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Employees will need more education and guidance when it comes to taking advantage of their defined contribution plans.

Kara Melber is a research associate on the retirement team at Corporate Insight.

From titles on leadership to working with clients, advisers and benefits professionals have their noses in a variety of books.

Between her experience at Businessolver and Aon Hewitt, Colleen has nearly 20 years of professional experience in health and welfare benefits administration. At Businessolver, she works closely with HR teams looking for benefits administration technology and services to ensure her colleagues fully understand each employer’s unique needs and business goals. In responding to RFPs, she leads a team of proposal writers to find alignment between each prospect’s needs and Businessolver’s products, services and culture.

Careers with a high number of men, like finance and technology, are much more likely to get paid time off to care for newborns than those in other female-populated industries, like healthcare and retail.

With 25 years of HR experience at Schneider National, Inc., one of the largest providers of trucking and logistics services in the U.S., Teresa is an RFP rock star with significant experience in leading purchasing decisions for HR systems and administration services. She is also responsible for the overall design, implementation, communication, and administration of the company’s Health & Welfare and Retirement & Leave programs.

Remember local newspapers? Scott does. He managed three weekly, hometown rags and transitioned each one into the digital age. It wasn’t long before Scott discovered his true calling was in the tech sector. An expert in managing change fueled by transformative technology, Scott pushes the envelope at Future Point of View to help world-class organizations develop an integrated technology strategy that makes them both stronger and safer.

Some employers may believe that they don’t have jobs that fit that population of employees, but that isn’t the way to think about it.

After developing a plan to cover their bills and emergency expenses, clients in a new marriage are advised to start working on their long-term goals.

The takeaway for other firms: Be explicit, clear and public about seeking women employees and creating a safe workplace for them.