One hundred high-stake positions at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions will have new faces. All through May, the company has been screening candidates to fill these positions, which is out of bounds for men.
Such instances of organisations seeking to increase women’s participation in the workforce are on the rise.
Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic will be increasing its workforce by 20% this year. Half the number of the new recruits will be women. DBS Bank has initiated two unique programmes: “Gift Her A Job”, a woman-centric referral programme; and “Hacker in Her”, a move to recruit women who could take care of the technological side of the business.
At Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), women account for 40% of the workforce. Last year, Avtar I-Win carried out recruitment drives for 20 companies, placing close to 10,000 women in different sectors.
In March, SpiceJet held a two-day drive to induct women as pilots.
Targeted recruitment drives help increase the number of women in organisations at a much higher pace than what the company could hope to achieve through regular hiring exercises, says Anjali Gulati, founder-director, People Konnect, a Mumbai-based HR solutions provider.
Some companies ensure greater representation of women in their workforce by giving hiring consultants an extra fee for bringing on board women candidates who fit the requirements of respective roles, she says.
Significantly, while hiring to fill roles set aside for women, some companies give preference for new mothers seeking to restart their careers.
23/05/18 Liffy Thomas/The Hindu
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Such instances of organisations seeking to increase women’s participation in the workforce are on the rise.
Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic will be increasing its workforce by 20% this year. Half the number of the new recruits will be women. DBS Bank has initiated two unique programmes: “Gift Her A Job”, a woman-centric referral programme; and “Hacker in Her”, a move to recruit women who could take care of the technological side of the business.
At Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), women account for 40% of the workforce. Last year, Avtar I-Win carried out recruitment drives for 20 companies, placing close to 10,000 women in different sectors.
In March, SpiceJet held a two-day drive to induct women as pilots.
Targeted recruitment drives help increase the number of women in organisations at a much higher pace than what the company could hope to achieve through regular hiring exercises, says Anjali Gulati, founder-director, People Konnect, a Mumbai-based HR solutions provider.
Some companies ensure greater representation of women in their workforce by giving hiring consultants an extra fee for bringing on board women candidates who fit the requirements of respective roles, she says.
Significantly, while hiring to fill roles set aside for women, some companies give preference for new mothers seeking to restart their careers.
23/05/18 Liffy Thomas/The Hindu
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