Vodafone is launching a new programme designed to provide people who have taken a career break, many of them likely to be women who have quit their jobs to raise a family, with a way of returning to work.
Vodafone's "ReConnect" programme will be rolled out in 26 countries and give recruits the chance to return to work on a full-time or flexible basis. Employees on the programme with also be offered in-work training to "refresh and enhance skills". The initiative will include "unconscious bias training" for hiring managers.
Of the 1,000 people expected to be hired by the telecoms firm through the programme over the next three years, 500 will be to management positions. This will represent roughly 10pc of all external hires for jobs at this level over the period. Around 7,500 of Vodafone's employees are senior managers or above.
By Ben Wright
