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JobsForHer Announces AccelHERate & DivHERsity Awards 2021…

Feb 24, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Founder and CEO, #JobsForHer, #Neha Bagaria

JobsForHer is hosting India’s biggest B2B conference for companies committed to increasing women’s participation in the Indian workforce on March 5, 2021, from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm.

This invite-only event promises to be bigger as it will be convened virtually and is open to women professionals who wish to understand the changing scenarios in corporate India when it comes to diversity and inclusion.

In keeping with the theme for International Women’s Day this year, #ChooseToChallenge, AccelHERate 2021 will showcase thought leaders from diverse fields, engaging in roundtable discussions and fireside chats, about How Workplaces in India Embraced Change in 2020.

The event will bring together senior leaders such as:

Renuka Ganesh, General Manager, HRD, Biocon Limited

Madhuvanthi Ravi, HR Business Partner, Vice Chair – Global DEI Advisory Board, NextGen Healthcare

Tina Vinod, Head of Diversity, Equity of Inclusion, ThoughtWorks

Sarika Naik, Chief Marketing Officer & Chairperson, Diversity – India, Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd

Satinder Kaur, Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd

Kriti Jain, Associate Director – Employee Experience & Employer Branding, Myntra

Sayan Chatterjee, Director, Human Resources, Beam Suntory

The winners of the DivHERsity Awards 2021 will also be announced to showcase and reward best practices by companies, create benchmarking for gender diversity in India and inspire other companies to embark on their D&I journeys.

More than 300 companies participated in the DivHERsity Awards Survey, and the winners are decided based on their impactful initiatives in D&I, L&D, leadership development, and returnee programs for women.

“As Corporate India recognizes the critical need for increasing women’s participation and performance in the Indian workforce, AccelHERate 2021 will provide companies with actionable insights on achieving their diversity goals,” said Neha Bagaria, Founder and CEO, JobsForHer.

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A level playing field for Women: Platforms that empowered working women in 2020 with their journey back into the workforce

Dec 26, 2020 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #GharSeNaukri.com, #JobsForHer, #Momspresso, #Otipy, #Qween

Pandemic has been challenging for many working women, who had taken a sabbatical from their professions due to varied personal reasons and added responsibilities.

With work-from-home significantly being accepted by organizations in the wake of Covid-19, organizations are opened to many new roles targeting women looking for a second shot in the professional world.

Flexible options of working from home have opened open new opportunities for the many who wish to continue a career; despite personal commitments. The current situation has strengthened beliefs for many organizations that flexible work options could operate at scale. Hence here are Top 5 platforms that empowered working women in 2020 with their journey back into the workforce-

  1. Jobsforher- JobsForHer is a platform that enables women to accelerate their careers by connecting them to jobs, community, mentoring, reskilling, inspiration and networking opportunities. JobsForHer’s vision is to reverse the female brain drain from within the Indian workforce. Gender diversity has become a key priority for organisations, and WFH is just a step in the right direction that can encourage more women participation in the workplace. In this tandem, JobsForHer platform saw an increase in the demand for WFH roles even in top companies. In the year 2020, the platform saw an increase of 22% in WFH job opportunities exclusively for women professionals. JobsForHer expanded its commitment to accelerate women’s careers in India by enabling women to start, restart and rise in their careers. From women who have never worked before but bring a world of experience to the table from their life experiences, women who took a break to look after their families, to women who are driven, ambitious and focused on rising in their careers. JobsForHer is the only platform in India that is committed to their professional success, no matter their life stage.
  2. Momspresso- claims to be India’s largest user generated content sharing platform for women that allows them to create content, and express their ideas to like-minded women in 10 different languages including English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, and Kannada. Founded in 2010, this Gurugram-based platform is a type of blogspace, where mothers can post their experiences and tips for others. It also allows mothers to ask questions and seek answers to their queries. The brand has extended its commitment to further empowering moms financially, with the introduction of its micro-influencer platform called MyMoney. The launch of this unique feature underlines Momspresso’s commitment towards enhancing the marketing efficacy of brands wanting to target moms. MyMoney utilizes ‘everyday moms’ who are consumers of brands to build word of mouth amongst friends, family, and fellow moms.
  3. OTIPY- the social commerce venture of farm-to-retail agritech startup Crofarm works closely with women reseller partners to fulfill the demand of end consumers and facilitates doorstep delivery of fresh produce. The company is working with over 500 partner resellers, mainly women across Delhi-NCR and is already serving over 50,000 consumers. Founded in 2016, by Varun Khurana and Prashant Jain, OTIPY, focuses on on-demand harvesting according to predicted demand to keep minimum wastage through state-of-the-art technology used for procurement, distribution and delivery.
  4. Qween- empowers women empowers women by providing work from home jobs and business. QWEEN is the brainchild of three super busy, and supercharged mothers, who , after motherhood, bounced back into their careers with more vigor and passion than ever before. What struck them hard was the fact that though they were able to make the transitions smoothly, there were (and still are) thousands of women who do not get a platform where they can explore the possibilities.It enables women to restart their careers by connecting them to mentors, peers and flexible opportunities by networking, upskilling and helping them become a happier and financially independent person.
  5. GharSeNaukri.com- is the company that stands for innovation, optimism, and above all for WOMEN. It has come up with a comprehensive platform devoted exclusively for women to serious, legitimate ways to make money from home. Females who are passionate about work get access to career resources, information and community sharing here. It helps women attain career success on their own terms. The platform has been working on making women from all nooks and corners of the country independent and empowered. And they also focus on jobs for women nationally and internationally as well empowering women from the remote areas of the country.
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61% women say upskilling gives them better job opportunities after a career break: Survey

Nov 6, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #job opportunities, #JobsForHer, #Neha Bagaria, #Online and Offline courses, #upskilling

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the world of work, the survey was conducted by JobsForHer in association with SPJIMR, to assess the growing need to upskill before getting back to work after a career break. 60% women out of 2000 respondents who took the survey indicated that reskilling / upskilling is the preferred path they would take to restart their career. This is a dramatic increase to the results last year, when only 30% of women indicated that they would prefer to upgrade their skills before they set foot into the workforce again in the same survey conducted in November 2019. The results mirror the stark contrast between working trends before and after the pandemic brought about a sea change in the way corporate India has addressed the impact of the crisis.

Other options in the survey were:
Asking for referrals & recommendations – 44%
Apply to jobs at previous employers – 28%
Networking & career counseling -34%

Indicative of the changing patterns in the professional world, it is imperative that women stay updated with current trends and upskill to acquire relevant skill sets. This would also largely help in ensuring that they get equal opportunities in leadership roles. Women who take a break from their jobs, for whatever reasons, often find it difficult to come back into the corporate leadership pipeline. The primary reason for this is the lack of proper upskilling options available to women that help them bridge the knowledge gap that could appear in the years away from work.

Commenting on the results of the survey, Neha Bagaria, Founder & CEO of JobsForHer, said, “It is time to correct the imbalance in the Indian workforce by enabling women to rejoin the workforce and upskilling is a critical part of that restart journey. It is heartening to see that women returnees have realized the importance of upskilling and that partners are providing customized solutions to meet their needs.”

With more companies now looking at women leadership as a crucial part of diverse teams within the organisation, it’s important to have management programmes that help bring women up to speed and join the corporate workforce.

Online and Offline courses

There is an upsurge in the number of online courses being offered in practically every stream, starting from IT to content writing and marketing to finance and data science. So much so, you can also get a management degree when you plan to return from a career break from prestigious B-Schools in India, like Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s SP Jain Institute Of Management And Research (SPJIMR), whose Post Graduate Management Programme for Women is curated specifically for women who wish to upskill themselves and return to the corporate world with confidence.

“Dr. Ashita Aggarwal, Professor of Marketing and Chairperson, PGMPW, says, “Ever since its inception in 2017, more than 100 women have reentered the corporate world after a break. Every year more and more women are wanting to upskill The PGMPW program is one of its kind in the world and gives customized themselves and realize their dream of bouncing back to professional careers, mentorship and training to students” As a platform for women to relaunch their careers, the SPJIMR programme works with the backing of a globally-recognised institution and partnerships with various corporate organisations.

We look forward to having more women start, restart and rise in their careers with plenty of opportunities to upskill and reskill their way into the workforce despite the pandemic.