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ET Women's Forum: Need an equal partner to solve the leaky funnelDespite progress in education and workforce entry, women's ascent to leadership in India remains slow, with only 5% of NSE-listed companies...
Mahindra Group to launch ‘second career’ programme for women wanting to return to workforceThe group has designed structured support policies including sensitisation of hiring and line managers, mentorship and upskilling initiativ...
India’s five big IT firms see net exit of 25,000 women in FY24The data analysis by staffing firm Xpheno revealed that five of India's top IT services companies - Infosys, TCS, Wipro, LTI Mindtree, and ...
Companies are taking steps to boost gender diversityCompanies are taking various measures to increase the gender diversity numbers. These include hiring more women from campuses, offering fle...
Workplace, social enablers key to create sustained employment for women, says Avtar group studyAvtar group has found that career enablers like flexi-timing and remote working are crucial for women's workforce participation. However, w...
India Inc steps up focus on returning women professionalsCompanies across sectors--pharmaceuticals, insurance, technology, financial services and renewable energy--are accelerating their focus on ...
Applications open for fourth edition of Google's DigiPivot programThe company said that this year, the program is expanding its eligibility to entry-level women professionals, whilst continuing to invite a...
Vedanta building pipeline of women CXOs across groupVedanta has linked gender diversity goals to the top management’s KPI (key performance indicator) with an aim to catapult women to the grou...
Tier 2 and 3 cities will be the post-Covid hubs of gender diverse hiring: Saundarya RajeshIndia’s women’s labour force participation is at an all-time low of 21%, down from 25%, due to the increase in the number of jobs lost by w...
Women in India Inc: 19% in 2016, 26% nowThe report is based on data from across 353 companies that employ more than 10 lakh women.
Glass ceiling: Pay gap between women and men CEOs doublesExperts attribute this to the strong bias against women CXOs, affecting career growth and promotions.
Top 100 companies may achieve 50:50 gender balance by 2027: StudyThe representation of women rose from 31 per cent in 2018 to 33 per cent in 2019, the fourth edition of Working Mother and Avtar 100 BCWI 2...
More women professionals going for GMAT to hone business skillsAs much as 55% of the women who took GMAT in India this year were working professionals in the 25-plus age group, show data from the Gradua...
Companies roll out the red carpet to attract second-career womenFaced with the ever-increasing challenge of women dropping out of the workforce, companies are putting in place policies to attract and rec...
Walmart India recognised among 100 best companies for womenThe list includes companies with the most favourable policies and practices in promoting employment, retention and increasing participation...
India Inc curtails post-maternity attritionThe hard work is finally paying off.Organisations are witnessing a gradual reduction in attrition levels among women employees post materni...
Most companies in India introduced initiatives for young mothers at workplace: StudyThe study further reveals that 86% of companies have introduced paternity policies at workplace as an aid for Young working mothers.
Second-career women are a large source of talent; difficult to ignoreSecond-career women raise the level of maturity in the organisation, thereby making it easier for managers to elicit their support in handl...
- Housewives in demand for banking, IT, retail jobs
Housewives are now in great demand in the job market as firms are realising that this particular class of employees is more stable in natur...
- Flexi staffing yet to take off in India
Ten years back, if you had predicted that flexi staffing would become a common phenomenon in India , it would not have been a far fetched e...