Where the women are.
About Us
HerWerk is a woman-focused and woman-owned executive search firm serving the advertising and marketing industry. We provide special expertise in identifying, recruiting, and securing the best female talent across disciplines and executive levels.
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Female entrepreneurs were found to be
19 percent more likely to be running billion-dollar companies than men,
and due to their executive positions, women are leading in the job-creation stakes.
—EY Global Job Creation Survey 2016
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Business revenue among women-owned firms has increased by 35 percent
since 2007, a rate that is 30 percent higher than the national average.
—EY Global Job Creation Survey 2016
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If women make up a significant portion of your customer base, they should be represented on your management team.
Research shows that companies with gender-balanced teams have a higher ROI.
—Bridget Brennan, Forbes Magazine 2016
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31% of U.S. businesses have no women in senior management.
Of the women in senior management roles, 11% are Chief Marketing Officers.
—Grant Thornton Int’l Global Research Report 2017
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On average the return on equity for
companies with the highest percentages of women board of directors outperformed those with the least by 53%.
—Catalyst.org
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Women make the decision in the purchases of
94% of home furnishings
92% of vacations
91% of homes
60% of automobiles
51% of consumer electronics
92% of vacations
91% of homes
60% of automobiles
51% of consumer electronics
—Michael J. Silverstein and Kate Sayre Harvard Business Review
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Women now drive the world economy.
Globally, they control about $20 trillion in annual consumer spending,
and that figure could climb as high as $28 trillion in the next five years.
—Michael J. Silverstein and Kate Sayre Harvard Business Review
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Businesses that expanded the representation of women in the C-suite to 30% from zero
correlated with a 15% increase in profitability
—EY and the Peterson Institute for International Economics