Freshworks Career ReStart Program Empowers Women to Rejoin the Workforce
March 08 2022 - 8:00AM
Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH), a leading software company
empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees,
announced today – on International Women’s Day – the launch of its
Career ReStart program in the US after a successful returnship
initiative in India helped to increase gender parity in the
technology sector.
The program in India kicked off in November 2021, with a goal to
find talent in the areas of Sales and Marketing, product management
and engineering. After receiving over 1,000 applications, 74 women
were shortlisted to complete an interview training workshop. From
there, 18 women were selected to complete a 16-week developmental
course training S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research.
The training is currently underway and once complete, Freshworks
will welcome these ReStart graduates to its workforce.
The US program, in partnership with Women Back to Work, seeks to
fill Customer Success and Solution Engineer Roles with Career
ReStart applicants.
“We help companies that value diversity and inclusion hire
career-ready returners with technical backgrounds through custom
returnship programs,” said Sonu Ratra, Founder,
Women Back to Work. “We look forward to partnering
with Freshworks as they continue to tackle gender parity and strive
to ultimately reach a 50/50 workforce across the globe.”
The Freshworks Career ReStart return-to-work program is for
women who have been on a career break due to family commitments,
taking a career pause to focus on motherhood, being widowed,
personal health issues or other crises.
"The thought of heading back to work after a 12-year hiatus was
daunting, but also exciting," said Freshworks Restart member,
Asma Akram, Software Engineer. "The Freshworks
Career Restart program interview workshop was thoughtful and has
made me feel more confident in my interviewing skills. I am
delighted to complete the next part of the training program and
begin my new career journey as a member of the Freshworks
kudumba."
While many returnship programs utilize a temporary or internship
model, Freshworks has committed to the success of these individuals
by making offers to hire all returners to full-time roles. In
addition to the professional development opportunities provided by
Women Back to Work, Freshworks has developed its own 12-week
mentorship program for returners.
ReStart aligns with the #pledgeforequality campaign commitment
Freshworks made on International Women’s Day in 2020. Suman
Gopalan, Chief Human Resources Officer at Freshworks said,
“We committed that by the end of 2020, women would constitute at
least 30% of the workforce at Freshworks. We met that goal and
increased our commitment to women making up 40% of our workforce
with 20% holding leadership positions by the end of 2022. The
ReStart experience seeks to be about helping bridge one’s passion
with one’s potential.”
Presently, Freshworks currently has an overall workforce of 35%
women, 25% who are in leadership roles. In the US, 45% women make
up the workforce with 37% in leadership roles.
To learn more about Freshworks Career ReStart North America, or
to apply for the program visit
https://www.womenbacktowork.org/freshworks-returnship.
About Freshworks IncFreshworks Inc., (NASDAQ:
FRSH) makes business software people love to use. Purpose-built for
IT, customer support, sales and marketing teams, our products
empower the people who power business. Freshworks is fast to
onboard, priced affordably, built to delight, yet powerful enough
to deliver critical business outcomes. Headquartered in San Mateo,
California, Freshworks operates around the world to serve more than
56,000 customers including Bridgestone, Chargebee, DeliveryHero,
ITV, Klarna, Multichoice, OfficeMax, TaylorMade and Vice Media. For
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About Women Back to WorkWomen Back to Work is
the leading returnship organization specializing in helping
companies hire technical, female professionals with a career
gap.
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