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Program 5
TP as an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The fifth program of the series ‘Shaping the Professionals of Tomorrow’ was on Equal Job Opportunities at Telenor Pakistan.

Director Corporate Communications & Responsibility Syed Hasnat Masood, Manager Recruitment Faisal Khan, Manager Pricing Saima Khan and Postpaid Officer M. Ali Younas spoke to Fasi Zaka about diversity, merit based hiring and equal opportunity employment.

The extracts of the program are as follows:
Telenor Pakistan, an equal opportunity employer, practices fairness in its employment process, follows gender-fair practices and ensures that the same opportunities are made available to every one, including the disabled candidates and minorities.
Telenor Pakistan makes no discrimination on the bases of race, sect, gender or nationality while providing opportunities for employment.
Telenor Pakistan has in place a robust recruitment system based on merit (TDP, promotions/ bonuses based on performance).
We are very particular about diversity as far as our culture is concerned. We employ people from a variety of backgrounds, with a wide variety of skills and training. We want our organization to benefit from the new insight and opportunities that this diversity offers.
More than 99% of our 2500 direct employees are Pakistanis – from all provinces, many ethnicities, and diverse communities. We reflect the diversity of our country.
Telenor Pakistan’s strong merit-based systems, and its culture of empowerment, ensures that women participate actively in the company’s growth. Increasing diversity in the work force, particularly women participation in country like Pakistan and Bangladesh, is an initiative that stems from Telenor Group.
The trend is going in the right direction – more women are hired now, and more women are moving up the managerial ladder.
Telenor Pakistan has a healthy percentage of about 20% female employees.
Telenor Pakistan also has a unique advantage over the industry in employing Persons with Disability (PWD).
As an employer we believe it is our responsibility to ensure that the same employment opportunities are offered to PWDs as they are to anyone else. This includes sensitizing employees of the needs of PWDs, keeping PWDs informed of employment opportunities, making our buildings accessible to them, adapting recruitment processes to their needs, and offering them a safe and disabled-friendly work environment after making reasonable adjustments.
Telenor Pakistan has ventured into creating a disabled friendly career website.
We are working with several NGOs and social organizations on this initiative.
We are initiating different training programs within Telenor Pakistan. A disability advisor has also been taken onboard to provide assistance which will help in transforming the organization into a truly disable friendly company.