Challenges Faced by Women in the Non- Traditional Jobs

In the present world, Women no longer lag behind in career. Every family in India is looking out for ways and means of increasing the household because of the increasing cost of living, education expenses of children, housing properties etc. They take up both traditional as well as nontraditional jobs. Nontraditional jobs like architecture, computer programmers, computer software, hardware engineers, construction business etc. The US Department of labor defines a nontraditional career for women as one in which 25% or less of those employed in the field are women (US dept of labor, women’s bureau).They are expected to multitasking .They have to take care of the family and household even if they are working by virtue of their sex the man has stereotyped her as a submissive person of the society. She is also supposed to maintain her dignity and modesty in our society. Her non-cooperative husband can always overpower her. In the workplace she is considered less productive than her male counter parts. There are also issues related to remuneration, leave, health, and sexual harassment. In this backdrop the objective of the study is to find out the challenges faced by these women in combining job and household The research is planned to be conducted in Chennai after finalizing the Questionnaire.The focus of the research is to identify problems faced 1. Support of parents and relatives 2. Challenges faced by these women 3. Cooperation from husbands 4. Childcare 5. Personal life 6. Social life 7. Managing home and career 8. Salary and promotion system The policy implication and the recommendations would be given with the findings revealed