How Identity Has Influenced An Associate Buyer At Elyse Walker's Career
Julia, an Associate Buyer, believes actively supporting other women is crucial for achieving workplace equality, stating that "it's easy to want to overcome someone else," but instead, the focus should be on making "it easier for the women below" to succeed. This approach, supporting women in leadership and companies promoting similar values, is a core tenet of their career navigation.
Women in Workplace, Mentorship, Leadership, Equality, Support
Advizer Information
Name
Job Title
Company
Undergrad
Grad Programs
Majors
Industries
Job Functions
Traits
Julia Hamilton
Associate Buyer
Elyse Walker
New York University, 2017
Anderson MBA
Business Management & Admin
Apparel, Beauty, Retail & Fashion
Strategic Management and Executive
None Applicable
Video Highlights
1. Actively supporting fellow women in the workplace is crucial for achieving equality.
2. Overcoming others is easy but remembering the struggles of previous generations of women is important.
3. Supporting companies and brands that promote women in leadership is key for progress.
Transcript
As someone who identifies as a woman, how has that impacted the way you navigate your career?
There's a lot of conversation around women in the workplace, particularly women supporting women. As someone actively in the workplace, I choose every single day to support the women around me, above me, and below me.
It's easy, especially for someone who wants to achieve and be successful, to want to overcome others. But you have to remember how difficult it was for the women who came before you. You must actively decide to make it easier for the women below you to reach higher standards.
That's the only way women will achieve equality, especially in the workplace. So, actively deciding to support women, support women in leadership, and support companies and brands that promote that is very important to me.