Launch of ‘iBelieve’ – HCL’s Second Career Program for Women – Never take a break from Believing in yourself
Launch of iBelieve – Women’s Second Career program is a breakthrough opportunity for women who want to resume their IT careers. This program is targeted at women who are serious about making a comeback and willing to invest in themselves. Women who join us will be re-skilled and upgraded on technical and business skills required for today’s work environment. Duration and type of training will commensurate with their respective background. I am happy to share that we have got an excellent response from this initiative so far and I am hopeful our first batch of women second careers would start their training within a month – Srimathi Shivashankar – Executive Vice President, HCL Technologies
1. The future of work is changing and organizations are evolving to adapt with changing work place demands. Attracting and retaining talent strategies are also changing.
2. At HCL, we believe that a professional always remains a professional and a career break is just a phase. To stay relevant, every professional – whether on a sabbatical or not, needs to invest in reskilling themselves.
3. HCL understands that while pursuing a professional career one might be faced with difficult decisions. More often than not women find themselves making a choice between their career aspirations or managing other priorities in life. This leads many women to quit their professional career.
4. Globally, millions of employees including women take extended breaks or planned sabbatical from work for a variety of reasons – marriage, move to a different country, childbirth, health reasons amongst others. According to a study by the World Bank in collaboration with the National Sample Survey Organization, 20 million Indian women quit jobs between 2004-12. Around 65-70% of women who quit never return to work at all. A break cannot be and should not be a reason to put a stop on a qualified professionals’ career growth path.
5. Many tend to use the break period for investing time in their hobbies, undergoing courses and in life enriching experiences. All these experience add to an individual’s life skills. Hence I is wrong to negatively assess a career break for a qualified professional.
6. We believe that gender does not matter to perform any job. It is the capability and competence of individuals that matters. A techie is always a techie. Therefore taking a break from career does not impact the capability as long as the individual is ready to invest time for their training and re discover their potential. HCL understands that while pursuing a professional career one might be faced with difficult decisions. More often than not women find themselves making a choice between their career aspirations or managing other priorities in life. This leads many women to quit their professional career.
7. At a time when both Governments and the corporate sector are creating programs to give impetus to hiring of more women employees especially in STEM fields, one cannot ignore a large talent pool of qualified IT professionals. With this context HCL technologies is introducing a second career program called iBelieve. With this program, HCL Technologies is inviting qualified women who want to re-ignite their IT career and refresh their skills.
8. With the Women’s Second Career program, HCL wants to offer a chance to these women to pick up their career from where they left off. We believe that the zeal to do well and achieve their career aspirations always remains. With this program we aim at refreshing their technical and other business skills to get them to resume their journey to meet their professional aspirations
9. This program is aimed to give a platform and channel to women who want to break out from their comfort zone and help them come back into the corporate world again with renewed confidence. The idea is make the women return back to what they were doing earlier ‘ To start where they left off with a more stronger conviction’.
10. In order to ensure that this reached out far and wide various recruitment channels are being used for this campaign which kick starts from 28th to 30th April, 2018. We will use featured job listings on JobsForHer and Naukri to drive walkins. There will be widespread digital lead generation campaign on Facebook, Google, Instagram, and Linkedin, referral, emailer and SMS Campaign to all the leads gathered through various activities (Not sure if we should tell this to media)
11. This program is for women who are willing to invest in their careers and want to re-start again. It’s not about women looking for part-time career opportunities or free-lancing short-term projects. We also believe that any woman who enrols into the program is trained for continued career with HCL. We will introduce to you the next set of technologies, so that you will stay industry relevant always
12. We do appreciate the fact that you have taken an intelligent decision to restart your careers with us. We have an inclusive work culture, and policies that have no gender biases. Our day care facilities and other benefits will help you maintain work life continuity.
13. The future of work is changing and organizations are evolving to adapt with changing work place demands. With programs like these we shall be able to build a more balanced and diverse work culture.
14. Ibelieve will help you reinvent yourself and give the freedom to be yourself.
Program Brief:
1. iBelieve is a 1 to 3 month intensive classroom training program which would refresh the candidates previously learnt skills (Now Skills).
2. Additionally, training will be provided on modern day technology concepts (Next Skills) to make the candidates future ready.
3. Successful candidates can be offered placement with HCL post successful completion of the classroom training.
4. The fees for the program will be INR 2,50,000 + Taxes
5. The final salary is arrived by taking into consideration 3 factors:
a. Job Experience
b. Previous Job Role & Profile
c. Existing skill proficiency
6. Eligibility criteria:
a. Engineer, MCA, M.Sc (CS/IT)
b. 65% and above in graduation
c. Only residents of Chennai and Bengaluru (Training will however be in Chennai)
d. Career break of greater than 2 years but less than 6 years
e. Women with work experience of min 1 Year
Toll free number for more information and assistance – 18002001117 (10am to 6pm) / www.hcltss.com /
Walk In details – Venue – HCL Technologies AMB 4, Second floor, 94, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chennai
