Resources on Advocating For Yourself, especially at Work

I started and crowd sourced tons of great resources for an event from last March 2022: How To Advocate for Yourself at Work for ModelExpand. I also shared it a few weeks later when I was on the panel for Choose Your Own Adventure in Tech: A Celebration of Women’s Month for Women In Voice. I recently found this list as I was cleaning up my personal drive and wanted to share it out to a larger audience.

Below are a list of resources that are geared toward underrepresented folks. I hope that this helps you on your journey: 

Books

• Feminist Fight Club An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace Book by Jessica Bennett

• Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams

• Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen 

• Playing Big by Tara Mohr

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson

• The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded 

Blogs

• 3 tips for women in tech: Find a buddy, get promoted, then move those goal posts! by Girl Geek X 

• To learn what skills are needed for different roles or levels, Informational Interviews: 

• Informational Interview Questions + more 

• How to Ask for an Informational Interview | The Muse 

• When your manager isn't supporting you, build a Voltron | Lara Hogan

Podcast

• Best 20 Women in Tech Podcasts You Must Follow in 2022 

Workshops

• #IamRemarkable Workshop: This 90 minute workshop is open to everyone. Sessions are available in English, Italian, Greek, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Portuguese

• Own Your Career - program that long-time Googler Jenny Wood launched in 2021. Practical, actionable, digestible. Externally, follow her on LinkedIn: Jenny Wood

Other

• Overview of BLS Wage Data by Area and Occupation: .gov wage database to better understand salaries