More and more women in metro cities are applying for unconventional jobs like cab driver, security guard and delivery executives, thanks to attractive pay and demand and supply gap, says a report.
“We see a rise in preference, by both end customers as well as job seekers, for women in unconventional jobs or those sectors which were traditionally considered male dominated areas, especially in big cities,” Babajob co-founder and COO Vir Kashyap said.
The rising trend of the Indian women opting for unconventional careers in the informal and semi-skilled sectors is also due to demand and supply mis-match and higher salary, he added.
According to the data compiled from applications on Babajob.com — a platform for blue collar jobs — in 2015-16, there has been seven times more demand from employers for female cab drivers and 153 per cent increase in applications for the women driver jobs.
“This trend is a fairly recent phenomenon and the increase of women applying for unconventional jobs is higher in Mumbai, compared to other metro cities,” Mr Kashyap said.
The data also revealed that there has been five times increase in job opportunities for women delivery executives and 114 per cent rise in applications by women. Women are offered more money in categories such as sales and data entry, it said.
