More women are taking up non-traditional jobs
The number of women in non-traditional roles such as aviation and engineering is slowly growing, according to Boeing Leadership Development Vice-President Julie Ellen Acosta.
While UAE airlines said cabin crew was still the dominant role for women, Acosta said the leadership development being pursued in the country would rapidly change this.
Acosta, who visited Dubai last week for a leadership seminar, said she had been one of the few women engineers when she graduated in America. Graduates in the 80s were now making their presence felt in senior positions.
“They are changing in corporate America,” she said.
Acosta said the corporate and technical world’s approach to its employees was changing.
“We’re paying a lot more attention to the pipeline and accelerating leaders,” she said. “This will benefit not only women but anyone with talent.”
Emirates Airline has female staff members in 38 per cent of its UAE positions while nearly two-thirds of Etihad’s staff base is female.
Etihad spokesperson Thomas Clarke said the majority of these positions, 2,915 women, would be with cabin crew.
Across all fields in the UAE, there has been a focus on Emiratisation programmes and within aviation; the first female cadet pilots are well into their training.
Salma Mohammed Al Baloushi who is from Al Ain and Aisha Hassan Al Mansouri who is from Khor Fakkan, began their flying training with Etihad in June 2007 as part of the Emiratisation programme.
However, Acosta said the government’s focus on cultivating people’s potential was a mindset corporate America had only recently begun adjusting to.
“Dubai’s pipeline, with its deliberate development of human capital is, to me, amazing,” Acosta said.
“It will develop a very rich talent pool.” Source
While UAE airlines said cabin crew was still the dominant role for women, Acosta said the leadership development being pursued in the country would rapidly change this.
Acosta, who visited Dubai last week for a leadership seminar, said she had been one of the few women engineers when she graduated in America. Graduates in the 80s were now making their presence felt in senior positions.
“They are changing in corporate America,” she said.
Acosta said the corporate and technical world’s approach to its employees was changing.
“We’re paying a lot more attention to the pipeline and accelerating leaders,” she said. “This will benefit not only women but anyone with talent.”
Emirates Airline has female staff members in 38 per cent of its UAE positions while nearly two-thirds of Etihad’s staff base is female.
Etihad spokesperson Thomas Clarke said the majority of these positions, 2,915 women, would be with cabin crew.
Across all fields in the UAE, there has been a focus on Emiratisation programmes and within aviation; the first female cadet pilots are well into their training.
Salma Mohammed Al Baloushi who is from Al Ain and Aisha Hassan Al Mansouri who is from Khor Fakkan, began their flying training with Etihad in June 2007 as part of the Emiratisation programme.
However, Acosta said the government’s focus on cultivating people’s potential was a mindset corporate America had only recently begun adjusting to.
“Dubai’s pipeline, with its deliberate development of human capital is, to me, amazing,” Acosta said.
“It will develop a very rich talent pool.” Source
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