ADVERTISEMENT
site_logo
  • Campus
  • Happening
  • Opinion
  • People
  • News
  • #BeInspired
  • Careers
  • 40 under 40
  • Exams
  • What The FAQ
  • Videos
    • Straight Up
    • Odisha Literary Festival 2020
    • Campus Convo
    • Careers After Corona
    • Express Expressions
    • Q&A With Prabhu Chawla
    • ThinkEdu Awards 2020
  • Web Stories
  • edex_worksEDEXWORKS
ADVERTISEMENT
Pride Circle

Published: 03rd May 2021     

Pride Circle is conducting Asia's largest virtual job fair for members of the LGBT+ community

A job seeker from the LGBT+ community has to submit their resume online to Pride Circle, which then does a skill matrix match and share CVs with companies seeking corresponding skill sets

Parvathi Benu
Edex Live
f_icon t_icon i_icon l_icon koo_icon whatsapp_icon email_icon Google News

Share Via Email

19264401_10154959413609794_6155578768394581502_o

Image for representational purpose only (Pic: Ashwin Prasath)

 

On May 8, Pride Circle a diversity and inclusion organisation will conduct a job fair. The year is 2021, so it is a no-brainer to guess that the event is virtual. But that is not the only thing that sets it apart. This is also Asia's largest job fair for the LGBT+ community.

The process is quite simple. A job seeker from the LGBT+ community has to submit their resume online to Pride Circle, which then does a skill matrix match and share CVs with companies seeking corresponding skill sets. These are companies that have registered themselves with pride circle, confirming that theirs is an inclusive and safe workspace. Some of them include HSBC, Twitter, Uber, Netflix and Wells Fargo.

"Our job is primarily to work towards LGBT inclusion. Here, we work both with the community and the companies who are inclusive and help them in skill-building," says Ramkrishna Sinha, co-founder, Pride Circle. They also conduct upskilling workshops and make sure that the people from the LGBT+ community aren't discriminated against.

Sinha and Srini Ramaswamy started Pride Circle in 2017. "We have been working in this sector for more than a decade. So, we are familiar with companies working in this space," he says. Apart from this, Pride Circle also has a range of programs including the India Workspace Equality Entrance, where they rank companies based on the data that is shared with them. The companies are not just ranked based on this, but the organisation also shares resources with them, helping them to be more inclusive.

For a company to register at the job fair, Sinha says that a company has to submit a letter saying that they want to be part of the job fair. "That itself is a great indicator of intent. It is a different thing to issue a statement and be part of a pride march. But by taking part in a job fair, you're making a commitment to say that you're promising an inclusive workspace," he says. While the actual job fair is yet to happen, Sinha proudly says that a few companies have already started rolling out offers. Despite the economic slowdown, they expect at least 100 jobs to be created.

telegram
TAGS
Pride Circle LGBT+ Job

O
P
E
N

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
telegram
ADVERTISEMENT
Write to us!

If you have campus news, views, works of art, photos or just want to reach out to us, just drop us a line.

newsletter_icon
Mailbox
edexlive@gmail.com
fb_icon
Facebook
twitter_icon
Twitter
insta_icon
Instagram
ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook
ADVERTISEMENT
Tweets by Xpress_edex
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

FOLLOW US

The New Indian Express | The Morning Standard | Dinamani | Kannada Prabha | Samakalika Malayalam | Cinema Express | Indulgexpress | Events Xpress

Contact Us | About Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Advertise With Us

Home | Live Now | Live Story | Campus Trip | Coach Calling | Live Take

Copyright - edexlive.com 2023. All rights reserved. Website Designed, Developed & Maintained by Express Network Private Ltd.