Tech Biggies Hire More Women To Tide Over Gender Imbalance
"Our overall diversity percentage has consistently been on the rise and this naturally reflects in the rise in number of women in technology roles," she added. However, no targets are set in hiring by the company to avoid affecting the quality of hired candidates.
Likewise, Tech Mahindra has a reported 26.5 percent of their tech jobs to women employees and looks forward to achieve a target of minimum 30 percent. Sucharita Palepu, Tech Mahindra, said, "Optimizing the capabilities and leveraging the strengths of our women employees will serve as a strategic differentiator for us. Building women leaders by enabling them with opportunities to unleash their potential and contribute to business success is a key focus area at Tech Mahindra,"
Meanwhile, Microsoft India is also focused to the increase the women employees in the tech industry with its diverse programs to bride the gender gap. ‘Women in Tech’ is one such initiative by Microsoft India to encourage and recognize the potential of women techies. The program includes hackathons and camps serving as platform for women to promote themselves in the tech sector.
Rohit Thakur, Head of Human Resources, Microsoft India, said, "India has recently witnessed a steady increase in female enrollment in IT fields.However, a large number of women workers are entry-level and present in certain sectors, such as BPO and IT-enabled services. This is why we are focused on enhancing the diversity ratio in India's IT sector; for we believe women in IT can have a strong business impact,"
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