IIMs open doors wider to non-engineersTop Indian IIMs are admitting more non-engineers into their programs. This shift reflects a growing recruiter demand for interdisciplinary ...
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The Upside of Opening Up DEI Programs to EveryoneIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s seismic 2023 decision ending affirmative action in higher education—and more than 100 lawsuits challengi...
03 Jul, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
Women make record gains in top IIM classroomsIndian Institutes of Management are witnessing a significant surge in female enrollment for their flagship MBA programs, with several top I...
02 Jul, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
India is helping shape our global product portfolio, engineering decisions, and technology roadmap: Schneider Electric CHROSchneider Electric's India operations have evolved into a crucial global hub, housing over 38,000 employees and driving enterprise-wide out...
24 Jun, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
Diversity hiring jumps 21% despite slowdown in white-collar recruitment: founditWhite-collar hiring in India saw a slowdown in May 2026. However, diversity hiring experienced a substantial surge. This trend highlights a...
04 Jun, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
Top companies find there are not enough women in colleges to fill their gender diversity goalsDeloitte's 2024 study reveals that only 17% of engineering and 34% of management campus recruits are women, falling short of the 45% gender...
25 Jul, 2024, 10.21 PM IST
Corporate India's big push for diversity: Companies intensify efforts to recruit women from entry levelCorporate giants in India, such as RPG Group, Deloitte, Tata Steel, Amazon, and Zinnov, are doubling down on diversity by ramping up effort...
16 May, 2024, 11.27 PM IST
40 per cent of campus hires last year were womenThe report reveals that women's participation in campus hiring exams stands at 34% and suggests that the highest proportion of women being ...
20 Mar, 2024, 01.00 AM IST
Companies race to campuses to have more women at finish lineCompanies are targeting female graduates at leading engineering and management schools (IITs, IIMs, NITs, etc) and undergraduate colleges s...
25 Nov, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
Tata Technologies to hire 1,000 women engineers to promote gender diversityThe company has launched its gender diversity-focused hiring campaign while encouraging women to join it for engineering a better world, Ta...
30 May, 2023, 04.41 PM IST
Finally! India Inc makes gender diversity a priority in 2021In India, there has been a 300% jump in job postings for women so far this year, according to data from JobsForHer, an online career platfo...
26 Dec, 2021, 06.28 AM IST
Covid drives India Inc to boost gender diversityAxis Bank, Infosys, Tata Steel, Vedanta, RPG Group, Dalmia Cement and Tata Chemicals among others have accelerated their search for female ...
26 Dec, 2020, 07.47 AM IST
How cos can include more women: Gender-neutral language in JDs, more females in hiring teamsStereotyping based on traditional gender roles affects decision-making at the earliest stages of the process.
25 Apr, 2019, 09.59 AM IST
ET Women's Forum: Should workplace diversity be a key deciding factor during hiring?The participation of women in India’s workforce stands at under 30%.
11 Jan, 2019, 12.02 PM IST
Hiring more women: India Inc sees rise in demand for Chief Diversity OfficersIn the engineering sector, there is a push on hiring as well as giving opportunities to women in leadership roles beyond R&D, production, p...
27 Aug, 2018, 11.32 PM IST
Tata Steel on a gender-diversity drive, aims to have 20% female staff in 5 yearsThe diversity thrust includes focused hiring of women, offering female staff facilities like flexible working hours, options to work from h...
27 Aug, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
- MNC headhunters chase women to fill top jobs
MNCs are chasing the fair sex big time to fill the top positions as women are better communicators and negotiators. Interview mistakes I Sm...
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