Jobs for those who need them most

IF YOU ARE between 18 and 30 years old, a first-time teenage mum, have experienced severe domestic violence or are a single mother earning less than Bt10,000 a month and finding it impossible to raise your children on so little, L’Oreal may well have a job for you.
Applications have just opened for this year’s round of “Bringing Hope to Moms”, a solidarity sourcing project for underprivileged mothers in Thailand run by L’Oreal in collaboration with Adecco Group. The project is designed to help 100 young women by giving them the opportunity to work with the world-class beauty company to build a career and their confidence.
Umesh Phadke, managing director of L’Oreal Thailand, tells XP that this programme is in line with the company’s sustainability commitment to share beauty with all and give back to society in a meaningful way.
“We have 15 years of business expertise in Thailand and as the number one beauty company here and globally, we feel privileged to be able to provide employment opportunities to the women who need it the most,” he says.
“The wellbeing of mothers directly affects their children, who are the future of the society. We would like to engage them in a long-term career, which will provide them with stability and thus benefit the children.
L’Oreal is also delighted to be once again working with Adecco, which has been the company’s human resource business partner since 2011.
Adecco is well aware of the need for such a project as, according to Bureau of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand currently has more than 129,000 mothers under the age of 20.
Tidarat Kanchanawat, the group’s regional director for Thailand and Vietnam, says Adecco is committed to reaching out to these underprivileged mothers to inspire them and create a better understanding of working, as well as selecting the most effective recruitment process that will have the highest benefits for all participants.
“We’ll also organise training for selected candidates to help prepare them to start their new career,” Tidarat says.
 Positions to be filled include beauty advisor (BA), warehouse staff, |receptionist/operator, and administrative support officers.
Applicants interested in joining the “Bringing Hope to Moms” project should meet at least one of the |following criteria:
l Aged between 18 and30 years.
l Be a young and single mother
l Have experienced severe domestic violence.
l Be the main income source for the family and currently earn less than Bt10,000 per month.
l Have a minimum educational level of a secondary school |graduate.
l Interested in the beauty |industry and service career.
For more information about the project and the registration and the application processes, visit www.Adecco.co.th, call (02) 636 1950-2 or email [email protected]. Applications are open through October 18. Successful |candidates will begin employment with L’Oreal on December 1.