The number of female employees at stc during the current year 2020 increased by 22.6% compared to the previous year, while the percentage of female employees nominated for leadership positions increased dramatically, making up around 18% of the members of HIPO. It is the company’s most important program designed to prepare outstanding employees for leadership positions in the future. Only three years after the company began hiring women, stc now employs around 3,000 female employees.
During the Women’s Forum event held today at stc headquarters, Eng. Nasser Sulaiman Al Nasser, stc Group CEO, stressed that the accelerating numbers in female recruitment and empowerment reflect stc’s commitment to implementing the company’s “DARE” strategy in accordance with its values, namely Dynamism, Devotion, and Drive which were inspired by the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
He explained that the empowerment of women is not limited to recruitment and leadership positions, but also comes in the form of providing an opportunity for continuous development. stc is currently working on providing its female employees with easy access to educational resources, enriching their knowledge and increasing their expertise in the areas required to achieve stc’s strategy as well as involving them in the company’s development programs such as the Specialist Development Program (SDP), noting that female employees represent 33% of this program’s organizers.
During the forum, Al Nasser launched a campaign celebrating the launch of a Board for Women, titled ‘For Her’, with the aim of strengthening and promoting stc’s values of Dynamism, Devotion, Drive, and utilizing them in the service of female employees. He noted that the framework and objectives of the board during its first session have been completed, and 16 female employees were selected to represent their sectors and work to help the company identify the obstacles standing in the way of female employees. The board was also provided a channel that will enable them to share their views and suggestions to help the company develop a better work environment. Al Nasser also called on all leaders and colleagues to support this board and the outcomes they reach in order to bring about real change and development.
Al Nasser explained that stc remained committed to building, developing, and recruiting national talents even during the toughest conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, adding “we have joined forces with all sectors, thus ensuring the continuation of the recruitment process. We have received two batches of recruits from the talent incubation program TIP. We have also recruited experienced specialists in the required positions by utilizing our digital transformation systems and smooth technology in most of this process.”
