A Guide for Dual-Career Couples: Rewriting the Rules

Synopsis

This Book Offers A Gender-neutral Guide For 21st Century Couples That Will Benefit Men As Much As Women. The Author Provides Career-management Guidance For People In Dual-career Relationships In Which Both Parties Are Ambitiously Attempting To Pursue Equally Important, High-powered Careers, Presenting Examples Of Alternative Solutions And Arguing That Many 'women's Issues'--including Parenting And Limited Geographic Mobility--are More Appropriately Managed In A Gender-neutral Way As Dual-career Couple Issues. -- Inside Cover What Is A Dual-career Couple? -- Why Now? -- Why Reframe Women's Issues As Dual-career Couple Issues? -- Whose Career Takes Precedence? -- Why Share An Employer? -- Balancing Opportunity With Sacrifice -- Documenting Competency And Achievement -- Securing Necessary Flexibility -- Why Both Partners Should Maintain Their Careers -- Don't Wait For The System To Change -- Surviving To Thriving As A Dual-career Couple. Eve Sprunt, Phd. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 193-207) And Index.