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Sunday, 31 March 2019

Will have 22 L govt job vacancies filled by Mar 31, 2020: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress has been criticising the government over alleged jobs losses and lack of jobs creation.

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Saturday, 30 March 2019

Will jobs actually be top of mind when India casts its vote this summer?

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​​Multiple surveys have thrown up a unanimous answer— jobs, or more precisely, the lack of them - as the top issue in this election.

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Friday, 29 March 2019

Technology can kill 45 million jobs globally in the next 6 years: Report

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Study said up to $150 billion each of benefits can be accrued if companies embrace digital technologies.

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Thursday, 28 March 2019

Mumbai youth lands Rs 1.2 crore job at Google's London office

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Abdullah Khan, a student of Shree LR Tiwari Engineering College, Mira Road, was called for an interview by Google on the basis of a profile on a site that hosts competitive programming challenges.

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Wednesday, 27 March 2019

AI tools help tech firms find the right hand for the job

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Cognizant employs more than 281,000 people globally, and nearly two-thirds of them in India.

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Tuesday, 26 March 2019

At only 3%, Corporate India is still struggling to bring women to the top

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Out of 1,814 chief executives and MDs of NSE-listed companies, only 67 are women, as per Prime Database.

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57% prof would switch careers to get closer to dream job: Survey

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About 57 percent said they would consider career pivoting in order to build a more fulfilling career.

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Monday, 25 March 2019

Campus hiring, compensation on upswing this year

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Among business schools, tier-2 and tier-3 institutes have witnessed a higher year-on-year compensation growth, according to Aon Campus Study 2018-19, shared exclusively with ET.

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It’s important to catch the pulse of your audience: Satyavati Berera, PwC India

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In conversation with Satyavati Berera Chief Operating Officer, PwC India

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India Inc steps up for staff with special needs

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At Wipro, more than 500 employees with disability work in various roles across geographies.

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The Indian techie codes better than his Chinese peer, but there's a big catch

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When one compares techies who can code correctly with few errors, the gap between India and China narrows.

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Real threat of AI displacing jobs: Telecom Secretary

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While digitisation has delivered great benefits to the country, the threat of automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) displacing jobs is real, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said on Monday.

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Employability Survey 2019: Jobs slip away from the ill-equipped Indian engineer

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Any changes to education system have been at best ad-hoc, which has kept unemployability numbers very high.

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Sunday, 24 March 2019

Job changes in focus for better data on formal employment

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EPFO plans to capture new job additions as well as track those employees who exit or rejoin after a hiatus to check loopholes while collecting payroll info.

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Friday, 22 March 2019

Engineers, postgrads apply for railways, welder jobs

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TOI has learnt that besides nearly 1.9 crore Class X pass candidates, another 48.48 lakh under graduates and post graduates had applied for the jobs.

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Nearly 2 crore men lost jobs between FY 2012-18: NSSO

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A review of the NSSO's Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18 report shows only 28.6 cr men were employed in the country during 2017-18 as against 30.4 cr men employed five years ago in 2011-12.

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Content jobs in demand as companies spruce up online presence

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​​ In the last three years (January 2016 to January 2019), job postings for these roles have gone up by 27%, the data showed.

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Thursday, 21 March 2019

NBFCs back in business of hiring

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Companies may hire about 15,000 in FY20, indicating return of stability to the sector.

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Wednesday, 20 March 2019

Recruit 100 women a year in Corps of Military Police: MoD

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Officials said infrastructure, including residential accommodation, for women has already been set up.

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Jobs data may come along with detailed note on methodology

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Official says current survey uses different metrics, so the comparison must come with riders.

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IT sector generated 8.73 lakh jobs in 5 years; Congress spreading falsehoods on job data: Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Confronting the Opposition over the jobs crisis barb, the minister challenged the Congress to show just how many jobs had been generated in their tenure.

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Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Indians would learn new skill if they get 4-day work week: Survey

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Employees in France, Germany, the US and the UK listed 'sleep more' as a top priority.

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Variable components in CXO salary on the rise

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HR heads and executive search experts said variable pay is increasingly becoming a game changer in CXO compensation.

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Monday, 18 March 2019

Average salary of Rs 16.79 lakh at IIM Shillong final placements

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The final placement season saw participation from 62 recruiters.

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Up to one-third of existing jobs will be automated in next three years: Survey

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Additionally, 36.75 percent respondent surveyed expect some kind of disruption in their industry in the next 2-3 years.

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Thursday, 14 March 2019

CBRE to hire 3,000 employees in India to grow business

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CBRE's India revenue grew 20 per cent during 2018 and expects to maintain its growth even in 2019.

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IIM Kashipur wraps up final placements with average salary of Rs 12.24 lakh

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A total of 72 companies participated in the process offering 215 positions to 196 students.

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India will have to wait to know how many jobs were created under Mudra

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The survey on jobs created under Mudra will not be released before the 2019 elections, claimed a report.

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Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Delhi at No. 2 in blue-collar workforce

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Delhi employs the second-highest blue collar labour force in India.

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Average salary of Rs 28.47 lakh per annum offered to IIM-Indore students

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Finance, Consulting and Sales & Marketing were the most preferred domains..

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Airbus launches programme for women to return to careers after sabbatical, maternity leave

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‘Fly Again’ was launched on the International Women’s Day as part of Airbus’ efforts to ensure that women can make a smooth return.

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IBM chief Ginni Rometty says Indians lack the skill sets to be employed

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According to CMIE, as of February, there were as many as 31.2 million youth actively looking for jobs.

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Monday, 11 March 2019

India's engineers struggle for work as job crisis worsens

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With more than half of India's population under 25 years of age, critics say the votes of jobless youth could hurt Modi's chances of securing a second term.

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IIT Kharagpur's Vinod Gupta School of Management sees 139 job offers in first phase of final placements

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After the first phase of placements, the average compensation of the top 25% of the batch stands at Rs 18.5 lakh and that for the top 50% is Rs 17.21 lakh.

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100 per cent placement at IIM-Nagpur; highest package at Rs 20 lakh

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The institute has completed its final placement process for the third batch of students enrolled in its flagship Post Graduate Program in Management (PGP 2017-19.

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Hiring activity sees 16% growth in February

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Hiring for management roles with experience band of 4-7 years saw a growth of 15 percent in February 2019.

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Bharti AXA Life hires 10,000 insurance advisors during FY19

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The company registered a 33 per cent rise in advisor hiring to 38,000 agents during 2018-19

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Sunday, 10 March 2019

Bullying bosses negatively impact employee performance, behaviour: Study

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The findings, published in the Journal of Management, highlight the consequences of abusive supervision.

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Saturday, 9 March 2019

What life looks like after a layoff from an IT company

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In the best of times, Phani Missala, dressed in formals, would drive his new wine-red Hyundai Xcent into the sprawling Tech Mahindra (TechM) campus.

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Friday, 8 March 2019

Startups, ecommerce companies flood campuses with offers

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The demand is largely for management students who are engineering graduates.

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MSME sector added up to 14.9 million jobs per annum in last four years, claims CII survey

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According to the survey, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana have been the largest job generators over the past four years.

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CodeMeet: Live, Real-time, Automated Coding assessment platform on the Go!

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AI-powered video interviews are transforming the future of HR

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Transforming Learning and Development with Virtual Assessment Centres

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Thursday, 7 March 2019

The not-so-good news for India’s white collar workforce

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Overall attrition, which measures job change frequency, is at a five-year low, and year-on-year headcount increase, indicative of the pace of new hiring, is sharply slowing.

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Info Edge appoints Pawan Goyal as chief business officer for Naukri.com

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Prior to joining Info Edge, Goyal worked with Adobe as the general manager where he headed the Print, Scan, and TechComm businesses which contributed more than $100 million in revenue.

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Wednesday, 6 March 2019

IIT Delhi placements surpass 10-year record

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According to an IIT Delhi statement, number of companies coming for campus placement also saw an increase of 15 per cent over the last year.

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DBS India to hire 600-800 persons in 18 months as it goes into expansion mode

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As part of its branch expansion to nine new locations during this month, three branches kick-started Wednesday in Gurugram, Noida and Coimbatore.

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Tech captives in India face rising employee cost challenge: Zinnov

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According to the study, due to an increases in number of strategic alliances formed between GICs and service providers, vendor cost is set to witness an increase of 9% in 2019.

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Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Salary increments likely to be better than last year in most sectors: Survey

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The best-paying sectors for high performers will be consumer internet, professional services, financial institutions, hi-tech and ITeS.

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