Women 'interview better but glass ceiling remains'

Women interview better but there are still barriers that stop them gaining leadership roles, according to a specialist job site.

One of the main barriers to women being in higher job positions is the fear that they will leave to have children, research conducted by TheLadders.co.uk has found.

In a poll of 500 employers, 59 per cent agreed that women perform better than men in interviews, with them outdoing men in 11 out of 18 criteria necessary for successful interviews.

Some 72.3 per cent of bosses surveyed by the site, which specialises in £50,000 plus jobs, find women more affable and personable in an interview, while almost six out of ten felt women presented their skills more effectively.

More than half of the poll participants said that society expects men, not women, to be in leadership roles.

This research mirrors data compiled by the World Economic Forum, which was released at the beginning of the month, which showed that women remain scarce in senior management and board positions and that employers were "missing out on the talent" of women.

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