JAL's business includes six sectors: engineering and construction, manufacture and marketing of cement, energy (power, transmission, oil and gas), expressways, real estate and hospitality.
The survey was completed across five sectors: engineering, IT/computing, professional services (including accounting, business, finance, HR, law, retail), science (including pharmaceutical and life), and social science which are identified growth industries in Ireland.
"The public sector, engineering, retail and consulting are advertising more vacancies.
The financial services sector, engineering firms and state and local governments are also projecting large hiring decreases.
The tech-sector engineering disciplines, conversely, struggle to sustain a meager15percentnt female participation.
For those without trusted persons offering this type of guidance, the present tech-sector engineering narrative is turning away many bright and talented young women.
One of the many reasons women are under-represented in "tech-sector" engineering disciplines such as software, mechanical, electrical, computer and mechatronics engineering is because we've done a terrible job conveying how engineers contribute to society in meaningful ways.
Along with many others in my profession, I believe a primary reason tech-sector engineering disciplines aren't on young women's list of possible professions is because the current narrative regarding engineering is anything but inclusive — and rarely shows how our profession positively impacts society.
It can also be stimulated by transparent, accessible and available information about rights and duties vis-à-vis employers.5 This applies to self-employed persons as well as other employees, especially those who are active in service-oriented professions (e.g. the IT sector, engineering or the arts) (Salt, 2008; Kelo & Wachter, 2004).
A high-pressure boiler manufacturing plant was set up by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), India's largest public sector engineering company, in May 1965.
"This is particularly true for high-level skills in sectors like engineering, technology, digital, manufacturing and construction".
