White-collar jobs for women up 35% this year, shows survey

The number of available jobs for women has surged 35 per cent year-on-year in February 2023, indicating a growing demand for female workers in the Indian white-collar economy, according to data released from employment website Foundit (formerly Monster APAC & ME).

According to online hiring trends, the Information Technology and Business Process Management (BPM) sector holds the largest share of available opportunities for women at 36 per cent as a consequence of the growing focus on gender parity in the workplace. This is followed by IT/Computers-Software (35 per cent), and Banking, Accounting and Financial Services (22 per cent). There has also been a significant increase in job postings for women in sectors such as recruitment, staffing or HRO (20 per cent share) and hospital, healthcare and diagnostics (8 per cent).