But we're filling the lowest paying jobs. More than ever, it means that you need to be educated and prepared to compete. From now until the year 2005 it's estimated that over 15-million jobs will require some form of postsecondary education. Jobs requiring education after high school will grow faster than those requiring only a high school education, but the expected number of job openings requiring a bachelor's degree or more is less than the number of job seekers with a post secondary degree. It's a little known fact that girls do better at math before they reach adolesence.
Girls tend to still focus on social service careers, teaching, nursing.
This phenomenon is one of the reasons guys still get paid more than women. I want to challenge you to explore your career choices. Don't be afraid to enter fields that women have not entered before. I want to leave you with my recipe for success. A wonderful woman role model, Anne Richards, former governor of Texas, once said that real power is the power you give away.