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因为整个行业都承诺予以纠正男女适当比例。就我们的
AIG 中国而言，我们在高管层的比例是 50/50，我是说女
性高管和男性高管的比例，但伦敦市场的数据将会非常不
同。你可能不会相信，在那边只有 10%是女性。所以我的
建议是，作为一名女性当你进入这个行业时，你可以充分
利用金融业的人才政策导向。让你的领导知道你的职业规
划和目标，利用不同的内外部支持体系，如导师或赞助。
就像我刚才提到的，让自己引人注目，接触到更多的机会，
当然，这一切的前提是你首先必须非常努力地工作，是个
优秀的有潜力的员工。
Paulina: 唯一我想补充的一件事就是申请这份工作。一般
来说，女性往往会等到满足了招聘职位的所有标准后才申
请，而我们的男性同行则不是这样。
Maggie: 对。当我们参加女性领导力的培训项目时，我们
会觉得很有趣。我认为女性领导者通常会 120%确信自己
能胜任这份工作，她们才说我能胜任。但与我们的男性同
事相比，他们可能只有 50%的把握，就会说“是，我可
以。” 所以这是非常不同的，这就是性别差异的美妙之处。
作为一名女性，你需要非常清楚地意识到这一点，有时并
不是你不能做到，而是你比较保守，缺乏自信。
Paulina: 确实。有一位很有魅力的演讲者提出了一些研究，
男性和女性的大脑在学习和吸收信息的方式上是不同的。
对于男孩或男人来说，如果你听到的声音太大，实际上他
们吸收的更好，反之，如果音量太大，女性的大脑实际上
就会关闭。这是我们在学习方式上的差异，所以也要对自
己温柔一点，但无论如何还是要承担风险勇往直前。
Maggie: 当然，我强烈推荐年轻女性，如果你在事业上非
常有野心，你应该读 Sheryl Sandberg 的《向前一步》，我
仍然觉得书有很多很好的建议，你真的可以从中学习。
Wei: 你想给观众的最后一条建议是什么?
Paulina: 弄清楚你下一步想要什么，跟着心声，自我评估
也是个人品牌建设。弄清楚你的价值主张是什么，弄清楚
你的匹配对象是什么。如果你想升职的话，花点时间仔细
研究，这将使晋升过程变得容易得多。同时自己放松，因
为这总是一个过程。
Maggie: 我想今年会发生很多事情，对全球所有人来说都
是很大的挑战。保持积极和开放，拥抱变化，真正利用这
个低迷期的机会来提高你的能力。跟随自己的内心，了解
自己在职业生涯中想要追求什么，以及提高能力或技能的
方法，当机会出现时，你会更好把握，为下一个好转做好
准备。
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this is probably also a very good industry to go into, given the
strong commitment in this industry currently to correct that
situation. For our AIG China, we have 50/50 in the executive
level, I mean the ratio for female and male executives, but in
London market this data will be very different. You probably
won’t believe that, but over there it's only probably 10% female.
So my advice for young women going into that industry, you
should really leverage all the commitments and the policy or
direction of the financial industry. And if you have the ambition,
let your manager know your career plan, your aspiration, where
you want to go, and leveraging different support system like
mentors or sponsorship. As I mentioned just now, make
yourself visible and exposed to more opportunities, but of
course all the foundation of this is that you need to work very
hard to be a top performer. So that's why you need to take the
ownership, you make your career aspiration known by your
manager and utilize the larger support system.
Paulina: The only thing I would add to that is apply for the job.
Females in general tend to wait till we meet all the criteria on
a job posting before even applying, that is not the case for our
gentlemen counterparts.
Maggie: I couldn't agree more on that one. When we are in
those female Leadership Program training, female leaders
usually will be 120% sure they can do the job before saying “I
can do that”. But compared with our male colleagues they
would say yes to the opportunity even if they only have 50%
confidence that they can do the job. As a female you need to
very clearly aware of that and sometimes it's not your ability but
rather your lack of confidence.
Paulina: There are actual differences. There was a fascinating
speaker who brought up some research that shows the
difference in how male and female brains learn and take in
information. For boys or men, if you hear a loud voice they
absorb the information better, whereas if the speaker is too loud,
the female brains literally shuts down. Actual differences is in
how we learn, so also be gentle with ourselves, but go forward
and take the risk anyways.
Maggie: Definitely, and I strongly recommend young females,
if you are very ambitious in the career, you should read Lean In
by Sheryl Sandberg, I still feel there are a lot of very good tips
in the book that you can really learn from.
Wei: What’s the final piece of advice you’d like to give the
audience?
Paulina: Figure out what you want next, it starts internally, i.e.
self assessment and personal branding. Figure out what your
value proposition is, figure out what your matches look like, and
then do your research. If you want to move up, it's going to
make the process so much easier. So take the time to do that and
take it easy on yourself, because it's a process.
Maggie: I think a lot of things are happening this year, it's very
challenging to everyone globally. Stay positive and stay open,
embrace the changes, and really use this downturn opportunity
to enhance your ability. Follow your heart, understand what you
want to pursue in your career and the ways to enhance abilities
or skills, you will have better chance when opportunity pops up,
be prepared for the next upturn.
MARCH 2021