Image: YuriArcursPeopleimages/Envato Elements There are some sobering statistics in the wake of International Women’s Day: Although women comprise nearly half of the global workforce (43.4%), less than one-third are in roles at the vice president level and above, according to newly-released LinkedIn data. Even though top-level management representation among women has grown between 2015 and 2024 from 27.5% to 30.4%, progress has slowed down, LinkedIn found. There has only been an insignificant 0.2% increase since 2002. LinkedIn’s data indicated that a skills-based hiring approach would expand talent pools by 6x globally and “can substantially increase the pool of potential candidates and propel more qualified women forward.” Discouraging U.S. stats for women in leadership As women in the U.S. climb higher on the corporate ladder, their numbers drop significantly. While they hold more than half of entry-level individual contributor positions, only one-third of women are in more senior individual contributor positions, according to LinkedIn. In terms of the management track, women hold 40% of early-career management positions but just 28.5% of C-suite positions, the career site …