Just because women are the ones associated with work/life balance doesn't mean that men aren't talking about it too. They're just talking about it to other men, according to the latest Today's Professional Woman Report. The semi-annual survey from LinkedIn + Citi looks at the people who’ve shaped our careers, what we want from our lives and how we work toward our goals. The Today's Professional Woman Report was inspired by the conversations in Connect: Professional Women’s Network, an online community with more than 370,000 members. You can read the full report here: http://bit.ly/1pUgVii. Connect is a free LinkedIn group powered by Citi that features videos interviews with influential businesswomen, live Q&As with experts, and slideshows with career advice. To join the conversations in the largest women's group on LinkedIn, visit http://www.linkedin.com/womenconnect.

1. BROUGHT TO YOU BY
WHAT
MEN
REALLY
THINK
ABOUT
WORK/LIFE
BALANCE

2. The latest
TODAY’S
PROFESSIONAL
WOMAN REPORT
reveals who talks
about work/life
balance, what can
improve it, and what
we want from our lives.

3. HOW
IMPORTANT
IS WORK-LIFE
BALANCE IN
OUR CAREERS?

4. Both men and women feel the pressures of
achieving career success while managing family
responsibilities, but men are less likely to
discuss it with women.

5. “Every single
person who
interviewed
me asked,
How do you
balance work
and family?”
ACTRESS JENNIFER GARNER

6. THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE
WHO ASK HER
HUSBAND,
BEN AFFLECK,
THE SAME
QUESTION?
ZERO.

7. 78% of women say
they’ve never
heard a successful
man talk about the
struggles of
having a career
and a family, but
more than half of
men (52%) say
they have.

8. “When I was in my 30s and a busy professional and mom of two young children,
I occasionally mentioned how difficult it was to always want to be with my
family when working. What amazed me was how many older men—of the
generation where stay-at-home dads were just not a thing—said they had
always felt the same way.” -PERI DWYER, Instructor

9. Women think hiring
more help at home
would help them
have a better work/
life balance.

10. While men were
more likely to
think hiring more
help at work
would improve
their work/life
balance.

11. AND NEARLY
3 OUT OF 4
PROFESSIONALS
DON’T THINK
THEY’RE PAID
ENOUGH.

12. BUT THE ART OF
PROMOTING YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AT WORK IS TRICKY.

13. (NOT EVERYONE
LIVES FORTHE
APPLAUSE
LIKE LADY
GAGA.)

14. EVEN THOUGH WOMEN ARE
MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO
SHARE PROFESSIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AT WORK…

15. Only 40% of
women feel like
they’re adequately
promoting their
work to executives.

16. While 50% of
men feel that
they’re doing
a good job of
self-promotion.

17. “It took years to
evolve to the place
where I could say,
I DID THIS.
If you don’t toot
your own horn, no
one else will.
I am proud of my
accomplishments,
and I am excited to
share each success
with colleagues.”
LORIA RICHARDSON,
Lead Project Specialist

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LinkedIn + Citi’s Today’s Professional Women’s Report is inspired
by the the conversations in Connect. Read the full report here.
To learn more about the report, contact:
[Edelman] Shaina Lamb: 212-704-8281
shaina.lamb@edelman.com
[Citi] Andrew Brent: 212-559-1299
Andrew.brent@citi.com

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