Almost every leading corporate, and business across the board have seen an increase in women as a part of the workforce. The effort at hiring women and enabling opportunities for talent women professionals, have also been a priority for many leading corporate who appreciate the case of gender diversity, and have been able to appreciate the value brought around by women employees.
We have come across two initiatives from two leading corporate, that allow women who had to take a break for personal reasons, to get back to a career.
GE Restart Program:
RESTART is an initiative that helps women professionals, especially those with rare or specialized skills, who may have taken a break in their careers due to personal reasons, to restart their professional lives by coming back to a mainstream career.
The RESTART program at GE’s John F Welch Technology Centre, Bangalore is a program that focuses exclusively on hiring women scientists and engineers who have taken a career break and wish to get back to work. If you are a woman scientist or engineer looking to get back to work, please send your resume or CV to restart.jfwtc@ge.com.
A Video, on Restart by GE:
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Mahindra Satyam – Starting Over
Last year Mahindra Satyam, had kicked off its starting over initiative, that was aimed at tapping the talent from the pool of women professionals, who were looking at restarting their career after a break or a career gap resulting from personal reasons. The effort was aimed at talent across Asia Pacific and India regions.
The selection procedure for ‘Starting Over’ is as per the corporate norms, although candidates are evaluated based on their potential rather than just their previous experience. Various training programmes are also provided for them to re-orient them to corporate processes.
“Women make a significant part of the technology workforce today and ‘Starting Over’ is novel way of honing that talent base effectively. ‘Starting Over’ nurtures the talent right from the initial application stage and ensures opportunities to all candidates by offering three employment avenues: internship and part time or full time employment,” – Suresh Samudrala, Head HR, Asia Pacific, and Mahindra Satyam.
For those looking at starting over – https://startingover.mahindrasatyam.com/
A Video, on Starting Over by Mahindra Satyam:
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