Deborah Liverman

Executive Director, Career Advising & Professional Development

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Deborah sets the strategic direction for Career Advising and Professional Development by working with groups, departments, employers, graduate and professional programs, fellowship programs, to provide opportunities centered on career development and success for MIT students, postdoc scholars, and recent alumni. She holds PhD from the University of Massachusetts; MEd from the University of South Carolina; BA from Davidson College. Experience includes over 20 years in higher education.

What is your favorite MIT hackUpside Down Lounge near the Media Lab in 2010 When you walked under it, you just marveled at the amount of detail that it took to make it happen.

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Propelling Pay Equity Forward: Strategies For a Fairer Future

by Mary Gatta and Deborah Liverman NACE Journal / Winter 2024

Mitigating Gender Pay Disparity

As fields that have a greater composition of men have higher rates of pay than predominately female fields, one possible way to close the pay gap …

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Q1 Signer Briefing: Women and Money- Closing Gender Wage and Wealth Gaps Through Straight Talk on Investing

The Boston Women’s Workforce Council in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement hosts talks throughout the year on pay equity. This talk from Feb 2023 features Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and co-founder of Ellevest, a financial company built for …

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National Association of College and Employers Women and Tech Careers Report Released

One of the study’s key findings is the impact college career services can have in leveling the playing field for women in general and in particular, for women pursuing tech careers. Specifically, Undergraduate men get more job offers than undergraduate …

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This oncologist pushes women to get more in contract negotiations

by Meredith Somers

A 2021 women’s leadership study from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. found that American women held less than 41% of corporate management positions, and women continue to fight underrepresentation when it comes to  board positions and CEO …

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Top Voices Gender Equity

Interested in gender equity? LinkedIn’s list of 15 experts from the US and Canada offers on who to follow to stay up to date on important topics including portray of women in the workplace, advocating for women in STEM fields, …

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Negotiating as a Woman of Color

by  Deepa Purushothaman, Deborah M. Kolb, Hannah Riley Bowles, and  Valerie Purdie-Greenaway

Negotiating on your own behalf is hard, and opportunities to do so aren’t always obvious, especially if you’re not accustomed to feeling empowered. It can also be highly …

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How to Network at Family Gatherings

Family Thanksgiving is something that I dread every year. It’s not because I don’t like my family—they’re a little wild, but I do love them and really enjoy catching up with them. However, I’m a bit of an introvert—large groups …

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15 of the Best Consulting Firms for Gender Pay Equality

On March 8th, we celebrate International Women’s Day to honor the achievements of women around the globe and continue the fight for gender equality. One issue that serves as a critical focal point for this ongoing discussion is pay equality. …

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The Uprising – An MIT Press Documentary Short “Time alone doesn’t change things. People change things.”

The new video The Uprising from MIT Press about Women in Science is inspiring and tells the story of differential treatment of men and women on the MIT faculty in the 1990s. Featuring a group of sixteen women faculty members …

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5 Books College Graduates Entering the Hybrid Workplace Need to Read

The graduating class of 2021 may have not had the ideal senior year, but they are proving to be the most resilient. While students had to adjust from learning face-to-face and meeting in the library on campus to the digital …

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