WFH jobs see 2x hike in applications from women

NEW DELHI: There has been a 2x increase in women applying for remote jobs during the last eight months of the year, a report said on Tuesday.

According to professional networking platform apna.co, in comparison to last year, the platform recorded a 132 per cent increase in the number of women users on the platform, with a majority of them looking for remote working jobs.

‘The flexibility and the convenience brought by remote working has the potential to inspire more professionals to join the workforce, further accelerating the economic engine of the country,’ Manas Singh, Chief Business Officer, apna.co, said in a statement.

More women have been looking for a remote job with lesser commute time being the primary motivator that can provide flexible working hours, which allows them to support their household work/pursue alternate forms of income generation such as tuitions/creches from home.

A recent report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) found a significant proportion of women usually reported their willingness to accept work if assignments were made available at their household premises.

The ILO report also indicates that 34 per cent of rural Indian women and 28 per cent in urban areas were willing to accept work at home.

The most in-demand work from home jobs includes BPO jobs such as telecalling or telesales, data entry operator.

Not only has WFH been a popular trend in metro cities like Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata, but cities such as Hyderabad, Pune, Lucknow, Patna and Jaipur have also recorded the maximum applications for work-from-home jobs.