en

Candidates

Together, we’ll map out career-defining, life-changing pathways to achieve your ambitions. Browse our range of services, advice, and resources.

Learn more

Find us on WeChat

Visit our WeChat Official Account for more Career Advice

Read more
Jobs

Our industry specialists will listen to your aspirations and share your story with the most prestigious organisations in China. Together, let’s write the next chapter of your career.

See all jobs
Candidates

Together, we’ll map out career-defining, life-changing pathways to achieve your ambitions. Browse our range of services, advice, and resources.

Learn more

Find us on WeChat

Visit our WeChat Official Account for more Career Advice

Read more
Services

China's leading employers trust us to deliver fast, efficient hiring solutions that are tailored to their exact requirements. Browse our range of bespoke services and resources.

Read more
Insights

Whether you’re seeking to hire talent or seeking a new career move for yourself, we have the latest facts, trends and inspiration you need.

See all resources

Find us on WeChat

Visit our WeChat Official Account for more Market Insights.

Read more
About Robert Walters China

Since our establishment in 2008, our belief remains the same: Building strong relationship with people is vital in a successful partnership.

Learn more

Work for us

Our people are the difference. Hear stories from our people to learn more about a career at Robert Walters China.

Learn more

Empowering women in the workplace

Organisations nowadays recognise that employees are their biggest assets. Many are spending a lot of efforts and resources on talent attraction and retention. When developing succession planning strategies, businesses need to ensure that they take this element into consideration – empower the next generation of female employees into leadership positions.

Women make up almost half of the workforce in many countries; however female professionals continue to face issues limiting their growth trajectory within organisations. As gender diversity has proven to improve team performance and success, it is important that organisations create more diverse and successful teams to unlock the full potential of the workforce.

Our latest whitepaper, entitled ‘Empowering Women in the Workplace’, was created to provide insights into gender diversity and empowerment in the workplace. To find out more and access the research in full please download the PDF here.

About the research

The whitepaper – ‘Empowering Women in the Workplace’ – surveyed over 4,400 clients and job seekers across APAC (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam), and addresses:

  • Career priorities of working professionals
  • How female leaders are regarded in the workplace
  • The need for equal representation of female leaders within an organisation
  • What companies can do to empower women in their careers


Key findings

  • Career priorities of working professionals in APAC show little difference across genders – both men (35%) and women (42%) consider working in a job they find fulfilling and rewarding their top career priority
  • Only 32% of respondents agree that women make up more than 20% of leadership positions in their organisations 
  • 80% of female respondents think that women are under-represented in leadership positions in business
  • When asked to name the reasons why women are under-represented in the workplace, 52% of women believe it is due to a preference by management to promote men over women, while 50% attribute it to family pressure or commitments outside of work (50%)
  • To facilitate women in their careers, 71% of female respondents find mentoring or sponsorship at senior management level a helpful measure, while 48% would like to have personalised training programmes


Our recommendations

To encourage gender diversity and increase overall levels of satisfaction among employees, organisations can consider the following measures:

  • Identify the motivational factors that drive employees early in the recruitment process
    Harness the strengths of diverse teams
  • Consider flexible working options for both parents
  • Mentoring can aid women in their career development
  • Encourage women to showcase their leadership by giving them high-visibility initiatives
    Start gender diversity from the top


To find out more and access the research in full please download the PDF here.

Related content

Read more on WeChat
Submit a Vacancy
Salary Survey
Hiring Advice
Get in touch

Find out more by contacting one of our specialist recruitment consultants

Related content

View All

The impact of workplace flexibility on productivity, engagement and diversity

The work environment is changing. Advances in technology, a shift in generation and changes in the way companies do business has driven the need and demand for a new kind of workplace. These factors have led to the rise of the “smart workplace”. A whitepaper from Robert Walters, Greater China reveal

Read More

Deep diving into the differences between diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are not interchangeable terms. Diversity within an organization without inclusion is just many different people in the same place at the same time with no engagement or connection. Most of us will know that diverse hiring is hiring with special care to ensure procedures (like

Read More

Tackling Age Bias

The impact of the global pandemic has impacted individuals and communities in different – and unequal – ways. The careers of older workers and younger workers are significantly more likely to have been impacted than the overall working population. The number of older workers has been increasing over

Read More

I'm Robert Walters Are you?

Come join our global team of creative thinkers, problem solvers and game changers. We offer accelerated career progression, a dynamic culture and expert training.