Gender and the Administrative Search

Why do problems of style and self-presentation seem to plague female candidates more than men?

I recently was the consultant for a presidential search at a women's college. It was not one of the elite women's colleges and faced many challenges. Normally, this kind of institutional profile makes a search difficult, and candidates have to be convinced to take a look at the opportunity. But this search attracted a large pool of exceptionally talented people, most of them women, and

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