Haredim for their future: The obstacle course of the Haredi man on the way to high-tech

A survey by the ultra-Orthodox research company Askria examined the preferences of ultra-Orthodox who want to integrate into the successful industry and the obstacles along the way, the first of which is to hide intent from the environment and family that do not always support aspiration.

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19/04/2022

Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 12:43 Updated: Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 09:06

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Ultra-Orthodox men are aiming to continue their Torah studies all the way even after the wedding while ultra-Orthodox women are paved for work, and high-tech is a legitimate profession for them just like teaching.

Therefore, an ultra-Orthodox man who chose the studies that lead him to the high-tech track took a significant step in dealing with himself and the society around him and in extreme cases was required to hide his intentions to be tech-savvy and not great in Torah, even from his immediate family.

The state invests particularly high sums in encouraging the employment of ultra-Orthodox men, many of whom prefer to continue studying at the kollel.

A survey by

, Conducted for the JDC's National Initiative for Haredi Integration, examined the preferences of the population interested in high-tech studies in the Haredi sector.

When an ultra-Orthodox man aged 21-22, when he is usually married, and with a first child on the way, decides that instead of pursuing Torah studies in the kollel he wants to join high-tech he will look for a path that allows him to combine work and high-tech studies (75% of those interested in high-tech).

The data show that the main challenges that hinder studies in the field are: difficulty in financing life while studying (75% of the respondents), financing the studies themselves (71%) or combining studies with work (59%).

Because of this, the ultra-Orthodox man prefers the fastest way to enter high-tech, especially if it is married men, who are required to support the growing family every year and repay a mortgage at the same time, when the woman usually does not work in a very lucrative job.

The most popular courses in vocational training and certificate studies among those interested in the studies are cyber protection and information security courses (42% of the respondents), software development (34% of the respondents) or application development (31%).

Less than a quarter (23%) are interested in the longer track of academic study - then will apply to study computer science (56%) computer engineering (40%) or information systems engineering (31%).

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Tailored work environment

83% of ultra-Orthodox women will prefer studies in gender segregation compared to 50% of men.

As you may recall, women are enlisted to work from a young age and in recent years high-tech has been a legitimate track as teaching.

Therefore, an ultra-Orthodox woman does not have to change her lifestyle and deviate from what is accepted in the sector in order to think about high-tech studies and will clearly prefer studies in gender segregation.

So even when you get to the work environment you will finally prefer a job tailored to your lifestyle.

This is in contrast to the men who turn to high-tech studies, who are mainly those who have shown open-mindedness and changed course in their lives when they decided to go to work.

In order to finance the studies, 60% of the ultra-Orthodox who study high-tech studies will receive assistance from the family (mainly from the parents).

But the gender division is significant;

About 80% of women will receive assistance from the family, since this is a continuation of the study program from school and high school, but only 30% of men will receive assistance from the family, since this study program is not acceptable in the ultra-Orthodox population.

Therefore, many of the men will apply for scholarships (49%), which the state offers mainly to the ultra-Orthodox men who have difficulty financing their studies.

And 43% about a third of the ultra-Orthodox will be able to combine studies with work and thus finance their studies.

Tuition funding among ultra-Orthodox students studying for employment in the high-tech industry (Photo: Courtesy of Askria)

Effective search channels: friends and family

The road to high-tech is fraught with difficulties, there is a dropout that occurs mainly in the first year of school.

The main reasons for dropping out are financial or inability to combine work and study (68% of dropouts) or due to the large learning gap in the core subjects (English and arithmetic) that they have difficulty bridging (43% of dropouts).

But despite the dropout they still have not completely given up.

83% of them would be happy to return to high-tech studies under appropriate conditions.

Because 66% of students did not gain practical experience in high-tech during their studies, they experience difficulty finding work and 78% of job seekers actively in the 4 weeks prior to the survey reported this as a significant reason for the difficulty.

The significant assistance required for them at this stage is job search assistance (79%), job interview preparation (49%) and practical experience assistance (45%).

After graduation, graduates of the courses / degrees begin to look for work and are assisted by job sections (87%), websites of high-tech companies (57%) and with the help of acquaintances working in the industry (74%).

However, the most effective search channels for ultra-Orthodox who joined the first job were actually friends or family members (43%) (a fact that indicates the effectiveness of personal connections in the industry), placement coordinators at the institution (21%) and only finally at job sites (11%).

This is why many of the ultra-Orthodox (35%) join one high-tech community or another to gain access to and develop the industry connections they so lack.

The total duration of the job search is about 5 months and about 3 job interviews on average.

Ultra-Orthodox women are directed from an early age to integration into the labor market, compared to the men who are expected to continue their studies (Photo: Flash 90, Abir Sultan)

Integration in the labor market

When they turn to the market, the ultra-Orthodox men encounter an unpleasant reality.

They notice that their starting point is very low: the level of English and mathematics of a secular student is high and he has often gained experience and connections in the selected units in the army (8200, 81, MMRM, etc.). In

addition, almost half of the respondents (41%) feel that in high-tech they are looked at differently because they are ultra-Orthodox. An ultra-Orthodox interviewer with a secular side, or ultra-Orthodox workers who work in cooperation and harmony with the secular.

And in general, the ultra-Orthodox worker has unique needs such as a kosher microwave (meat / dairy), an ultra-Orthodox woman will prefer to sit in a room with women.

These small adjustments that may seem to the reader to be negligible, to the ultra-Orthodox worker are significant and say a lot about the considerate attitude of society towards him.

Dudi Dror, CEO of Askria: "The ultra-Orthodox man has a long way to go and overcomes many difficulties in order to integrate into work in the high-tech world" (Photo: Almog Gabay)

The ultra-Orthodox hitex

An ultra-Orthodox candidate for high-tech will be educated to do so if he checks the salaries in the market before coming to the job interview.

An employee who checked and made wage comparisons will earn about NIS 2,000 more than an ultra-Orthodox employee who did not check and accepted the employer's offer unquestionably.

The average salary among all the respondents to the survey is NIS 14,632. This average is greatly affected by the respondents' work rate, when;

Up to two years, the average salary is NIS 9,400. Over two years, the average salary jumps to NIS 17,400.

It is interesting to note the difference in the level of wages between ultra-Orthodox who work in a secular work environment, and those who work in a work environment adapted to the ultra-Orthodox or an ultra-Orthodox work environment.

The gaps are very significant, so that in a secular environment the wage is NIS 18,700, in an environment adapted for the ultra-Orthodox NIS 14,400 and in an ultra-Orthodox work environment the average wage is only NIS 9,700.

These differences are affected by the type of workplace in which the ultra-Orthodox workers integrate and probably also by the bargaining position in which they face employers in accordance with the unique conditions that allow them to work in gender segregation.

The salary will of course increase with seniority and experience in the position and after two or three years will be equal to the salary in the economy.

: "The ultra-Orthodox man has a long way to go and overcomes many difficulties in order to integrate into work in the high-tech world.

At the end of the day, the country plays a

crucial role in helping that population get all the tools needed to conquer this goal, which is a growth locomotive for the Israeli economy. "

Those interested, studying or working in the high-tech field aged 18+ The survey was distributed in an online sample and distributed among designated groups of interested students studying and working in high-tech.

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