BENGALURU: Even as India Inc is wooing ladies in mid-management roles to re-enter the workforce with returnship alternatives, employers face some challenges in onboarding returnees. Talent advisory agency Longhouse Consulting’s report confirmed that roughly 80% of working ladies in India take profession breaks, with 45% citing childcare and private commitments as main causes.
Women who’ve important gaps of their resumes attributable to profession breaks for caregiving or different private/household causes could be considered as having a drawback, the report mentioned.
The expertise advisory agency mentioned that unconscious bias and stereotypes about ladies’s dedication and capabilities after a profession break can affect hiring selections. It additionally mentioned ladies returnees wrestle to barter truthful compensation and advantages after a profession break.
Women have skilled restricted alternatives for profession development or development in comparison with their friends who didn’t take a profession break and that may be a deterrent. On the brighter aspect, corporations are introducing versatile insurance policies together with prolonged childcare go away insurance policies, distant and versatile working tradition, gender-neutral caregiver leaves for new dad and mom, and upskilling alternatives.
Women’s participation within the workforce grew to 37% in FY23, a 13.7 share factors improve in 2023 in comparison with 23.3% in 2018, the report confirmed. In India, round 25.6 crore ladies are employed, out of a complete feminine inhabitants of over 69.2 crore.
Women who’ve important gaps of their resumes attributable to profession breaks for caregiving or different private/household causes could be considered as having a drawback, the report mentioned.
The expertise advisory agency mentioned that unconscious bias and stereotypes about ladies’s dedication and capabilities after a profession break can affect hiring selections. It additionally mentioned ladies returnees wrestle to barter truthful compensation and advantages after a profession break.
Women have skilled restricted alternatives for profession development or development in comparison with their friends who didn’t take a profession break and that may be a deterrent. On the brighter aspect, corporations are introducing versatile insurance policies together with prolonged childcare go away insurance policies, distant and versatile working tradition, gender-neutral caregiver leaves for new dad and mom, and upskilling alternatives.
Women’s participation within the workforce grew to 37% in FY23, a 13.7 share factors improve in 2023 in comparison with 23.3% in 2018, the report confirmed. In India, round 25.6 crore ladies are employed, out of a complete feminine inhabitants of over 69.2 crore.
