PowerToFly - search for remote work for women
Hi, Habr.
Recently, the topic of employment of the fair sex in the IT sphere has been raised several times. At the request of my friend I want to talk about the startup PowerToFly .
The project was designed by women (Milena Berry and Katharine Zalesky in the photo on the left) for women, with the support of investors, they started a startup that includes something like a social network for women around the world and a platform for searching remote female employees.
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So, PowerToFly solves 2 interrelated problems: on the one hand, it helps companies that turn to them to find qualified employees in IT areas for remote work, and on the other, it helps girls who, for one reason or another, choose remote work.
And the reasons can be very different, first of all - they are pregnant girls, mothers with small children (one of the founders, Milena is a mother of three children). Another category under which the company is positioned is women in the Middle East who are simply forbidden to work. In general, the reasons for working remotely can be very different.
Remarkably, the startup team consists only of girls, most of whom work remotely.
At the moment, the project is in the alpha version, there is still a lot of work to do, but now you can register so-called. “Talent”, fill out your profile in which to contribute your skills. Functional vacancies are still in work, but customers can register and view profiles and, if desired, hire the right talent. Now PowerToFly collaborates with large companies, such as Virgin Mobile, Hearst, RebelMouse, Washington Post, MeeLocal, Avaaz and others.
Although the project is still only at the beginning of its journey - there are already really employed girls, and the geography is vast - from Australia to Canada, but most of the girls are from Russia, Ukraine and India.
A prerequisite for getting a job is knowledge of English (at least at the Intermediate level). PowerToFly helps employees to develop, “on board” free courses of both professional and spoken English.
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Recently, the topic of employment of the fair sex in the IT sphere has been raised several times. At the request of my friend I want to talk about the startup PowerToFly .
The project was designed by women (Milena Berry and Katharine Zalesky in the photo on the left) for women, with the support of investors, they started a startup that includes something like a social network for women around the world and a platform for searching remote female employees.')
So, PowerToFly solves 2 interrelated problems: on the one hand, it helps companies that turn to them to find qualified employees in IT areas for remote work, and on the other, it helps girls who, for one reason or another, choose remote work.
And the reasons can be very different, first of all - they are pregnant girls, mothers with small children (one of the founders, Milena is a mother of three children). Another category under which the company is positioned is women in the Middle East who are simply forbidden to work. In general, the reasons for working remotely can be very different.
Remarkably, the startup team consists only of girls, most of whom work remotely.
At the moment, the project is in the alpha version, there is still a lot of work to do, but now you can register so-called. “Talent”, fill out your profile in which to contribute your skills. Functional vacancies are still in work, but customers can register and view profiles and, if desired, hire the right talent. Now PowerToFly collaborates with large companies, such as Virgin Mobile, Hearst, RebelMouse, Washington Post, MeeLocal, Avaaz and others.
Although the project is still only at the beginning of its journey - there are already really employed girls, and the geography is vast - from Australia to Canada, but most of the girls are from Russia, Ukraine and India.
A prerequisite for getting a job is knowledge of English (at least at the Intermediate level). PowerToFly helps employees to develop, “on board” free courses of both professional and spoken English.
Powertoofly
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