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Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Trained fresh IT graduates in demand, non-IT cos to hire more techies: Experis IT Employment Outlook

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Experis IT half-yearly survey results show a Net Employment Outlook of 53.41% for the months April–September.

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Employability of graduates from new and lower tier B-Schools a challenge: AIMA director general

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Every year, only about 60% of more than 3.50 lakh management graduates find management jobs, said Sethi.

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Monday, 29 July 2019

How to engineer a self-driving car

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A short guide to making the inanimate animate.

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Women bag frontline roles in gig economy, but lag behind in wages

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While more women are joining the gig economy in such roles, they are paid less than men for the same jobs.

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250,000 and counting: Handsets sector sheds jobs to remain afloat

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The cut of about 15% of the workforce comprised mainly of in-store brand promoters who were put out of work after thousands of small phone-retailing shops shut down.

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Captives likely to go on CXO hiring spree

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High skilled talent and relatively inexpensive pros even at the senior level are the two main drivers of this trend.

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Saturday, 27 July 2019

How influencing became a career

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While influencers and content creators have been around for a while now, it is only in the last couple of years that the market has tuned into their sphere of influence.

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Thursday, 25 July 2019

Women bag a third of 30,000 BPO jobs created

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​​As per details available with ET, 30,321 jobs had been created by July 16 at 226 business process outsourcing (BPO) units operationalised across the country in 28 states.

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12.66 lakh new jobs created in May: ESIC payroll data

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Gross enrolments of new subscribers with the ESIC were 1.49 crore during 2018-19, a report released by National Statistical Office (NSO) stated.

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Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Andhra passes Bill giving 75% job reservation for locals

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Jagan says skill development centres will be set up to train locals; industry leaders term decision regressive.

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PayPal plans to hire 1200 people in India tech centres this year

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This facility will support PayPal’s global markets in risk and compliance.

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Auto component industry fears loss of 10 lakh jobs due to prolonged slowdown

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The auto industry is seeking a reduction in GST rate to a uniform level of 18 per cent in a bid to help save jobs.

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Recruitment outlook positive for July-December period this year: Report

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However, though there is a positive indication of job creation, there still exists some lingering concern over finding the right talent.

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Tuesday, 23 July 2019

India running out of time to cash in on young workforce

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With most Indian youngsters hitting their peak, the country is left with a 20 year window to harness their potential.

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Metro cities to witness double-digit salary growth

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As per Team-Lease's annual report, salaries in India are expected to increase 10-11% in 2019 as compared to 9% in 2018.

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Honor scales down India operations, cuts jobs

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Move follows rapid fall in demand after US imposed trading curbs on parent Huawei.

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Monday, 22 July 2019

Industry scouts for full-stack developers

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Being a full-stack developer means being a master of the web, and so naturally entails quite a bit of hard work.

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Mahindra & Mahindra's AI bot to gauge staff mood

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The company is piloting a programme that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect employees’ moods, a top executive said.

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Reskill to survive: Tech firms retrain staff on war footing

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Accenture, Infy, TechM, Cognizant, MphasiS investing to make workforce future-ready.

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Coming soon: Fewer jobs from ecommerce to IT

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Key job-creating sectors are likely to see a big drop in the generation of fresh employment, thanks in part to automation.

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Friday, 19 July 2019

Modi's e-car dream has a problem no one saw coming

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Firms such as Tata, TVS are either hiring top tech talent or building a pipeline to lead EV initiatives.

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Better career prospects, sense of fulfilment attract expats to India: Survey

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The survey was conducted on 18,059 expats from 163 markets.

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Thursday, 18 July 2019

Upskilling key to meeting demand for AI and big data analytics talent

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Reports suggest there is a huge gap in the supply and demand of AI and BDI family of jobs. One of the reasons could be data science not being taught in many universities.

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76% people trained under key textile scheme got jobs: government

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The textiles ministry had been implementing Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) from 2010-11 to 2017-18 on a pan India basis.

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Wednesday, 17 July 2019

IndianMoney Insurance to ramp up hiring, focus on regional language-speakers

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On an average, the website gets over 6 lakh daily visitors, of which 50% are from tier-3 and tier-4 cities, said the company in its release.

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Tuesday, 16 July 2019

Hikes at Vodafone Idea a sign of green shoots

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Employees at loss-making telco get average 9% raise, bonus of 97% across levels.

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Monday, 15 July 2019

Tech companies go for edtech tie-ups to get that ready workforce

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Companies like Wipro, Accenture, IBM and others are tying up with edtech partners like upGrad, Simplilearn and Udacity to have a ready-trained workforce they can deploy on projects.

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Only 8% Indian managers believe they have a skilled cybersecurity team: Sophos

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IT teams spend about a third of their time managing security, but struggle with a lack of expertise, budget and up to date technology.

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Friday, 12 July 2019

Infosys to hire 18,000 people from campuses in FY20

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Infosys added 906 people (net) during the June 2019 quarter. The attrition (annualised consolidated) was at 23.4 per cent up, compared to 20.4 per cent for the quarter ended March 2019.

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CFOs becoming preferred choice for CEOs: Survey

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The report is based on a qualitative survey of both offline and online among CFOs, CEOs and board members of companies across healthcare, life sciences, consumer, realty, education and industrial sectors.

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Thursday, 11 July 2019

Non-bank finance companies freeze hiring

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Despite the government throwing the sector a lifeline in the recent budget, it is unlikely that hiring will pick up at least for the next three to six months, say head hunters and industry insiders.

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Wednesday, 10 July 2019

IT companies rescue job-scene, hiring rises 6 per cent in June

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Demand for beginners with an experience of up to three years grew by 5 percent, whereas mid-level executives with an experience ranging from four to seven years grew 8 percent.

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Railways recruiting people for over 2.94 lakh vacancies: Govt

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Railways Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that more than 4.61 lakh people were recruited in Railways over the last decade.

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Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Expats’ hiring to suffer after higher tax on super-rich

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Expats are an important source of senior talent across sectors including consumer, automotive, manufacturing and IT, with executives paid upwards of Rs 5 crore annually.

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Beauty & wellness business has market potential of Rs 80,000 crore in India: Skills development minister

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“India would need more than 70 lakh skilled manpower in coming months in this sector due to unleashing of economy,” Mahendra Nath Pandey said.

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Monday, 8 July 2019

Over 3.81 lakh new jobs created in central govt departments in last two years

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Congress and other opposition parties have accused the BJP-led NDA government of rising unemployment in the country.

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Saturday, 6 July 2019

Budget 2019: The section for whom salary hikes are now meaningless

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In the new system, if one's income increases by Re 1 from Rs 2 crore or Rs 5 crore, his tax liability will go up.

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Friday, 5 July 2019

Budget 2019: New age skills making youth jobs ready for digital economy

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FM announced that the government will prepare Indian youth to take up jobs overseas by focusing on skill-sets needed abroad.

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Thursday, 4 July 2019

Atlassian plans to hire 300 employees in Bengaluru

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Atlassian claims to have 144,000 customers worldwide, including Ola Cabs, Reliance, Walmart Labs, and Flipkart.

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Wednesday, 3 July 2019

HDFC Bank shifts hiring focus, to take 5,000 freshers via tie-ups

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The new inductees will pay a course fee of Rs 3.3 lakh plus applicable taxes and will draw Rs 4 lakh as the first yearly salary, the bank said in a statement.

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Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Skill India: CREDAI says will train 13,000 construction workers in 2019-20

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The real estate and construction sector alone needs 45 million additional skilled workers over the next 10 years, according to CREDAI.

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2.5 lakh new jobs to be created in IT sector through skill dev programme: Mahendra Nath Pandey

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nternational Cloud Computing Challenge 2019 here, Pandey said rapid advances made in digital technology can take the cloud computing market in India to USD 7.1 billion (about Rs 49,000 crore) by 2022 from 2.5 billion in 2018.

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Will hire more talent across verticals: Samsung India

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Reacting to a media report that said Samsung is slashing 1,000 jobs in India in the face of stiff competition from Chinese companies, the South Korean tech giant said the report is "misleading".

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India could face productivity loss equivalent to 34 million jobs in 2030 due to global warming: UN

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It said that the accumulated global financial loss due to heat stress is expected to reach USD 2,400 billion by 2030.

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Monday, 1 July 2019

Key to success in data science: Domain expertise

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A passion for data is a prerequisite to pursue a career in data science — datasets should instantly inspire you to infer, analyse and visualise information.

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Boxed in by Chinese rivals, Samsung to sack 1,000 in India

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150 already laid off at telecom networks division; manpower rationalisation to be completed by October.

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Financial prospects prompting IT pros towards data analytics

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Frequent job changes are driven largely by a supply-demand imbalance and the premium salary packages on offer.

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Skills development ministry starts training youth for overseas jobs

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The 12 training organizations which have partnered with the government for the IISC pilot phase include Empower Pragati, IL&FS Skills Development Corporation, Mahendra Skills, Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre (JAC) Society and SynchroServe Global Solutions.

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Unemployment among educated at 11.4%: Govt

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“Employment generation coupled with improving employability is the priority of the government,” Gangwar said.

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