An American Female Highest-Paid Executive In Britain \ET\ US job openings slip in April, hiring rises

The American Highest-Paid Executive In  Britain

Burberry CEO and Indiana native, Angela Ahrendts, is now the highest-paid executive in Britain, according to a survey from Manifest, a British corporate governance group and pay consultancy firm MM&K, cited by the Guardian. At 16.9 million pounds, Ahrendts’ pay package is almost 5 million pounds more than the next highest paid British executive, according to the Guardian.

While Ahrendts’ achievement marks a significant step forward for high-powered women on either side of the pond, woman in both countries still face many obstacles to reaching Ahrendts’ position. In Britain, Ahrendts is one of just three female CEOsrunning the country’s top companies. In the U.S., women make up just 4 percent of the CEOs at S&P 500 companies.

Despite Ahrendts’ position as one of the few females at the top of the corporate ladder, she’s opposed potential policy changes that could help other British women get there.Ahrendts said last year that she isn’t in favor of quotas that would mandate a certain number of women be present on company boards, according to the Telegraph.

“Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender, it is about experience, leadership and vision. A man could do this job,” she said.
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US job openings slip in April, hiring rises

WASHINGTON: US employers advertised fewer jobs in April, but overall hiring rose and the number of people quitting their jobs increased.
The Labor department says job openings fell 3% to a seasonally adjusted 3.75 million.
Total hiring jumped nearly 5% to 4.4 million. And the number of people quitting their jobs increased 7.2% to 2.25 million.
Most workers quit jobs when they have a new position or are confident they can find one. More quits are therefore a good sign.
The job market is very competitive for those looking for work. There were 3.1 unemployed workers, on average, for each open job in April. In a healthy economy, the ratio is 2 to 1.
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