2 years after COVID, hiring up 44% in India

As the country nears the two-year anniversary of COVID-19, strong demand for non-IT engineers, finance professionals and software developers is driving a recovery in hiring activity in India, according to numbers from recruitment website indeed.com Overall demand for workers, as reflected in the number of new job postings, are up 44% as of February this […]

Banks beat IT cos in 2021 job growth, media sees biggest fall

Industries such as banking and financial services and insurance (BFSI), and production and manufacturing showed the highest growth in hiring activity in 2021, while media and construction segments showed the biggest declines, said Monster.com India in its annual trends analysis. The BFSI and the manufacturing sectors both saw hiring rise by 31%, while telecom witnessed […]

Wipro to eliminate divisions, simplify structure

Outsourcing major Wipro Ltd said it will replace the current way in which it has structured its business by reorienting it along two core themes — product-related services, and infrastructure-related services. Earlier, Wipro used to divide its services into seven verticals and five capabilities. The seven verticals included segments like manufacturing, telecom, consumer products, financial […]

Kerala requests center to restart international flights to the Gulf

The Kerala government has requested the central government to restart international flights to Dubai, keeping in mind the Dubai government’s decision to reopen the airport and the requirement of Indians to return to work. “We have requested that flights to Dubai be restarted, given that the authorities there have given permission for residents of Dubai […]

AGR DUES: Why Vodafone Idea shutdown is unlikely

Vodafone Idea, one of the top telecom operators in India, is likely to deposit Rs 2,500 cr towards the demands raised by the Department of Telecom related to revenue share under India’s telecom license rules, according to industry sources. The company has been served with a total demand of over Rs 53,000 cr. Meanwhile, Bharti […]

India tops world in job loss worries, Indian firms least trusted

A survey by global image consultants Edelman has found that Indians are significantly more worried about losing their jobs than people in any other country, while those in Japan, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands and Germany are the least worried. The survey, which was conducted among 34,000 people in 28 countries, also found that Indian companies were […]

No salary hikes to BSNL employees – Govt

The government of India today clarified that it will not be implementing any pay revision for the employees of state-owned telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd as the company has failed to meet the profitability criteria applicable for all government enterprises. BSNL has racked up tens of thousands of crores of accumulated losses since 2009-10 […]

Results for 66,600 railway exams by next month: RailMin

Ministry of Railways has announced that it will release by next month the result panel for 66,604 vacancies for which Railway Recruitment Board exams were conducted in 2018. Out of these 66,604 vacancies for which panels will published, around 10,000 are for so-called Level 1 jobs, while the others are for ‘Group C’ jobs. Level […]

IT, BPO hiring continues to be strong despite slowdown – Naukri index

New jobs posted on Naukri.com, India’s largest recruitment website, showed an increase of 8% in September compared to the same month last year. However, the headline number was boosted by strong demand for IT and BPO professionals, even as other sectors showed weakness. The biggest declines were shown in the automobile sector, which saw 20% […]

Electronics, Apparel, Retail & Telecom best courses for jobs -PMKVY

‘How to get a job’ may be the most pressing question for youngsters in India today, and going by PMKVY data, the best courses for getting a job today are electronics and hardware, apparel, retail, telecom and logistics. This insight is based on the placement and salary data collected by National Skill Development Corporation, the […]

Bombay High Court upholds Maratha reservations

Potentially marking a new era in provision of reservations in India, the Bombay High Court has upheld the provision of a reserved quota for Maratha community in educational institutions and government jobs. It has, however, asked the government to bring down the percentage of reservation to 13%. With this, the total percentage of reserved seats […]

TeamLease acquires Hyderabad-based IT staffing business

Recruitment firm TeamLease Services Ltd said it entered into an agreement with HR services company E Centric Solutions Private Ltd to acquire its IT staffing business. Incorporated in 2014, Hyderabad-based E Centric currently has over 100 core employees, 880 associates deployed across more than 20 clients. It reported a revenue of over Rs 45 crore […]

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