Mumbai, Bangalore lead in recovery of blue-collar jobs in India, says survey
In Bengaluru, 90% of companies surveyed confirmed their intent to increase the hiring of blue-collar and entry-level workers in the third qu...
Experience of working in crisis-hit sectors is now in demand among employers
Hiring agencies said they are getting specific mandates from firms to bring them candidates who have worked in sectors such as automobiles, ...
Uncertain future: Over 100 million jobs in danger across the country due to Covid-19
ET has learnt that the officials made a presentation on “Encouraging investments- the challenges and opportunities for India post Covid-19”....
Rising optimism in India towards job security as businesses open after lockdown: Report
According to the report, there is a modest increase in India’s overall workforce confidence, which reflects in this fortnight’s composite sc...
Active job seekers confident about career progression as economy reboots: Survey
The uptick in hiring has fuelled the confidence of active job seekers towards career progression as findings show that about 2 in 3 professi...
July brings cheer to job seekers; V-shaped revival likely in employment if trend continues
For the first time in four months, the Indian job market has seen an increase in open positions with close to 150,000 listed in July, going ...
In the COVID-19 economy, you can have a kid or a job. You can’t have both
Why isn’t anyone talking about this? Why are we not hearing a primal scream so deafening that no plodding policy can be implemented without ...
NITI Aayog developing portal to connect 200 million workers with job providers
NITI Aayog is developing seven technology products for the post-Covid-19 era, a government official told ET. “Of these seven, presentations ...
Ability to understand, anticipate client needs to be most sought-after skill among lawyers: Survey
The survey finds that 42 percent respondents indicated that over 20% of their day to day legal work could be taken over by technology such a...
NSDC, Airtel Payments Bank join hands to skill rural youth for financial services sector jobs
The skill development programme will be tailored for imparting knowledge and skills for entry-level jobs, such as business correspondent and...
Car loan probe: HDFC Bank terminates half a dozen employees for violating the code of conduct
This termination pertains to practices at the auto loans department where some staff allegedly forced customers to buy the GPS devices bundl...
Five in ten women facing motivational challenges in work-from-home scenario: Survey
Women have also been victims to the “double burden syndrome” where they are now expected to double up on the home chores with increased wor...
Indians with US degrees look at opportunities back home as America tightens immigration rules
Graduates have realised they can’t count on finding a job in the US. Plus, there are growing opportunities in areas like edtech and gaming a...
Property portal NoBroker plans to hire 300 professionals to strengthen its business
The company plans to recruit professionals across all its verticals, including business, marketing, and technology, it said in a statement. ...
Only 3% engineering grads get high-quality tech jobs with packages above Rs 8L: Survey
The survey suggest that of the available engineering jobs, only approximately 40,000 jobs (for ~3% of ~15L engineers) provide an ideal mix o...
Like last year, TCS to hire 40,000 freshers
In the US, apart from engineers, TCS has also been recruiting graduates from the top 10 B-schools. It’s hiring both freshers and experienced...
We’re hiring: Companies place over 200 top executives in last 3 months
Given the anecdotal evidence of large companies announcing appointments of CXOs/CEOs, substantiated with what executive search firms have to...
How the pandemic changed the way we look at jobs
Cautious optimism is replacing the panic that gripped the jobs market in April-June. While despair persists, certain pockets are witnessing ...
People prefer govt employment for jobs security: Survey
"The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the job scenario in the country with regular reports of layoffs, furlough, pay cuts ...
IIM-C students of business analytics receive 60 job offers
The students of the fourth batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) programme at IIM-C got these offers from 18 firms. J...
View: How Uttar Pradesh is turning a crisis into many job opportunities
There are about 90 lakh MSME units in the state. A day after GoI announced a stimulus package for MSMEs, UP CM Adityanath announced a packag...
Govt develops ASEEM portal for sustainable livelihood opportunities
The ASEEM portal, developed by the National Skill Development Corporation in collaboration with BetterPlace, will provide employers a platfo...
It’s raining big offers for cloud technology talent
Large technology companies such as Amazon, TCS, Accenture and NTT-Netmagic, and banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) firms are o...
Hiring activities up 33% in June: Report
The report said hiring in hospitality, retail and auto sectors has been the most impacted due to the COVID-19 lockdown and following nation-...
Nestlé India rolls out 1,000 virtual internships for young professionals
Nestlé India has launched a virtual internship programme, 'Nesternship', for graduates in the final year of any discipline and post-...
Unlock 1.0: White-collar jobs for freshers gain pace
Companies hiring freshers include Accenture, Amazon, Wipro, Muthoot Finance, Ernst & Young Global Business Services, Tech Mahindra, Mpha...
PwC India to announce deferred bonuses, hikes, promotions in October
Performance ratings for FY20 have already been shared with employees and promotions and compensation adjustments will be announced on Octobe...
Factories woo back migrant workers with food, air tickets
Freebies from the government aren’t the only factor keeping workers from returning to their previous jobs in cities. By staying in their vil...
Demand pours in for facility management, housekeeping staff as offices reopen
Betterplace, one of the largest human capital management platforms for blue-collar workforce, has mandates for 3 lakh such personnel for Jul...
Job insecurity for 3,500 staff after ban on Chinese apps
Hiring firms said resumes from employees at these companies have started coming in. These app companies employ people for a range of functio...
Unlock 2.0: Demand for office boys, housekeeping staff on the rise
Betterplace, one of the largest human capital management platforms for blue-collar workforce, has mandates for 3 lakh such personnel for Jul...
Q2 will see a growth in jobs: Tarun Sinha, OLX people
In an interview Tarun Sinha, head of OLX People (horizontal business unit of OLX India) discusses the impact of the pandemic on jobs, outloo...
Seven in 10 employees say their companies have offered complete work from home: Survey
According to the report, the thought of going back to work made 79% of people apprehensive. In view of the uncertain times, 57% of responden...
Employment generation under MGNREGS fell by 31.6% in June
The government had allocated Rs 61,500 crore in the budget 2020-21 under the scheme and later raised it by another Rs 40,000 crore during th...
India's June jobless rate falls to 11%: CMIE
The virus has infected over half a million people in the world's second-most populous nation, hitting economic activity, but fall in the...
Another COVID-19 wave in 2nd half of 2020 could result in loss of 340 million full-time jobs: ILO
The number of working hours lost across the world in the first half of 2020 was significantly worse than previously estimated. July 01, 2020...
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