Monday, September 3, 2012

Breaks in women’s careers due to motherhood

Head-hunters believe that breaks in women’s careers due to motherhood could be costing them dearly. Could that be true?

So, if companies are bending over backwards to treat their valuable women employees well, why is there such a small percentage of women at the helm of companies? “It’s also women who are dropping out of the mainstream because of their own family pressures or starting up on their own,” says Archana. “I don’t think the companies have stopped them. In my case, I knew that with my children I could not survive in the mainstream, so I bifurcated and set-up my own company. But it was my decision,” says Archana, who is now Director of Maneuvers Consulting.

Perhaps there are lesser ladies in the boardrooms not because of lost opportunities due to career breaks, but because they never returned to their 9-5 schedule after the stork visited their home? Like Shalini Tiwari remarks, “Women who really want to excel both in career and at family bounce back into shape sooner than anticipated. With little support from family and workplace, they deliver wonders. Maybe women just need to believe in their dreams and learn never to give up. We will definitely have many more Indra Nooyis and Naina Kidwais in the corporate world.” What say mums?


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