Nikisha is the Head of Diversity Outreach, Early Careers, and Campus Recruiting at Allstate. She is a dynamic, self-motivated leader with more than 18 years of experience in human resource, program management, and customer experience. Nikisha thrives on challenges and being able to solve complex problems.
After a 12 year employment gap, Naga Vijaya Lakshmi Ijjada participated in Allstate's returnship program to restart a career in software development at the company.
Recruiters spend probably six or seven seconds looking at resumes, so those who have been out of the workforce eight or nine years might be overlooked. We felt like this was an area of opportunity we were missing — this program was created to identify those people and make sure we give them opportunities and make that transition as smooth as possible.