COVID impact: Digital recruitment process to continue, say experts

"Corporates want to have data-based and analysis-driven inputs to make recruitment decisions and they employ various modern tools to en...

PMAY creates over 1.2 crore employment opportunities so far

The report cited that these employment opportunities so far were created through forward and backward linkages across 21 sectors. Besides, t...

Seven in 10 young employees believe employers should offer four-day work week: Survey

While they may prefer to work remotely, 86% of Born Digital workers in India recognise that social interaction is crucial in a business cont...

Covid impact: Companies scale down blue-collar jobs in small towns

Blue-collar hiring in tier 2 and 3 towns has come to a grinding halt in the last 4-5 weeks as many small and medium-sized manufacturing comp...

Applied Materials looks to ramp up headcount by 10% in India

The Santa Clara, California-headquartered company is leveraging its regional competencies in engineering and IT to enable faster product dev...

5G to spur contractual staffing requirement in telecom; hiring sentiment positive: TeamLease

According to Deval Singh, Business Head- Telecom, IT and ITES, Media and Government, TeamLease Services, the outlook for contractual hiring ...

Higher household income, lower education levels determinants of women's labour force participation: Report

​​ Women's participation in India's labour force has been steadily declining since 1993-94 and India has one of the lowest female la...

EPFO net new enrollments decreases by 1.9 per cent in 2020-21

Net enrollments under EPFO in March stood at 11.21 lakh in March, down from 11.28 lakh in February, reflecting the impact on jobs because of...

Six in 10 women employees in India feel less optimistic about their career prospects today than before pandemic: Survey

The Deloitte Global report, “Women @ Work: A global outlook,” finds that these increased responsibilities are having devastating effects on ...