The 2017 Recruise India Diversity Report provides an overview of workforce diversity profile, key initiatives by some key organistions. Also, understand companies investing in gender-based initiatives and empowering employees to take action.

1. Indian Gender Diversity Report 2017 Copyright 2017
GENDER
DIVERSITY

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3. INTRODUCTIONCONTENTS
Introduction 3
Getting started 4
Gender representation across levels 9
Roles & responsibilities 10
Measures to ensure gender equality 11
Disclaimer 13
It has been proven that diverse organizations outperform the organizations with less diverse environment.
Gender diversity in India is the major talk in organizations across industries and is witnessing an increase with
government initiatives. We want to make women business leaders and provide them equal opportunity.
We hope to advice on how the divide between genders can be narrowed. We hope that you find these
findings useful and also look forward to discussing the same with you.
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4. China
FEMALE WORKFORCE IN TOP 5 COUNTRIES:
4
49%
45%
24%44%
38%
USA
India
IndonesiaBrazil
India stands at 108th position out of 145 countries in the world economic forum
global gender gap index.
Source: World Economic Forum, Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews
By working population*
Globally, 52% of
women respondents feel
that they have not been
given equal opportunities
as men.

5. Gender Ratio in Indian Top Tier Cities
5 By working population*
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews
37%
65%
Male Female
Both North and South india match the
same level of gender diversity
More than 60% of the talent are
from Tier I Cities

6. Gender ratio in top 5 IT companies
64%
36%
Accenture
65%
35%
Infosys
32%
66%
34%
Cognizant
68%
TCS
68%
32%
Wipro
6 Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews

7. Challenges faced by women at workplace
7
Communication Gap
Ethnic and cultural differences
Harassment
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews

8. Advantages of adopting gender diversity to leverage business goals
Boosts the Brand
and Reputation
Collaboration
Enhances client satisfaction
Encourages innovation
Compete in new industries
and across geographies
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews8

9. Sectors that attract higher percentage of women
9
Financial services Hospitality
Airline Media and Entertainment
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews

10. Gender Representation across levels
10
As per an internal survey it is found that among every 100 women promoted at workplace, there are
130 men who get promoted
28%
78%
Entry to Manager
24%
76%
Director
21%
79%
Senior
Manager
17%
83%
Executive
Level
Genderrepresentation
acrosslevels
Men
Women
Number of Women on Boards of Directors across industries
BFSI Manufacturing Service IT/ITES FMCG
0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews

11. Higlights on the Roles & Responsibilities by Respondents
11
1 out of 10 jobs are defined specifically for Men
52%
In response to a survey, about half the women population find the flexibility and work-life balance programs
in their organizations are not well propagated and implemented.
59%More than half of the women population feel that taking advantage of the flexible and
work-life Balance programs in their organizations would negatively impact their career.
Men
Women
Men and Women must carry out
gender specific roles - 9%
Men and Women can fulfill roles
regardless of gender - 91%
Gender Roles Primary responsibility for men and women
37%
58%
12%
64%
13%
26%
Home & Work
Work
Home
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews
Majority of respondents concurred on women’s responsibility being split between home and work,
and men’s being toward work. Just about a third exhibited a truly unbiased outlook with a belief
that men must focus on home and work equally, just as women.

12. 12
Measures to Ensure Gender Equality
Flexi-time options
Clear Wage Standards
Transparent performance reviews
Maternity leaves & sexual harassement policies
Leadership trainings/more women on board
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews

13. Highlight few companies that are providing benefits to their
women workforce: (1/2)
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews
13
Provides career opportunity at the
leadership role for women through
WinspiRe program
Empowers women to be
entrepreneurs with ‘Girls in Tech’
program
Offers women who have a gap
in their career
Empowers girls at school level by
providing training in mathematics
and science
Infosys women’s inclusivity network
empowers women by proving
leadership trainings
Back-to-work program for women who
wants to re-join after a career gap

14. Highlight few companies that are providing benefits to their
women workforce: (2/2)
Source: Recruise Research and Analysis, Public profiles,
Recruise Skill Taxonomy, Professional social media networks & SME Interviews14
Extended maternity leaves and also
offers flexible timings and work from
home facilities for women employees
Offers women who have a gap in
their career and provide them with
career internship and trainings
With the concept of ‘IT is not for
Geeks the company trains girl student
and share best practices
‘High-Tech Women’ initiative provides
women employees to be expert in
technical architectural field
Offers employees with 150 % referral
bonus to encourage women referrals

15. Disclaimer
All the information in this report is obtained through proprietary sources discussions with industry experts and public
information sources. Recruise India makes no representations or warranties regarding the errors, omissions or completeness
ot any information contained herein and shall have no liability for the same.
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