The Indian Corporate Sector has wide opened its doors of opportunities to competent women professionals over the span of the last two decades. While the initial career phases are relatively smooth for a woman, it is after she enters the institution of marriage that balancing home and work begin to take a toll on her. Many such women decide to abort their careers midway in the absence of support systems that could have helped sustain their careers. This study elaborates the ways in which organizations can check the drain of valuable female resources from their talent pipeline. Through the opinions of professional women drawn from diverse fields, this research found that the corporate initiatives for sustaining women careers that are valued most are: 1) Flexible Working Arrangements 2) Mentoring 3) Skill Building Programmes 4) Day care centers.
The effectiveness of each of the listed „career enablers‟ were measured in terms of their impact on two key career strength indicators‟ of a woman professional which are 1) Work – Life Integration and 2) Career Longevity.

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