This Top Global Company Wants Its Workforce To Be 50% Women By 2025

This Top Global Company Wants Its Workforce To Be 50% Women By 2025 Accenture, a top professional services company with offices all over the world, declared on Wednesday that its workforce will reach true gender balance by 2025. This goal may sound ambitious, but if youre familiar with Accentures history, the announcement shouldnt come as a surprise nor would be surprising if the company reaches this objectivebefore2025.The 50% female pledge builds on Accentures earlier goal to achieve 40% women new hires a goal they surpassed last year. The company also plans to grow its percentage of women at the managing director level to 25% globally, by 2020.How is the leadership team staying on track to make these plans a reality? Its about disruption and figuring out what to do to accelerate change, Accentures Chief Leadership menschlich Resources Officer Ellyn Shook said at the companysInternational Womens Dayevent this past March. Speaking about the companys ongoing commitment to gender d iversity, she added, We have to make ourselves worthy of attracting top talent. You need to have the basics the policies and programs to make it a place where people can be equalbut then you have to take it down from the macro to the individual people very, very quickly.Accenture Is Hiring Browse Opportunities.Indeed,Accentureis doing a whole lot to elend onlyhirewomen, but also to ensure its functioning in a way thatsupportswomen particularly working mothers so that theyll stick around. In fact, the company has conducted research in an effort to debunk the myth that motherhood diminishes career ambition.What did they find? Thatworking momshave the same or an even higher level of career ambition as those without children. Working mothers in the U.S. are just as likely to aspire to be in a senior leadership ort (70% and 67%), they are more likely to change jobs for a promotion or for higher pay (2.5 times vs. 2.0), and more U.S. mothers than those without children say they woul d like to start a business within the next 10 years (53% vs. 35%).Mary Hamilton, Accenture Labs managing director based in Silicon Valley, recently spoke to Fairygodboss about this research, and she described what exactly Accenture is doing to support women throughout their careers. If we can show them all the way through their career that we dont look at them differently if they choose to have kids, that helps women feel theyre being appreciated for their work, no matter what kinds of priorities theyre juggling.She explained why it welches an easy choice for her to remain devoted to Accenture after having children. For me, it was really important to take on new opportunities, and Accenture really did offer me an opportunity to stretch and take on those roles, Hamilton said, adding, I think I becamemoreefficient. As a mom, you really have to make the most of your time in the office. She added that shes worked with various leaders at the company, but all have been extremely supportiv e.Kathleen OReilly, Accentures U.S. Northeast Managing Director who spoke at the companys International Womens Day event this year, has had a similar experience. Im always a mom, she said. This is a lifestyle, this job, but technology allows you to be creative. I am always on FaceTime. She added that Accenture has extended its maternity leave policy, now offering 16 paid weeks and she learned by her third child that its agoodthing to take your maternity leave.As these womens stories indicate, Accentures efforts to retain women will go a long way in helping the company reach its 50% goal as will the fact that the company is publicly holding itself accountable.We believe that transparency builds trust and helps us collaborate better with not only our own people, but also our clients and communities to advance our objectives, Shook toldFortune, adding that the company will continue to check in on its progress as it acquires new businesses.Hamilton is confident that Accenture is on th e right track. Im in research development and tech, where the number of women is really abysmal, she says. But Ive worked hard in Silicon Valley to grow our womens footprint, and I know for a fact that when were able to show the women we recruit what we offer here at Accenture, that allows us to bring in the next round of really successful women.--Fairygodboss is proud to lebensabschnittsgefhrte with Accenture.Find a job there todayFairygodboss is committed to improving the workplace and lives of women.Join us by reviewing your employer