The next big thing in human resources is, apparently, AI-driven hiring tools, people analytics dashboards, and algorithmic performance management. Fair…
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Company: RetailVerse India (fictitious), an omnichannel retail brand with 200+ stores and a rapidly-growing e-commerce arm. Background RetailVerse is fighting…
How HR came calling Anju Jumde wasn’t always in HR. Her LinkedIn profile tells a different story—one that begins in…
Natural resources companies rarely lead conversations about progressive workplace practices. Mining and metals remain male-dominated, hierarchical, and operationally focused. Yet…
Amit, 32, earns Rs 55 lakhs annually in a role most would consider enviable. He’s promoted faster than peers, oversees…
For decades, sick leaves have been the universal safety net for employees—covering everything from seasonal flu to chronic illnesses. Yet,…
As a child, I watched a labour union leader address a gathering. “Eight hours of work, eight hours of rest,…
If you think HR is all about offer letters, fun Fridays, and birthday emails, you’ve only seen the friendlier side.…
The accidental strategist Bhawna Kirpal Mital did not set out to become a human resources leader. A science graduate with…
Dr. Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who revolutionised gene editing, once said she actively avoided being seen as a…
Manufacturing presents a peculiar challenge for human resources: people must be treated as valuable capital whilst simultaneously being managed as…
What would be the average salary hike for 2026 in India? The answer, according to the Aon Annual Salary Increase…
India’s technology sector has a retention problem. Annual attrition regularly exceeds 20 per cent, with engineers hopping between employers for…
For decades, annual increments have been the backbone of compensation strategy—predictable, structured, and often tied more to tenure than tangible…
Organisations have discovered the perfect business model: demand highly specialised skills from workers whilst accepting zero responsibility for developing them.…
If you’ve ever thought HR is just about handing out ID cards and organising Zumba sessions on Fridays, congratulations: you’ve…
The modern workplace operates at the intersection of disruption and possibility. Technical skills depreciate faster than ever, five generations coexist…
Abhilash Maurya, co-founder and CEO of Naxatra Labs—a company manufacturing compact, high-torque motors for electric vehicles and industries—recently posted on…
At 96, DS Group is no stranger to reinvention. The conglomerate—best known for its consumer brands – Rajnigandha mouth freshener,…
Last week in this column, I wrote about The Great Realignment — the slow but inevitable reshaping of India’s job…
Competition in the workplace is hard to miss. It shows up in the scramble to hit sales targets, the quiet…
Financial services has always been unforgiving to the unprepared. Regulations shift overnight, competitors emerge from unexpected quarters, and technology rewrites…
Professional advancement often stalls not from insufficient capability but from subtler psychological barriers that quietly constrain career choices. Among the…
The healthcare sector has a peculiar problem. Unlike engineering schools that churn out engineers or business schools that produce MBAs,…
In the comment section of a recent story on Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one remark cut through the noise: “Those…
The graduate recruitment paradox has become impossible to ignore. Companies flood job boards with openings and dispatch teams to university…