Average Indian saving almost two hours of commute time while working from home: Survey
An average working professional in India is saving Rs 5,520 per month and 1.47 hours of travel time everyday while working from home, accord...
Women in Research and development: Private sector outshines PSUs
At least seven out of every 10 women employed by private R&D facilities are involved in research, whereas not even half of the female st...
Demand for delivery agents on the rise as e-commerce business booms during pandemic
Increased online purchases are driving companies in sectors such as ecommerce, food delivery, restaurants, retail, medical supply, apparel, ...
Talent from consultancies in high demand as faltering businesses need a post-Covid reboot
Companies across sectors such as automobile, pharma, information technology, manufacturing, and chemicals are looking for talent from consul...
With remote working, even traditional setups today are re-looking at the workforce: Anuranjita Kumar
Anuranjita Kumar, chairperson, WiT (Women in Technology) India said that remote working and flexible hours further broaden the horizons with...
India's young white-collar workers are front-row in the firing line
Around 41 lakh of India’s youth has lost jobs because of the pandemic while employment prospects have gotten severely challenged in Asia and...
View: Why now is the perfect time to thaw the job freeze and hunt for talent
Conventional wisdom would indicate that the Covid-19-instigated shutdown in a number of industries and businesses translates to a gross dema...
DXC Technology hires 5000 campus graduates in India this year
The technology services company said it has plans to increase the number of graduate hires next year with the aim to ensure the right repres...
E-commerce comes to the rescue of jobless entry, mid-level retail talent
There has been over two-fold jump in resumes flowing in from store and sales executives at various consumer retail brick-and-mortar companie...
Organisations should encourage leave-taking, defer leave lapsing for employee wellness: Sumeet Doshi, Kronos
"While in the short term, not taking leave might seem like a productivity boost, in hindsight it does take a toll on mental fatigue a...
Bihar Student Credit Card/Self Help Allowance/Skilled Youth Program
Bihar Student Credit Card/Self Help Allowance/Skilled Youth Program can apply under Education Department, Planning and Development and Labor...
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron to hire graduate engineers
Five Bengaluru and Kolar district colleges have joined GET2020, and successfully settled 80 graduates to regular employment at the grade of ...
India needs to grow by 8% in order to provide employment to new entrants: McKinsey Report
India needs to sustain 8-8.5% annual growth to gainfully employ the 60 million new workers expected to join the workforce by 2030, according...
WFH jobs jump three times vs pre-COVID-19 levels, according to Naukri.com survey
The percentage contribution of WFH jobs has gone up by four times in 2020 versus 2019 as a result of the global pandemic, showed the survey....
Hiring for work-from-home jobs surges in India: Report
Remote working has seen many employees enjoy greater flexibility and control over their personal and professional lives including saving on ...
Government cracks down on fraudulent company promising employment
According to the order, the company has issued an advertisement for more than 500 numbers of posts under various categories which are not fe...
Highly educated people are much more likely to be unemployed in low-income countries: ILO
According to the report, the share of people with an advanced educational level is larger among the unemployed than among the employed. Augu...
FMCG shows highest discrepancy in background check during Apr-Jun, says report
Other industries like healthcare, banking, BPO, e-commerce and logistics, financial services, manufacturing, pharma and telecom also display...
Average increments in India fell to 3.6% in 2020, from 8.6% in 2019: Survey
According to the survey findings, only 4 of the 10 surveyed companies in India have given an increment in 2020 and 33% companies have decide...
Job postings increase in all sectors; Engineering, Healthcare job fare the best, says latest data
The trend in job postings in India — a real-time measure of labor market activity in July — is 42% lower than in 2019. Compared to 50% slowe...
ESIC to settle claims for unemployment benefit within 15 days, says Santosh Gangwar
"Claims under the ESI Scheme for job loss benefit will be settled in 15 days. The relaxation in the Scheme will give relief to those ES...
Six in 10 engineers prefer live sessions with a mentor for query resolution: Survey
In a survey conducted by BridgeLabz, it was found that 42% of freshers find live sessions with mentors best for on-the-spot query resolution...
Hike to spend up to Rs 40,000 per employee to facilitate work from home throughout 2020
The company, however, has kept its office open for employees who want to access special technologies available within the premise for their ...
EPFO records 6.55 lakh net new enrolments in June from 1.72 lakh during May 2020
Provisional payroll data released by the EPFO last month had shown that net new enrolments stood at 3.18 lakh in May this year. The figure h...
Govt may retrospectively relax conditions for unemployment benefits under Employees’ State Insurance
The labour ministry has moved a proposal to amend the conditions under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana from March, when the government ...
IIM Indore concludes placement for EPGP students with average salary of Rs 24.10 lpa
The EPGP is an intensive one-year full-time residential MBA program designed for executives with minimum 5 years of work experience. The EPG...
India Inc's C-suite movements shot up in Covid-hit first quarter of FY 2021: Study
Overall, there were 960 CXO movements across sectors in Q1 FY21, a 27% jump over the 754 in April-June 2019, said the study which captures d...
Hiring in India picks up pace by 35 percentage points during April to June: LinkedIn
As per the data, in India, hiring declines reached a low of (-) 50 per cent year-on-year in April, before starting to slowly recover.The hir...
Back to the paddy fields, coronavirus smashes Indian middle-class dreams
In the COVID-19 pandemic, India's economy is forecast to shrink by 4.5% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. At leas...
Local unlocks, seasonal demand set to cheer up job market during festive season
Work profiles that will be in demand include logistics executive, technical support executive, sales executives, technical support personn...
BPO firm Teleperformance hires over 12,000 people in last three months using digital hiring strategy
The digital hiring is allowing the company to reach talent in smaller cities across the country as it was no longer constricted to hire in l...
IITians landing plenty of job offers at blue-chip firms
Uber, Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, Sprinklr, Intel and Citi are among companies that have rolled out early job offers for the ...
Reversing trend: Jobs in Indian companies attract resumes from abroad
One of the key reasons for this expected transition now, said Shetty, is the swiftness with which even traditional Indian companies have ada...
Covid impact: Global in-house centres revive their hiring plans
GICs have grown at about 8-10% annually over the last few years, according to management consultancy firm Zinnov. There are about 1,350 GICs...
Hiring activity recovers 5% in July vs June on lockdown relaxations: Naukri JobSpeak
“July’20 marks marginal recovery in month-on-month hiring activities. Industries such as Recruitment /Employment, Media/Entertainment and Co...
Global in-house centres in India revive pre-Covid-19 hiring plans, grow headcount
These companies are expected to hire as projected at the start of the year except for those in sectors like travel and hospitality which hav...
Karnataka tops list of states seeking skilled workforce to resume industrial activities
Data from Aseem portal of the skills ministry shows 64,689 candidates have been offered jobs in less than a month with highest demand for wo...
New rule coming? You may soon be eligible for gratuity even without 5 years on the job, says report
Under current rules, an employee has to work for a company/organisation for five continuous years to be eligible for gratuity payment. Accor...
Ecommerce drives spurt in temporary hiring
Apart from ecommerce, the other big segments recruiting temporary staff in sales, advisory, content development etc include health insurance...
10 lakh vacancies on Delhi govt job portal filled, 9 lakh still available
Many of those who have registered on the portal seeking employment are from outside Delhi. An analysis of the portal revealed that more jobs...
View: Make every day a payday to bolster finances and reduce stress
There is a need to transfer cash to the individual to perk up the demand side of the economy. Giving people access to their money more quick...
Only 5,000 skilled migrants got jobs in 116 districts
This grim scenario is reportedly due to the offer of low wages not in keeping with the skills of the job-seeker, the job not being of the st...
8.27 lakh job aspirants register themselves with Delhi govt's 'Rozgar Bazaar'
The portal would serve as a "Rozgar Bazaar" for the recruiters and job aspirants, Kejriwal said, highlighting that many people had...
Work From Home: Companies take steps to help staff strike a work-life balance
Following feedback and complaints of burnout due to extended work hours, corporate leaders are communicating with staff to ensure that perso...
Covid-effect: Companies now hiring a mix of full-time, part-time workers
A report on the state of the professional gig economy during Covid shows that the success of work-from-home is pushing companies to hire a m...
3 out of 4 firms believe they can effectively hire employees remotely: CareerNet survey
The study, titled ‘The Hiring Outlook in India’ reveals that companies from e-commerce, IT/ITeS, services, science and technology and teleco...
Government to integrate online job portals with Unnati to bring employers and job seekers under one umbrella
Centre plans to create a mega portal with NITI Aayog's ‘Unnati’ that will cater exclusively to the needs of the blue and grey collar wor...
The average pandemic workday is 48 minutes longer and has more meetings, shows research
From New York City to Tel Aviv, the telecommuting revolution has meant a lot more work, according to a study of 3.1 million people at more t...
Job search for work from home in India rises 442% during Feb-Jul: Report
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many jobs have rapidly become work-from-home jobs at least temporarily and with the flexibility and a variety of...
Bank Mitras providing digital banking services to rural customers are out of jobs
Bank Mitras or Business Correspondents, are a key cog in the government's financial inclusion scheme as they provide banking services to...
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