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Friday, 30 November 2018

More Rs 25 lakh pay packages offered at IITs this year

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At IIT Kanpur, around 18 companies are offering Rs 25-lakh packages, a 50% jump from 12 last year.

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Thursday, 29 November 2018

IITians offered Rs 1.5 crore to join MS Office

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Placement cell members confirmed that Microsoft is offering as much as $214,600, including base salary, performance bonus, joining bonus and restricted stock units.

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Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Over 350 firms to take part in IIT Delhi campus placements

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The foreign organisations that will be offering jobs to the IIT Delhi students are mainly from the European region, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, US etc.

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How to crack campus recruitment

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ET’s Nehal Chaliawala talks with experts on how to make the best of campus recruitment.

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70% Indians confident about finding better opportunities: LinkedIn

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Nearly two out of three Indians are optimistic about the general economic situation improving in the next 12 months, according to the inaugural edition of the LinkedIn Opportunity Index in Asia Pacific region.

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Monday, 26 November 2018

Frequent appraisals, technology keep recency bias at bay

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Recency bias leaves employees who have worked hard throughout the year feeling short-changed by the organisation.

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Samsung to hire 1,000 engineers from India’s top tech colleges

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This is in line with the company’s proposal to hire 2,500 engineers for R&D by 2020.

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Bobby Pawar Quits Publicis, to head Havas Group India

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Pawar will take on the overall guardianship of the group’s creative proposition across disciplines — creative, media, health, digital.

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Tata Group firms hire top talent to build digital edge

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Tata companies are likely to continue hiring tech talent to accelerate “driving digital adoption”.

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326 companies offering 490 job profiles register for Phase 1 of final placements at IIT Madras

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The first phase of campus recruitment for 2018-19 will be held between December 1-8, with a break of one day (December 5, 2018).

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A World Bank economist shows how to create the right jobs for a country

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Job creation, or the lack of it, is the central political economy issue today.

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Sunday, 25 November 2018

Recruiters at premier engineering schools look for niche tech talent

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Digital and cloud are key focus areas for Capgemini; these contribute 35% to its revenue. Richard Lobo, head of human resources and executive vice president at Infosys, said that this year’s hiring would be mostly in domains such as automation, AI, ML etc.

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Saturday, 24 November 2018

Facebook plans to train 5 mn Indians in digital skills by 2021

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The Facebook training programmes entail simple lessons that help to build a digital presence, avoiding expensive fees for creating and hosting websites.

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Friday, 23 November 2018

One million cloud computing jobs to be created by 2022 in India: Report

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Companies are currently investing 4.5 times the rate of traditional IT spending in cloud infrastructure, and it is expected to grow even faster by 2020, according to a report by ed-tech platform for executives Great Learning.

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Thursday, 22 November 2018

ESIC payroll data suggest 1.6 crore new jobs created in 13 months till September: CSO report

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As many as 12.14 lakh new member had joined the Employees' State Insurance Scheme in September, stated the report of Central Statistics Office.

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'India's employability rises to 47%; Engineers most employable'

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Around 57 per cent of the final-year engineering graduates were found to be employable, an increase of about five percentage points since last year, the report said.

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Here’s why UpGrad stands for career growth

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The need to use data to derive actionable insights for the future is the demand of the day.

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Tech hiring set to make comeback in 2019: Report

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The report noted that even though hiring volumes might not reach the scale of 2010-11, the situation would still be better than what it was in the last 2-3 years.

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Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Bengaluru pays the highest salaries in India: Study

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By city, Bengaluru pays the highest salaries - which goes with the fact that technology industries pay the most - followed by Mumbai and Delhi.

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Ecommerce players, startups step up hiring for leadership positions

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Hiring has shot up in the last 6-7 months, with rough estimates suggesting nearly 350-400-plus senior hires across the ecommerce and startup ecosystem, say consultants.

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Cognitive ability most accurate predictor of employee’s success: Report

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Mettl’s study of various key industries found that the use of cognitive assessments has increased by 29% in the overall IT industry.

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Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Cognizant begins quarterly promotions to retain junior employees

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Cognizant's chief people officer said all attrition was not the same and that the company has put measures in place to target groups of employees who might leave.

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9.73 lakh jobs created in September, 79.48 lakh in last 13 months: EPFO payroll data

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Around 79.48 lakh new subscribers were added to social security schemes of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) from September 2017 to September 2018, the data showed.

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Monday, 19 November 2018

Engineering graduates more employable than MBAs

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MBA courses have lost some of their appeal with employability dropping 3% points over 2017, according to the India Skill report'19.

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Google resumes talent hunt at IITs after 2-year break

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At the last All-IIT Placement Committee (AIPC) meeting in October, the schools had decided to discourage off-campus recruitments.

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Use of technology can help in hiring right people: Shakun Khanna

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Shakun Khanna, head, human capital management of APAC at Oracle in an interview spoke to ET about the changing role of technology and HR in securing and nurturing talent.

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HUL goes all out to make staff future-ready

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This is about making employees and the organisation ready for the next leap in business, and the way forward to ensure that business remains contemporary and ahead of the curve.

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Sunday, 18 November 2018

KVIC plans to create 13.83 lakh jobs by March 2020

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KVIC estimates creation of 44,029 jobs through other village industries; 20,285 jobs through the Honey Mission; and 1,09,200 jobs from the Kumbhar Sashaktikaran Mission by March 2020.

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Friday, 16 November 2018

Despite Trump, US MNCs flock to India for engineering talent

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India is the only country where MNCs can hope to get engineers in the numbers they are looking for, and with the requisite skills.

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Crisis at Flipkart no worry for top tech & B-school students

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IITs & IIMs, along with some top run engineering institutes and B-schools, are considered to be the important talent-hunting grounds for companies, including Flipkart and Amazon.

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With Walmart in driver’s seat, Flipkart set to speed up hiring

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A Bengaluru-based headhunter is working on at least five searches on behalf of Flipkart for senior executives.

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How India can enhance employability of its jobless youth

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Nasscom's reports point to the inadequate technical skills and low employability rate of India's engineering graduates.

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Thursday, 15 November 2018

JBIMS summer placements see top stipend of Rs 5.5 lakh for 2 months

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The technology sector firms included Capgemini, Mahindra Comviva, Pepperfry.com, TCS and Wipro who were a part of the placement process.

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FMS concludes 100% summer placement in less than two days

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The average stipend for the top 70 % of the batch was at Rs 115,367 per month and that for the top half was Rs 122,600.

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India to add 14 lakh IT jobs in new-age technologies by 2027: Cisco study

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IT organisations might find it difficult to fill these niche roles which calls for upskilling the employee skill sets through certification programmes.

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Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Facebook scouts for India tax head

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The tax manager will report directly to its Asia-Pacific head of tax and is expected to drive processes and initiatives to safeguard the company from financial risks and claims.

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India's job outlook likely to drop to 92%, down 3% in second-half of FY19: Report

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The Teamlease Employment Outlook report has surveyed 750 employers and 2500 employees of small, medium and large companies across 19 sectors and 14 cities to gauge the hiring sentiments in the country.

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India's job outlook drops 3% to 92% in H2 of FY19: Report

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It was 95 per cent in the preceding half-year (April-September 2018), according to TeamLease Employment Outlook report 2018-19.

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Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Online hiring declines by 5% in October: Report

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Monster.com CEO, Apac and Gulf, Mukherjee said although the Monster Employment Index has recorded a 5 per cent yoy drop, there are pockets of growth in the online hiring.

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Monday, 12 November 2018

Hiring activity sees 21 per cent jump in October: Report

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In terms of cities, hiring activity in metropolitan cities saw positive growth with both Chennai and Delhi registering a rise of 23 per cent.

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Mega employment zones plan gets Niti Aayog approval

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The government’s plan for 14 mega national employment zones in the country moved a step forward with the project appraisal and management division of Niti Aayog.

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PwC India to hire 1,000 digital professionals over three years

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It also launched 40 tech solutions spanning digital, finance, risk and compliance and tax. These solutions help clients with emerging technologies like cloud, artificial intelligence and mobile.

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Saturday, 10 November 2018

Chinese tech companies are facing an unlikely problem in India

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Phones made by Chinese cos are dominating Indian market. But when it comes to retaining top talent, it's a different story.

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Friday, 9 November 2018

Temp hiring numbers surge as GST helps formalise economy

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Before GST was rolled out on July 1 last year, unorganised and unregistered staffing companies had a pricing advantage because they didn’t charge service tax.

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Tuesday, 6 November 2018

8.5 million jobs created under PM scheme

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This shows 8.5 mn new jobs have been created under PMRPY, with total outgo from govt at about Rs 2,400 cr.

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Monday, 5 November 2018

5 ways to get a headstart on performance appraisals

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“Using self-appraisal provides a useful opportunity for the employees to identify what they are good at and look for more ways to get better at them,” says Singh.

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Sign-on bonuses adding to company woes

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Industry estimates suggest the variable component (including short-term and long-term incentives) could be as high as 50-55% of the CEO/CXO pay mix.

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IIM Calcutta wraps up summer placements with 120 companies making offers to 458 students

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The highest number of offers (26%) during the summers came in from the Banking and Financial Services domain. Citibank was the largest recruiter in the sector.

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By 2027, India has to create jobs equivalent to five Australias

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More than 50% of India's population is below the age of 25 and more than 65% is under 35.

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Saturday, 3 November 2018

Over 5 lakh qualify first stage of railways' computer based test

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The railways published the first stage CBT results on Saturday, an official statement said, adding that 5,88,605 candidates have qualified for the second round of examinations.

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