5 Misconceptions About Women Returning to Work after a Career Break

In the corporate sector, it is not rare to come across ambitious women struggling to return to their “once flourishing careers”.

 

You will agree that there is some disconnect when it comes to women willing to resume their career after a sabbatical and the jobs available at a particular time in various companies. A fundamental reason to which can attribute this issue is the presence of many myths and misconceptions built over time.

These misconceptions lead to the undermining of this experienced, talented and hard-working pool of well deserving female candidates.

 

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Here are some of the misconceptions related to the women who return to work after a considerable career break:

 

There is a Huge Difference between Work Flexibility & Part-Time Job

The University of Edinburgh Business School researched in 2015, showing that more than 70% of the participants looked for a job with a certain degree of work flexibility. Flexibility, however, is not the same as a part-time job.

‘Part-time’ is now considered as a supposedly derogatory word, taken in the same breath with the jobs less organized in their strategy, have low status, and are taken up by people not ready to commit to a particular position fully.

It is high time that we ensure to keep more focus on the value they bring and deliver, rather than looking at the clocks repeatedly to find out the amount of time they are present in the office.

It can be quickly sorted out to think about the actual output and offer flexibility as to when and where the allotted work gets completed.

As a firm, it is essential that the people at the upper management show a healthy amount of trust in women and consider offering them a considerable degree of flexibility. If women employees can meet their work deadlines and commitments with managing their home and family as well, there is no harm to make things a little eased out for them.

 

Women Returning to Work after a Break, lack Confidence (Really?)

Many times it is felt that once a woman returns to work after a considerable gap, the previous level of confidence goes amiss. Hilariously, the exact opposite of it is true. Through their role, these women have accumulated a life experience like no other.

These women have managed all kinds of big and small events, and have also taken a lot of varying emotions head-on- illness, grief, relocation to other cities and countries, and raising children as well. It all makes them durable, ensuring that they will be remaining unfazed in critical situations.

The moment you throw a challenge at them, be sure that they will chalk up an effective plan pretty quickly. Quite a good number of women mentioned confidence as an issue to their triumphant return after a long break.

Rather than the lack of confidence, when there is a career break of a few years, there is quite a lot of catching up to do in terms of trends. For instance, if a woman took a break of about five or seven years, she might have to cover up a lot in the area of digital marketing. It is an area that has witnessed an increase in the last few years.

Women can then get back to the present by taking up relevant courses to get up to speed. This will only boost the confidence, showing how it can be a pleasant prospect not to undermine women, but let them work at their full potential.

 

Women taking a Career Break are Not Ambitious!

Any individual gives a lot of thought before taking a final call on returning to work after a considerably long gap. Returning to work requires a vast amount of effort on their part. Trying to take care of the gap created at home, looking after the financial calculations once again, and not to mention getting another excellent job of course.

Women returning from a long break do not lack ambitions in any aspect. On the contrary, women prefer self- actualization in such a situation. Women continuously look out for challenging tasks, where they can test their intellect and stay surrounded by like-minded people.

A majority of women aspire to be role models for their children, more importantly, their daughters. These women also want to make a difference with the long years they have to contribute to their professional careers.

Some women find it better not to take up any job if they think that the tasks will not be challenging enough for them. It is where they feel that their impact will be more pronounced, is the job they will always take up, making their return to work life more visible and active.

 

Only Maternity Break qualifies for an unavoidable Career Break

Not every woman is returning to work after a maternity break. There are plenty of other reasons like family relocation, redundancy, care of elderly relatives, and even starting up a new business for stepping away from their corporate life.

It is important not to ditch the image of women as mothers who leave their established jobs to look after their babies. In real life, things are never as regular and predictable as they seem to be.

 

Women Returnee have Diminished Skill Sets as compared to the ones with No CareerBreak

A lot of people tend to assume that the working skills of women become irrelevant after they have been away taking care of other things in their life. What is missed here is that the wisdom, knowledge, and experience they gain from being apart from their usual workplace only makes them come back to the corporate table with a lot more value. Breaks can recharge, refresh and bring about a new focus for the company business.

It also becomes easier to develop new skills and apply them to increase the growth and productivity of the organization. Sticking to the old stereotypes will only block an excellent company asset in women contribute to the sustenance of the company.

There is no substitute for the right talent and skills. And, as an organization compromising on those skills while hiring leads to self-destruction. However, judging a candidate based on their Valid career breaks instead of evaluating them on their skill sets & past work experience, will only hinder your growth as a brand, as a company, and as managers too.

At GoodWorkLabs we promote Diversity at Work, in the form of gender equality, age, religion, past work experience & much more. For us, a candidate’s skill sets, attitude, energy & confidence comes before anything else. We believe in providing equal opportunity to each deserving candidate irrespective of the stereotypical factors, be it for in-house hiring or for Staff Augmentation.

If you think you have promising capabilities to be a part of such open non-judgemental work culture, Join Us today!

At GoodWorkLabs we celebrate attitude & compassion above everything else!

During the Annual Day celebration, GWL identifies & honors the Real Superstars across levels & departments.

 

On our annual day celebrations, everyone was taken by surprise. Many had tears in their eyes.

We were awarding star performers of the year with ‘Superstar Excellence Award’ & towards the end we called our security guard Nazir on stage to collect the award. When we announced his name, he couldn’t believe it. Neither could most of our employees.

 

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Nazir is a tireless & most selfless human being. For the last 4 years, for him everyone working in our offices comes first & he comes last. He is ready to help anyone, whatever it takes. I don’t have words to express my gratitude towards him. The least we could do was give him the highest award of the year.

He was ecstatic to begin with, but when we gave him a mike to speak, he was in tears and so were many of us. He couldn’t believe a security guard would be given an award on par with other employees.

This is the culture we foster at GoodWorkLabs. It doesn’t matter what designation you carry, we value basic human traits beyond anything else & honour them. My hope is we can create a thousand Nazirs in the years to come.

My best wishes to Nazir! He deserves this award more than anyone else! Please join me to congratulate him!

Wish to be a part of such an amazing team which gives each employee an equal opportunity to grow & to prove their caliber? Check out our current openings and Apply Now!

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Walk in drive for Java developers (Spring boot and Microservices)

GoodWorkLabs is conducting a massive walk-in drive on Saturday, 26th January between 10 am and 1 pm.

We are specifically looking for Java Developers who have a working experience of Spring boot and Microservices and has good knowledge of data structures, distributed systems, and algorithms.

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Walk-in details:

Date: 26th January | Saturday

Time: 10 am to 1 pm

Venue: GoodWorkLabs, 4th floor, Akshay Tech Park, EPIP Zone, Whitefield, Bangalore – 560066.

 

Why you should join GoodWorkLabs

GoodWorkLabs is one of the fastest growing technology companies in India and is also a Google Certified Agency. We have been ranked as the 3rd Fastest Growing Technology Company by Financial Times in 2018. Right from Startups to Fortune 500 companies, the best of the brands have trusted GoodWorkLabs for all their technology requirements.

If you join GoodWorkLabs, you will get the opportunity to accelerate your career to the next level. You will get hands-on experience in working with top clients and will also work on the latest trending technologies.

Come attend the walk-in interview on 26th January 2019 at 10 am and give your career a boost

 

Walk-in Interview for UI Developers

GoodWorkLabs is hiring and we are conducting a massive interview drive for UI Developers at  Apttus Software Private Limited – Bangalore.

This is your chance to boost your career and work on some amazing projects.

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Walk-in details: Saturday 24th March | Time: 9 am to 2 pm

Job Description: UI Developer

1. Should have a minimum of 3 years of work experience

2. Should be proficient with Angular JS, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3

3. Have an enterprising attitude and be a goal-getter.

 

Walk-in Interview details:

Date: 24th March 2018 | Saturday

Time: 9 am to 2 pm

Address: Apttus Bangalore Office, 5th Floor, Salarpuria Touchstone Sarjapur, Varthur Hobli, Outer Ring Rd, Marathahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103

Contact Person: Malar

Contact number: 9739691607

 

If you are looking for that ONE chance to give your career a boost, then drop by for an interview and walk out as a Technology Superstar!

Hiring for Java Team Lead

GoodWorkLabs is hiring Java Team Lead Professionals

Are you some one who has a flair for technology and are good at handling large teams? Then we have the right position for you!

We are looking to hire talented software professionals for the role of Java Team Lead and are conducting a massive walk-in interview on Saturday, 28th October from 10 am onwards at the GoodWorkLabs office in Whitefield, Bangalore.

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Skills and Expertise required:

  • Java development and team lead experience
  • Big data experience is plus
  • Object-oriented analysis and design.
  • Object-oriented programming and component-based development with Java.
  • Enterprise software development and leadership experience.
  • Customer service-oriented attitude, top-notch time management, and quality driven designs.
  • Experience with Spring, Hibernate, SQL, JSON, REST, web services, relational and document-oriented databases.
  • Knowledge and experience in working with APIs and SOA services.
  • Knowledge of secure coding standards.
  • Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
  • Experience with Eclipse or IntelliJ IDE’s, various plug-ins, Maven, Nexus, Git.
  • Experience with continuous integration environments like Jenkins or TeamCity.
  • Experience in Kafka and Cassandra is added advantage.
  • Should have 5+ years of work experience

We are looking to on-board candidates who can join immediately or have a 15 days notice period

At GoodWorkLabs, we work with the biggest clients to create awesome technology and software products.

Attend the walk-in interview and WOW us with your technical expertise!

 

Time and Venue details:

Date: 28th October, Saturday

Time: 10 am to 2 pm

Venue: GoodWorkLabs, 4th floor Akshay Tech Park, EPIP Zone, Whitefield, Bangalore – 560066

In case you are traveling this weekend but don’t want to miss out on this opportunity, then send us your resume to [email protected]

All the Best!

We are Hiring HR Recruiters (IT)

Walk-in interviews for HR Recruiters (IT field)

Are you someone who can easily spot talent?

Are you a go-getter and have amazing people management skills?

Then we want you!

GoodWorkLabs is looking for experienced HR recruiters in the IT field who can work on head hunting people for latest IT technologies.

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Job Description (HR Recruiter)

  • Should have an experience between 3 years and 7 years
  • Must have worked on recruiting activities for IT technologies such as Java, Angular, iOS and Android app developers etc.
  • Experience in conducting mass HR drives to meet targets
  • Should have good attitude and must have great people management skills
  • Responsible for complete end-to-end IT recruitment activities.

Preference will be given to candidates who can join immediately or within 30 days

If you think you perfectly fit the bill, then just drop in for an interview:

Date: 28th & 29th Sept, 2017

Time: 10 am to 5 pm

Venue: GoodWorkLabs, 4th floor, Akshay Tech Park, EPIP Zone, Whitefield Bangalore

You can also send in your resume to [email protected]

All the Best!

Hiring Angular 2 Developers and Front-end Developers

Job openings for Angular 2 Lead & Front-end Developer

We have 4 job openings for Angular, Angular JS and Front-end Developers and are looking to hire some of the talented minds out there.

If you are looking for a challenging career opportunity and want to work on building some amazing tech products, then send in your resume to [email protected]

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Job description for Angular 2 Developer

1) Should have minimum 3 years of work experience.

2) Excellent programming skills in Javascript, Jquery, HTML 5, CSS3, Angular 1 and 2, Ionic Framework

3) Must have proficient knowledge of software development methodologies and life cycle

4) Excellent verbal and written communication skills

5) Ability to work independently and also part of the team

6) Education qualification: B.E/ B.Tech / M.Tech

 

Job Description: Front-end Developer

1. Should have a minimum of 3 years of work experience

2. Should be proficient with Angular JS, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, React, Emben, Typescript

3. Have an enterprising attitude and be a goal-getter.

 

Preference will be given to candidates who can join immediately or within 30 days!

If you are passionate about technology, then a career at GoodWorkLabs will definitely help you follow your passion!

All the Best!

 

Walk-in Interview for Automation Test Engineer

GoodWorkLabs is hiring Automation Test Engineer

 

Are you someone who pays extra attention to details?

Do you think out-of-the box and come up with different user flows for a project?

We want you!

GoodWorkLabs is conducting a walk-in interview for Automation Test Engineers  on July 15th from 9 am to 2 pm.

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Job Description – Automation Test Engineer 

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience with automated tools like Robotium/Selenium for code testing/debugging
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Java Script, Python, etc.
  • Test experience in Java in Linux or Android OS.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
  • Should possess an overall work experience of 3 years.

Preference will be given to candidates who can join immediately on within 30 days. Only Automation Testers will be eligible for the interview.

 

Date and Time of the Interview:

Date: Saturday | July 15th

Time: 9 am to 2 pm

Venue: GoodWorkLabs, 4th Floor, Akshay Tech Park, EPIP Zone, Whitefield, Bangalore 560066

All the Best and see you at the interview!

Hiring Now: Marketing Interns!

GoodWorkLabs is now hiring Marketing Interns

What makes YOU get out of bed in the morning? Breakfast? Your favourite YouTuber’s video? Your future? Damn, that last one really #woke you up, didn’t it?

And now that you’re awake—

Announcing an exciting opportunity for college students and recent graduates: GoodWork Labs is now accepting applications for a marketing internship!

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We want YOU:

Our ideal intern does not have to be well-versed in the world of marketing but someone who is:

  • Self-motivated and able to work independently to meet deadlines
  • Passionate about Marketing
  • Able to multi-task and deliver results promptly (kind of like that time you completed your assignment while watching your favourite TV show)
  • Willing to become an integral part of a small, tight-knit team

 

Here’s the 411,

Contribute to our platforms: We will mentor you in learning the principles of SEO along with guidance in designing & launching ads and conducting extensive research.

Impress us with your social media skills: Help us deliver engaging, relevant content via social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn.

Build engaging Content: Create original content to be used in online and print marketing projects.

(If you have some background in producing videos or any video content, you get some brownie points!)

 

The best part? Fidget spinners are allowed at work 🙂

Hit us up with your resume at [email protected] and we’ll be in touch soon!

 

 

As A CTO You Must Know These IT Predictions for 2017-18

Predictions For 2017-18

Disruption has moved from an infrequent inconvenience to a consistent stream of change that is redefining markets and entire industries. In 2016, we saw the astonishing rise of Pokémon Go, which demonstrated accelerated digital change in areas such as augmented reality. Gartner’s top strategic predictions for 2017 and beyond describe not only the disruptive effects of digital business innovation but how secondary ripple effects will often prove to be more disruptive than the original disruption.

Three high-level trends emerge from the predictions:

  • Digital experience and engagement will draw people into non-stop virtual interactions
  • Business innovation will create extraordinary change from mundane concepts
  • Secondary effects will be more disruptive than the initial digital change

 

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Gartner’s Top 10 Predictions for 2017 and Beyond

  1. Immersive Shopping Experience – By 2020, 100 million consumers will shop in augmented reality.

Whether they allow you to try on makeup or place virtual furniture in your home, immersive technologies such as AR increase consumer engagement by enabling them to fully explore features and conveying additional information that can aid in a buying decision. Popular applications, such as Pokémon Go, will help propagate the technology and bring it into the mainstream. 1 in 5 global brands will use AR for shopping by the end of 2017.

2. Voice First Browsing – By 2020, 30% of web browsing sessions will be done without a screen.

Many teens already use voice search daily and new audio-centric technologies, such as Google Home and Amazon’s Echo, are turning “voice first” interactions into ubiquitous experiences. By eliminating the need to use your hands and eyes for browsing, vocal interactions extend the web experience to multiple activities, such as driving, cooking, walking, socializing, exercising, operating machinery, etc. By the end of 2017, watch for room-based screenless devices to be in more than 10 million homes.

3. Mobile Apps Decline – By 2019, 20% of brands will abandon their mobile apps.

Many brands are finding that their mobile apps are not paying off. They simply haven’t delivered the level of adoption and customer engagement that companies expected. App stores are crowded and the cost of application support in not only maintenance, upgrades and customer support but also marketing to drive downloads, exceeds original ROI calculations. Google’s effort to make the mobile web more “app like,” will gain traction, and companies will opt to reduce their losses by allowing their apps to expire. Watch for Apple’s reluctant embrace of the mobile web as a vehicle for customer engagement.

4. Algorithms at Work – By 2020, algorithms will positively alter the behavior of over 1 billion global workers.

Employees, already familiar with behavior influencing through contextual algorithms on consumer sites such as Amazon, will be influenced by an emerging set of “persuasive technologies” that leverage big data from myriad sources, mobile, IoT devices and deep analysis.

JPMorgan Chase uses an algorithm to forecast and positively influence the behavior of thousands of investment bank and asset management employees to minimize mistaken or ethically wrong decisions. Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic uses influence algorithms to guide pilots to use less fuel. By year end 2017, watch for at least one commercial organization to report a significant increase in profit margins because it used algorithms to positively alter its employees’ behaviors.

5. Blockchain Grows Up – By 2022, a blockchain-based business will be worth $10 billion.

Blockchain technology is established as the next revolution in transaction or event recording. A blockchain ledger provides an immutable, shared view of all transactions between engaging parties in a distributed, decentralized network. While the Bitcoin blockchain ledger is itself well-understood, blockchain remains an immature technology. By 2020, new businesses and business models will emerge based on smart contracts and blockchain efficiencies. These smart contracts automate at a reliability, customization level and speed not achievable with traditional business systems.

6. Digital Giants Everywhere – By 2021, 20% of all activities an individual engages in will involve at least one of the top-seven digital giants.

Many of us interact with at least one of the digital giants (by market capitalization: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) in our digital worlds of web search, mobile, social networking, messaging and music streaming. As the physical, financial and healthcare worlds become more digital, many of our activities will be connected and within reach of the digital giants. Note that collectively, the digital giants will have direct and indirect knowledge of what we do as individuals and the fundamental issue will be what they do with the data.

7. Innovation Requires Greater Investment – Through 2019, every $1 enterprise invest in innovation will require an additional $7 in core execution.

Many organizations have adopted a bimodal style of work to jumpstart innovation. While exercises are designed to experiment and “fail fast,” those that do receive approval for implementation involve a level of complexity, scale, and business change ramifications that may not have been considered in the initial planning stage.

8. IoT Saves Trillions – By 2022, IoT will save consumers and businesses $1 trillion a year in maintenance, services, and consumables.

Digital twins capture real-time data, allowing smarter maintenance and service schedules for physical objects such as large pumps, airframes, and turbines. When the sensor-enabled real world twin sends data to the digital twin, it can simulate the physical state, allowing the digital twin to be inspected instead of the physical object. This would be helpful for a submerged sewage pump or any other asset in which on-site inspection is inconvenient, costly or hazardous.

Consumers, too, will benefit when they can extend the life of the oil in their cars from a prescriptive replacement “every 5,000 miles” to replacement triggered by a measurement of the engine’s performance.

Emerging and established companies need to keep in mind these predictions, especially the tech leaders during hiring and procurement. Investments need to be smarter, better and more calculative in nature.

 

Source: Gartner

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