminist. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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