From Dec 27, 2018 onwards, the National Skills Qualifications Framework will be mandatory for all central government and central government- owned PSU jobs
The country head, human resources, at Lafarge India, has recently launched her first book – ‘Reality Bytes – The Role of HR in Today’s World’. A ready reckoner for HR professionals and aspirants, peers in the industry have termed it as a crisp, practical and contemporary book that helps readers understand the nuances of the complex world of human resources.
Sharma speaks to HR Katha on her experience as a writer and her candid views on the HR function.
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A survey reveals that emotional problems among corporate employees are rising alarmingly. Demanding schedules, high stress levels and performance-linked perquisites are the primary causes.
Years of social conditioning has confined women to playing the roles of daughter, wife and mother, one at a time but they are capable of much more.
The state-owned bank is hoping to put a new hiring as well as appraisal policy in place.
Excelity Global offers a wide variety of services in payroll processing and human resources management, across the Asia Pacific.
The move would be in the national interest and in keeping with the Group’s rich tradition of nation building.
Naohiro Yamaguchi has taken over from Takashi Kikuchi as the new managing director of Isuzu Motors India.
The company wants to create a digital mindset among its employees.
The company wants to ensure that it has the right people, with the right capabilities and skills to deliver to customers.
The Gurgaon office of ZS is designed on four work modes —focus, learn, collaborate and socialise. Learn, how to enhance productivity and creativity among employees through a strategic design.
Rarely are members of the HR fraternity in the country directly involved in the strategic planning process of their respective organisations.
SmartclassOnline combines internet, social and mobile technology to provide anytime, anywhere eLearning for school children
The policy is expected to provide a new direction to the Indian education system.
He will drive a number of strategic growth initiatives to broaden the current service and solution offerings, with a strong focus on the benefits and investments offerings.
A PwC survey reveals that an inclusive culture is a must to retain women employees.
The company plans to increase its sales force by 1,000 new hires in the Asia Pacific region.
The company hopes to create 20 lakh jobs, most of which will be in the logistics and warehousing sector.
By 2020, the company wants to increase the share of women leaders to 20 per cent worldwide.
Google and BCG will create a learning curriculum to help companies build their digital marketing skills…
The company has implemented a new programme, ‘ISpeak’, as a part of its whistleblowing mechanism…
The employees’ union is opposed to the idea for fear of retrenchment.
The recommendation suggests outsourcing non-core functions and bringing down future hiring plans at the regional rural banks by at least 10–12 per cent.