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Wednesday, 30 January 2019

TCS campus offers higher by 50% this year

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The hiring momentum reflects TCS's robust pipeline - it has won deals worth $15.8 billion in the nine months of the financial year. The rebound in the mainstay banking and financial services business was a major growth accelerator, along with pickup in its retail and consumer packaged goods business

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2DKmmAN

H&M hires the Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower

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Wylie has signed a consultancy contract with H&M, spokeswoman Ulrika Isaksson said in an emailed response to questions on Wednesday.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2TnxZmC

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Soft skills, pay transparency vital: Study

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These are the findings of a LinkedIn survey of over 5,000 talent professionals in 35 countries, including more than 400 in India.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Uu9Z1k

India Inc to step up hiring budgets by 34% in 2019: Report

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In addition, the report revealed that companies that were surveyed are expected to raise their hiring budgets by at least 34 per cent compared to 20 per cent of companies in 2018.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Tg3v5Q

Edtech industry is bustling with opportunities; Extramarks is offering some of the best ones

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Monday, 28 January 2019

5 ways to ensure remote teams work smoothly

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As the gig economy looks poised to grow, more and more teams are now working from different locations than ever before. Managing and being part of teams like this can be a challenge.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2MDYLEz

India Inc to increase hiring budgets 34% in 2019: Mercer-Mettl Survey

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As the business landscape evolves, finding and hiring the best candidates for various roles, especially those that involve in-demand skills, has become a more difficult and time-consuming process.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2sU8lKG

Employees want notice period cut to 1 month

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Several banks and IT companies have notice periods of 2-3 months, says survey of 2,800 employees.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Uqt84i

Many companies still to induct woman independent director

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There are enough qualified women to occupy board positions but a number of these companies will wait till the last minute before filling up the position.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2CQ9U0D

Saturday, 26 January 2019

Social entrepreneur pitches for co-op model to take jobs to villages

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Neelam Chhiber, who was here to participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting that ended Friday, said India's GDP is not reflecting social inclusion.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2DC7zI4

Friday, 25 January 2019

Over 18 million new jobs in 15 months to November 2018: CSO

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As many as 1,84,38,748 new members joined the ESI scheme run by ESIC during the 15 months until November 2018.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2WjZu2h

Thursday, 24 January 2019

GIM promise for Tamil Nadu: Rs 3 Lakh cr funds and 10.5 Lakh jobs

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The second edition of GIM has overtaken commitments recorded in the first edition as the amount pegged at the 2015 summit totaled Rs 2.42 lakh crore.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2TdNXjd

Nawazuddin Siddiqui opens up on how tough it was to play 'Thackeray'

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui opens up on how tough it was to play 'Thackeray'




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Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul's suspensions lifted by BCCI with immediate effect

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Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul's suspensions lifted by BCCI with immediate effect




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60% millennials job hopped in last 3-10 years: Report

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Job-hopping is becoming common amongst job seekers in the country as 60 per cent have voluntarily left their employment in the last 3-10 years, according to a survey.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2S3wOLD

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Railways to provide 23,000 jobs under 10% quota for general category poor in 2 years

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The Indian Railways has a sanctioned strength of 15,06,598 employees. Out of these, 12,23,622 personnel are on roll. The remaining 2,82,976 are vacant posts.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2AWFf1y

IT, BFSI, BPO to see growth in hiring in next 6 months: Report

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Almost half of the recruiters who were surveyed said the hiring activities will be highest in sales and marketing followed by IT-Software functional areas.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Mq6tlx

ET Budget survey: No crisis but jobs are scarce

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According to an ET online survey, people think jobs are scarce but not as scarce as to indicate a crisis.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2MoWgGh

Karan Johar finally speaks up on Pandya-Rahul sexist comments row

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Karan Johar finally speaks up on Pandya-Rahul sexist comments row




from Entertainment - ET NOW - Economic Times http://bit.ly/2RHnzBn

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Student of the Year: LSR grad offered Rs 38 lakh for India role

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Last year’s highest package at LSR was at the same level but for an international role based in Singapore for a multinational lender.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2CzMYTc

India captain Virat Kohli wins all three top ICC awards

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India captain Virat Kohli wins all three top ICC awards




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'Roma,' 'The Favourite' lead Oscars nominations with 10 each

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'Roma,' 'The Favourite' lead Oscars nominations with 10 each




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7.32 lakh jobs created in November; 73.50 lakh in last 15 months: EPFO payroll data

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Around 73.50 lakh new subscribers were added to social security schemes of the EPFO from September 2017 to November 2018, the data showed.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2DsbIOS

Big Data, machine learning, data science to drive top job opportunities: Report

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Rapid advancement in the digital space has led to a surge in demand for professionals skilled in Big Data, machine learning and data science.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2CE4Jkn

Monday, 21 January 2019

5 ways to deal with a colleague who takes all the credit

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It is frustrating to see your colleague walk away with all the credit for a project well done, when it was actually your hard work.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2RDWVJy

Making skilling part of education system a challenging task

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Need to strengthen skilling ecosystem with a regulator, more private participation, and by integrating it with school and higher education.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FQcKFV

Government-private partnership can provide high-paying jobs for Indians

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While the govt says the private sector has to take the lead, industry says the onus of framing conducive job creation policies, reforms and skilling is on the government.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2MnlFQu

Workplace depression taking a toll on India Inc employees

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The survey covered 3,000 employees from sectors such as IT, manufacturing, financial sector and startups.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2RL0C0o

Sunday, 20 January 2019

Here’s why upskilling and reskilling are indispensable if you are looking to boost your career

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According to a report by ET, 50k jobs are currently vacant in jobs that require Data Science and AI expertise because of the unavailability of talent that is trained to meet the new-age demands.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2S5sGuN

Saturday, 19 January 2019

Jobs data wrong, does not cover many sectors: Piyush Goyal

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Available data are not inclusive and does not cover many sectors and many new age industries like taxi aggregators who are reportedly engaging a million people today, Goyal said.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2W1NOAZ

Friday, 18 January 2019

CXO hiring on full steam as poll impact limited

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About half-a-dozen search firms that ET spoke to all agreed that the upcoming elections will have little effect on hiring when it comes to recruiting senior management roles.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2MiU8Qa

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Salary offers at Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode rise 16% to Rs 20 lakh

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The top half of students got an average annual cost-to-company (CTC) package of Rs 23.73 lakh, a 13% increase from last year.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2TRnuYk

Salaries in India to increase by 10% in 2019: Report

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Salaries in India are expected to increase by 10% in 2019 as compared 9% last year, as per a Korn Ferry forecast.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FFohbd

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

IIM Nagpur completes summer placements with highest stipend of Rs 2.5 lakh

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The highest stipend offered this year was Rs 2.5 Lakh for a two-month internship. The average stipend offered was Rs 54,751.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FxH5K0

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Innowave IT Infra to hire 1,500 employees in 2019

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Most of the hiring will be for positions in Mumbai and Pune.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2CiVEwY

India vs Australia: Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni power India to series-levelling win

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India vs Australia: Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni power India to series-levelling win




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Job security irrespective of performance is govt jobs' attraction: Piyush Goyal

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Goyal and Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar were speaking at a CII workshop on jobs and livelihoods.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2W2ck5c

Monday, 14 January 2019

Co-working spaces take steps to handle sexual harassment

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Although some lawyers say that co-working companies aren’t responsible for handling sexual harassment in their premises — unless their own employees are involved — some of them are taking measures to deal with it.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2TQLDOV

Google makes Rs 40.79 lakh a year offer at Management Development Institute

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As many as 106 companies participated in this year’s process, which took two-and-a half days.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Dbveiv

Sunday, 13 January 2019

Amazon has 1,300 vacancies in India, highest in Asia-Pacific

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Across different businesses and various roles, including technology, Amazon has almost 1,300 openings in India. China has 467 job openings and Japan 381.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Rq4uDv

Friday, 11 January 2019

Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul suspended pending inquiry over sexist remarks in chat show

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Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul suspended pending inquiry over sexist remarks in chat show




from Entertainment - ET NOW - Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FmhHXE

Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Long way before AI systems take over humans jobs: Study

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In the first experiment, researchers showed colour images of animals and objects to one of the best deep learning networks, called VGG-19.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2SOYm4k

Monday, 7 January 2019

Migrant Workers: Where they come from, where they go

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While Delhi and Mumbai were the most popular places for such migrants earlier, there is a big shift towards Bengaluru among new blue-collar migrants,” said BetterPlace CEO Pravin Agarwala.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2CWDfrx

HTC Global Services to hire 3,000 people in India

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HTC — which acquired Ciber, an IT consulting firm, for $93 million in 2017 — said, post integration with the company it has a larger base of clients.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2LWl3kJ

5 ways to deal with employees who resist change

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ET lists out ways organisations can deal with employees who resist change.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FiNR5p

Engineers face high level of biases at work: Survey

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While women engineers are more likely to face gender bias, men engineers are more likely to face bias on the basis of language and region.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2LWhafD

The future of hiring is about collaboration between humans and machines: Achim Preuss

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The thing people typically forget about artificial intelligence is that it’s exactly that — artificial.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2saidj0

To work in India, expats ask for the moon

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As an increasing number of companies in India have their businesses in small cities and towns, hiring an expat is becoming a tough negotiation, said human resource heads.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Fc3i0d

Recent changes in e-commerce norms to have marginal impact on hiring in sector: Recruitment firms

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In December, the government introduced new regulations that would bar online marketplaces with foreign investments from selling products of the companies where they hold stakes, and ban exclusive marketing arrangements.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FjhHHl

Technology won't kill but create jobs: Narayana Murthy

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The renowned IT Industrialist noted that technology provides an opportunity for people to move from drudgery to tasks that require more human touch.

from Jobs-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FbNH0A

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