Survey finds underutilised skilled female talent could address country’s skills shortage
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GUEST - Phillipa Geard, founder of RecruitMyMom
The findings of South Africa’s largest Working Women Report released today (13 February), shed light on the challenges and opportunities surrounding female participation in the workforce and provides significant recommendations for businesses to address the country's skills shortage by tapping into the underutilised skilled female talent pool. According to the study, despite 92% of women expressing a strong desire to work and 78% aspiring to career growth, women are underrepresented in the labour force trailing behind men by 10.6 percentage points, and represent only 15% of executives among JSE-listed companies.
The findings of South Africa’s largest Working Women Report released today (13 February), shed light on the challenges and opportunities surrounding female participation in the workforce and provides significant recommendations for businesses to address the country's skills shortage by tapping into the underutilised skilled female talent pool. According to the study, despite 92% of women expressing a strong desire to work and 78% aspiring to career growth, women are underrepresented in the labour force trailing behind men by 10.6 percentage points, and represent only 15% of executives among JSE-listed companies.
