White-collar job posts for women see a drop

Abstract

Job postings for women candidates in the white-collar space have declined significantly since the beginning of the current calendar year. This has triggered introspection within the industry, even as normalcy is returning with organisations calling employees back to work — many in a hybrid set-up and some even in a full-fledged work-from-office mode.
According to data provided to TOI by employment website Monster, white-collar job postings for women candidates dipped by 18 percentage points in July 2022 as compared to February this year (see graphic). This is being attributed not just to the hiring stabilisation and startup layoffs but also to the participation of women in the workforce, which has declined since the pandemic.

Towards the end of calendar year 2021 and early 2022, a number of companies had launched return-to-work programmes for women. That could have led to a spike in numbers early this year. [Read More]