Women’s
support platform and recruitment portal, Hopscotch, is bridging the gap.
25th October, 2016, Dubai, UAE: According to a new survey carried out by the women-only portal
Hopscotch, there is a huge
disparity between the support females need in order to make their journey back
to work a smooth one, and what is currently on offer in the GCC region.
Of the types of
skills women felt would be beneficial to learn, the survey showed that 67% would like to gain more confidence,
just over half wanted to brush up on their social media skills and 64% wanted
to improve their Personal Effectiveness.
Committed to
changing the current state of options available to women in this region,
Co-Founder and MD Helen McGuire, worked to set up the free “Hopscotch Workshops”. Building on the huge success of the first
series back in May and June this year, a
second Workshop, this time in partnership with Mastercard will take place
on November 14th 2016, on the topic of Personal Effectiveness. MasterCard’s,
Senior Vice President of HR, Scott Tierney, said: “We are excited to partner with Hopscotch on the Personal Effectiveness
Workshop to support women in the UAE on their journey back into the workplace. Mastercard
has a number of policies in place to support flexible working for employees to ensure
they find a balance between their work and home life. Done well and with the
right level of management buy-in across the company, we recognise that the
benefits of having flexible working practices to businesses are substantial.”
In a further
commitment to the cause, Hopscotch launched its One to One Training service offering personal coaching in August
this year with free initial consultations.
From December, the company will also be collaborating with another key
sponsor to offer Skills Sessions
once a month designed to inspire, educate and train attendees in key skills and
will be a strategic partner of the Careers UAE event next April in Dubai.
Hopscotch Co-Founder
and MD Helen McGuire, said: “Our aim at Hopscotch is to support women in their
quest for work. Our first Workshop Series was overwhelmingly popular with 98% of
the women who attended recommending one of our Workshops to others. We are very
pleased to be able to announce an ongoing commitment to the training concept.
We know from our ongoing contact and feedback from women that there is a real
desire to have that personal connect with a profession and through our
Workshops, Power Sessions and One to One service, we are working to guide them
in that process and, in turn, help them find their ideal job through us.”
Having launched in
April 2016, Hopscotch was set up not only to help professional women find work
that would fit around family life, but to support women on that journey. Their initial statistics revealed that 76%
would go back to work if flexible options were available and since its launch
the platform has seen huge success. Thousands of women and businesses from
across the board are signing up through the site, www.hopscotch.ae, and hundreds have
registered for its free skills Workshops.
For more information
on Hopscotch, their Workshops and One to One service, please visit www.hopscotch.ae/training and contact
press@hopscotch.ae.
