CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING WOMEN TALENT IN IT INDUSTRY

Retaining women talent over a potential career span of 30 years is a common challenge for organizations. Except perhaps public sector enterprises, most companies are facing a situation where the business case for diversity is well acknowledged but the various means deployed to achieve it are proving ineffective as shown by statistics. Losing talented employees can cost an organization in a variety of ways. The organization might lose clients, there may be team disruptions, other employees might be influenced toward leaving the business, and a loss in productivity may occur. As the corporate world is a subset of the society, change is taking place albeit at a slow and steady pace. The need of the hour is to examine the challenges in detail and explore strategies which are being used with some degree of success