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A large number of techies who entered job market during late ‘80s and early ‘90s are getting phased out or retired involuntarily. (Photo: Repesentational Image)

Digital bloodbath may lead to more IT layoffs

Indian tech sector has already started reporting a large number of casualties at senior level due to digital mainstreaming.

11 Oct 2018 10:11 AM

The elevated growth is abetting large-scale workers’ migration from farm to factories boosting innovation, value addition and employment.

Future of jobs

Scaling up skill-sets of over 300 million workers and training 100 million new hands to keep up with technological transitions is a tall order.

09 Oct 2018 6:27 AM

In a report published earlier in September by LinkedIn Talent Solutions, titled "Emerging Jobs: Singapore", the talent that moved from India feature prominently in 4 of the top 5 fastest growing jobs in the country.

India tops talent migration into Singapore

Singapore, with an ageing population and a shortage of high-tech workers, finds it necessary to bring in foreign talent.

25 Sep 2018 2:22 PM

The state government will fill up 182 posts in Group-I category, 337 posts in Group-II, 1,670 posts in Group-III, 3,000 posts in Police Executive, 1,604 posts in medical and 1,657 other posts.

Andhra Pradesh govt recruitment drive to fill up nearly 19000 vacant posts

About 9,275 teaching posts and 725 lecturer posts in various categories will be recruited directly.

19 Sep 2018 12:56 PM

On a month-on-month basis the index has slipped by 0.74 per cent.

Online hiring activity declines for third straight month in Aug: report

Monster Employment Index for India stood at 266 in August, down 5 per cent over the corresponding period last year.

10 Sep 2018 2:28 PM

The GST replaced several federal and local taxes and tore down tariff barriers between India’s 29 states.

GST effect: Hundreds of thousands laid off despite growth

Complexities of GST have driven many small enterprises out of business and forced hundreds of thousands out of jobs.

06 Sep 2018 9:30 AM

The tool announced on August 27 is part of the tech giant’s “Grow with Google” initiative aimed at helping Americans get jobs or grow their businesses. (Image source: Pixabay)

Google’s search tool to help job-seeking veterans

The program also is offering transitioning service members, and their spouses, computer training.

28 Aug 2018 11:17 AM

According to CMIE, the labour force participation rate fell from 46.1 per cent in 2016-17 to 43.5 per cent in 2017-18. CMIE’s latest estimates suggest that the number has plummeted to 42.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2018-19.

Is the youth of India heading towards a ‘job-mukt Bharat’?

While Modi and his protégé Amit Shah have been gloating over creating a Congress-mukt Bharat, they, in reality, have created a job-mukt Bharat.

22 Aug 2018 12:13 AM

A group of Indian and international partners on Tuesday announced the formation of Global Alliance Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) to launch a mass entrepreneurship movement across India. (Photo: PTI)

GAME eyes creation of 10 million entrepreneurs, 50 million jobs by 2030

The coalition aims to catalyse a 'mass entrepreneurship' programme to create 10 mn entrepreneurs, half of whom will be women.

21 Aug 2018 7:12 PM

For the fourth consecutive year, the technology sector boasted the highest-paying jobs in the US, according to an annual report from Glassdoor.

5 out of 10 best paid US jobs in healthcare

The health-care industry offers the largest paychecks at the very top of the spectrum.

16 Aug 2018 11:35 AM

Companies are bullish about recruitment activity in the July-December period as replacement hiring and job creation are expected to see an uptrend in the next six months, says a report.

India Inc to see robust hiring in July-December

Layoffs are likely to be negligible as it was cited by only 2 per cent of recruiters.

13 Aug 2018 5:12 PM

The workspace is changing drastically and very soon there will be just two types of people – employable in the augmented workplace and unemployable, a senior official at tech giant Oracle said. (Photo: AFP)

New age technology changing workplace drastically

While automation will eliminate some jobs, it will also create some jobs that will support the “automation economy”.

13 Aug 2018 12:28 PM

IT services major HCL Technologies on Tuesday said it will hire around 1,000 young people from the city and its neighbourhood in a three-day mega recruitment drive here from August 10 to 12.

HCL to launch mega recruitment drive in Lucknow

HCL started its operation in Lucknow in October 2016 and in less than two years it has created over 2,500 jobs for local people.

07 Aug 2018 6:31 PM

At least 10,000 new jobs will be created with the implementation of the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission.

10,000 jobs to be created under National Health Protection Scheme

Announced in the 2018 Budget, the AB-NHPM was touted as the 'world's largest government funded health care scheme'.

05 Aug 2018 11:54 AM

Tagging Uttar Pradesh as a priority growth state, Walmart India said it expects to create at least 30,000 local jobs by setting up 15 stores in the state. (Photo: AFP)

Walmart plans to create 30,000 jobs in Uttar Pradesh

Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath will take stock of the progress in implementation of the MoUs signed during the UP Investment Summit.

27 Jul 2018 2:59 PM

Tamil Nadu state government ordered a permanent closure of the plant in May.

Vedanta's smelter closure has hurt companies, put people out of jobs: executive

Company planned to retain all the employees on its rolls as it fights for lifting of the ban on operations.

27 Jul 2018 8:41 AM

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in April released the first-ever employment related statistics in the formal sector.

Over 44 lakh new jobs generated between September-May

As many as 7.43 lakh new payrolls were generated in the month of May itself.

26 Jul 2018 10:25 AM

The HR industry is also trending towards a marketing approach to hiring to attract the right talent.

Indian cos 7th most optimistic on hiring plans: survey

According to the survey released today by the firm, hiring prospects in India have improved by 1 percentage.

12 Jun 2018 1:21 PM

Increase in job searches for solar design engineers, solar project engineers and solar electrical engineers between October 2014 and October 2017.

Solar energy sector sees 76 pc jump in job searches in 2014-2017: report

Wind energy sector saw only a 28 per cent increase in the number of job searches.

04 Jun 2018 4:21 PM

Govt’s tall claims of 8L jobs false?

NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik slammed the government for this claim.

26 May 2018 2:21 AM

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