Ladies Special - Dedicated Job Portal for Women

Looking for a job? If you are a woman interested in a part-time/full-time vocation or wish to volunteer your time at an NGO or even work from home, Naukriforwomen.com is your click to employment.

The website is a one-stop career portal that aims to empower Indian women by facilitating employment while giving them the opportunity to discuss and seek advice on various issues related to the workplace. The website is an initiative by Priya and Pullak Mohanty, who have also co-founded the popular Memsaab.com.

"The idea came about when we looked at the working population in the west and saw that the number of men and women were equal. But in India, the population of working women comprises only 13 per cent of the total work force. We feel every company and employer has a moral responsibility to help bridge this gap," says Mohanty.

Thus started the Naukriforwomen.com community, where women can connect with each other and realise their true potential. So far, more than 5000 jobs have been posted on the portal with more than 1000 success stories.

Tough start

The portal is enthused by the belief that women possess special qualities and their workplace needs are different from those of men.

Through this initiative, the site aims to provide a common platform where both employers and job seekers can communicate directly and understand each other's needs to make the workplace women-friendly. Mohanty says, "The initial days were tough. We started with only 20 odd jobs on our site. But now we have thousands. Every day, we adapt and improve to meet the needs of the community."

To post jobs at Naukriforwomen.com, prospective employers and recruiters have to register themselves. After a thorough background check, the account is approved of, after which they can post jobs. Every job posted on the site has to go through an approval process by the support staff. The site already has over 2500 registered employers and recruiters who post relevant jobs for women across all strata of society.

Let's celebrate

The founder duo celebrates when someone writes in about her successful journey to securing a job. Last month, the site crossed over 100,000 registered users and also reached another milestone when it registered 2,500 employers and recruiters. But Mohanty feels that the most memorable day will be when the site is instrumental in helping every single individual of the community attain her dream job.

A few people, though, have criticised the service as a feminist movement. "But every time we receive a "Thank you" note from our successful job aspirants, we are overjoyed," smiles Mohanty. And though Mohanty feels that they have miles to go before they can call the venture a success, they are almost about to realise their objective in terms of providing an exclusive job listing and professional networking opportunities for the benefit of the working women.

The founders want to take the site to every Indian household. Mohanty adds, "Our aim is to inspire and encourage all women to contribute to their family income, even if they don't want to venture out of their homes."

Source - hindustantimes

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Will it work ? Reservations in private sector

It is sad to see that the Government will try to push through legislation make it mandatory to have reservations in the private sector.

India Inc should stand up and oppose any such move which will be detrimental to 'meritocracy'

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) on Tuesday said the new government may bring in legislation on job reservation in the private sector for scheduled castes (SCs), scheduled tribes (STs) and backward classes but the industry chamber will oppose any such move.
"Since the issue of affirmative action was kept on margins...the issue would resurface as India Inc is anticipating that Dr Manmohan Singh, who would become the Prime Minister (for the second term), might repeat the call for reservation in the private sector," the chamber said in a statement.

Assocham president Sajjan Jindal said industry would oppose legislation for reservation in the private sector. But it would keep on employing people belonging to "downtrodden sections of society".

HR professionals in manufacturing, hospitality, engineering, automobiles and other labour-intensive industries such as textiles, and gems and jewellery have started keeping records of SCs/STs and "other backward communities" employed, it said.

The chamber claimed that the private sector "accommodates poorer sections of society more than what is absorbed by the government and its public sector undertakings".

It said in a competitive economy, productivity has to be maintained and that cannot be possible "if reservation is imposed on it".

'IBM offers jobs in India to laid-off workers'

'IBM offers jobs in India to laid-off workers'

Software giant IBM is offering its recently laid-off employees jobs in 'growth markets' like India and Russia through a new programme and will help with moving costs as well as provide visa assistance, media reports said.

Through the 'Project Match' programme, IBM is offering its outgoing workers in the US and Canada a chance to take an IBM job in India, Nigeria and Russia, CNN quoted an IBM internal document.

The company would help ex-employees "locate potential job opportunities in growth markets where (their) skills are in demand."

Should (the employees) accept a position in one of these countries, IBM offers financial assistance to offset moving costs, provides immigration support, such as visa assistance, and other support to help ease the transition of an international move," the document read.

IBM is also offering jobs in China, Brazil, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Nigeria, and the United Arab Emirates.

Source : Financial Express