Hybrid work model: A flexible future of work

The year 2020 will never be forgotten in the history of this world. The pandemic was unprecedented in ways no one could have ever imagined. ...

IT brings dry spell to white-collar job market in July

Data from LinkedIn and top company job boards, collated by specialist staffing company Xpheno, showed a third consecutive month of decline i...

Indians’ desperation for government jobs in the last eight years shows unemployment crisis

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced plans to hire a million people to fill vacancies in the country’s government departments ...

Lenders battle talent attrition as new-age tech cos line up with attractive offers

Banks like HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd and Bandhan have seen attrition between 30-50%. The worst affected is the microfinance sector wher...

Nearly 28 crore informal workers registered on e-Shram portal

Around 3.71 crore unorganized workers above age of 50 years have been registered on eShram portal. Further, out of total registration, about...

Jobs generated under MGNREGS stay high

Data from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act website shows work provided to households in June stood at 27.2 million com...

More women enter auto manufacturing as Tata Motors, Hero, MG accelerate gender diversity drive

Tata Motors, which currently has over 3,000 women operating on its shop floors across its six plants in India in different roles for product...

New IIMs score over old ones on gender diversity front

The number of women is among the highest in the past 10 years at IIMs Kashipur and Raipur, said officials. At IIM Raipur, it is for the firs...

IT majors cut back on hiring

Cos have reduced fresh hiring by more than half in Q1 as demand starts to level off. Terming this downtrend as normalisation of talent acqui...