How to start as a female in a male dominated industry
A woman starting out in an almost exclusively male environment may sometimes feel the need to impose herself and to be aggressive in order to avoid coming off as “weak”. We often hear “you must have quite a character to work in this sector!” That is the attitude I myself adopted when I first started, […]
My first steps on a platform – part two
I was telling you in a previous article about my first steps on a platform, explaining the little hassles I faced. Today, I would like to discuss with you the notion of human relations. As you can imagine, being the only woman amongst 80 men wasn’t always simple. During the first trips, I stay in […]
My first steps on an oil rig
I’m 22 when I land in Nigeria (see my previous articles). I leave the comfort of the student life to enter that of the expatriate life. Another kind of comfort, but still a comfort, since we’re taken care of outside of work. I share a room in a house with three other engineers. For lunch […]
Where are the women in Computer Science?
At the women’s industry awards, a lot of the speeches revolved around the topic of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) – the speakers said they wanted to recruit more women, but they did not find enough female candidates post-graduation. If we look at the number of women graduating from French universities, all […]
International woman – Does it mean being alone?
I am very proud to have won the International Women’s Prize and I thank the jury for the Women’s Industry Awards. I am honored to have been nominated alongside outstanding competitors. Let’s talk a little about women abroad! I’ve lived on 4 continents in countries that many would find difficult to locate on a map, […]
Staying with the subject of recruitment, let’s take a closer look at wages.
When we talk about wage inequality, the argument that often comes up is “Are we really talking about equivalent experience for an equivalent position? Women may have slowed down their career or taken time off when their children were born, these choices had an impact which explains the different wage evolution even for an equivalent […]
My career as a female engineer: How I was hired to work on an oil platform.
Welcome to my blog on Usine Nouvelle, for which I am preparing a series of articles that I could call “What is it like for a woman working in a very masculine industry? ” After all, does my male counterpart understand what we are facing? Does a young engineer fresh out of school know what […]
Mother = Manager
What does a parent do? A parent’s main mission is to help kids transition into responsible adults, with values that are going to make us proud. A mother trusts her kids. She establishes rules clearly. She explains them, sometimes in a written form, but ensures that they’re both well understood and transparent. Kids know they […]
Kids or career, that is the question… or not
I’m not going to start this article asking: “Do men ask themselves that question?” It would be a rather easy way to treat the topic, while ignoring the situation that most women face. And I think that more and more men do actually ask themselves that question. It’s 7:30am. The taxi is waiting. I sneak […]
Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom
The research that we were all waiting for: “There’s a lot of parental guilt about having both parents working outside the home,” McGinn says. “But what this research says to us is that not only are you helping your family economically—and helping yourself professionally and emotionally if you have a job you love—but you’re also […]