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We bust a MOVE to improve the workplace for women

We measure four criteria essential to women’s career success:

  • M -- Money
  • O -- Opportunities
  • V -- Vital work-life resources
  • E -- Entrepreneurship

Wilson-Taylor's methodology is rigorous and thorough. A major cable company that participates regularly in the annual study we conduct for Women in Cable Telecommunications calls it the "gold standard for industry surveys – the process that is most demanding and that yields by far the most complete, authoritative and useful results."

Participating employers provide detailed data about their women and women of color employees for a variety of key positions. In-depth interviews are conducted one-on-one, either in person or via phone, by Wilson-Taylor staff.

Because the research process is completely confidential, the results are comprehensive.

Confidential

  • Data is transferred directly from participating companies to Wilson-Taylor staff. Only staffers directly working on the project have access to the data.
  • All electronic transfer and storage of data (as through an online survey) is conveyed through secure methods.
  • Only designated contacts at participating companies have access to that company's data.
  • Only aggregate data is publicly reported. Any subset of the total (such as, small companies) would only be publicly reported if there were 10 or more participants, to protect the identity of individual participants.
  • Case studies, examples, best practices and other narrative portions of the report are confidentially submitted for approval and fact-checking to each relevant participant before the report goes through final edit and design. Each participant sees and approves only its own information. Only approved text is publicly released.
  • Confidential company scorecards are just that: confidential. Companies are asked to provide several contacts to receive the scorecards, which are delivered via registered service only to those contacts.
  • In ten years of managing extensive industry surveys involving over 500 companies of all sizes, Wilson-Taylor has not had a single breach of confidentiality.

Comprehensive

The MOVE process is collaborative. Employers reap value at each stage of research and reporting.

  • The methodology is customized to reflect the structure and titles of the industry or region.
  • Data is fact-checked and corrected before it enters the project database.
  • Interviews reveal the stories behind the statistics and yield useful information about employer and overall culture.
  • Confidential company scorecards line up each employer’s data with the aggregate results. If enough employers participate, the data can be broken down by subsets, such as start-up companies, small companies, or employers by region, yielding even more comparisons. Employers use their scorecards as key tools to obtain resources, executive buy-in, and employee enthusiasm for launching new programs and expanding winning programs to advance women and women of color.
  • The final report informs the public – including all employers -- about the status of women and women of color, and about practices that are proven and promising. Women use this information to make smart career decisions. Employers use it for recruiting and internal communications. Advocates for women use it to identify opportunities for new programs.