New rule requires foreign recruiters to approach the Ministry of External Affairs with their recruitment requests.

The company will launch special programmes to develop the existing potential.

The special resources pack, TechFutures Teachers, will train teachers to enlighten young minds  about the IT industry.

A management graduate of the 2015 batch at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, has bagged this prized contract.

HR-One promises to fulfill multiple HR Management functions through a single tool.

The business is estimated to be worth $10 Mn.

All employees above 40 years of age and with over 10 years of service will be eligible for VRS.

Careerify is a Toronto-based startup that deals in software related to hiring, employer branding and referral.

The company celebrates its women dominated technology team.

Venkateswaran’s mandate is to accelerate the growth of the international express and healthcare businesses.

Vodafone becomes one of the few organisations in the world, after the United Nations, to have a uniform maternity policy, worldwide.

Krishna has earlier worked with the Tata Group, Coca Cola India, Seagram Distilleries and Oberoi Hotels.

Karra had joined Airtel in May, 2014.

Finding innovative ways for campus recruitment has become imperative for companies to attract the best and the right talent.

It is time Indian companies realised the importance of employee verification. After all, a wrong hire can cause great losses

Seema Nambiar, senior director, people resources, McDonald’s India–West & South, has been associated with the Quick-Service-Restaurant (QSR) sector for some time now, and  been part of the McDonald’s family for more than 15 years. Prior to this, she managed employee training for Domino’s India.

In her current role, she is responsible for ensuring seamless integration of company and people strategies at McDonald’s, West and South divisions. She focusses on enhancing the company’s employer brand image, and works towards creating a heightened Employee Value Proposition. In her previous role at McDonald’s, Nambiar was head – learning, development and strategy planning.

While sharing the employee development programmes at McDonald’s with HR Katha, she talks about how McDonald’s helps its employees build a career and not just pursue a job which is quite unusual in the QSR sector.  Excerpts

Millennials, who comprise around 50 per cent of the workforce, are not just pushing the companies to change their interiors; the transformation is evident in ergonomics, structure, cultures and work norms as well.

How Big Data can be leveraged by HR professional to measure performance, predict behaviour of employees and also acquire talent.

As per Towers Watson, in India around 42 per cent of highly engaged employees are likely to call it quits whereas the global average is only 26 per cent.

Downsizing may seem to be productive in the short term, but it fails to give sustainable benefits in the long run.

Extra effort and different managerial competencies are required to connect with employees remotely.

Paneesh Rao, sr. vice president & head of human resources, Atos India, has nurtured a passion for people management over two decades of his commendable industry experience. It has been a journey of growth and evolution for him. Working with people – directly or indirectly – has shaped him into an honest and ethical person. He shares his thoughts with HRKatha on his life’s experiences and insights.

Quick pointers on competency mapping framework for organisations to enhance the effectiveness of their processes manifold.

It’s one of the few companies which allows its employees work full-time dedicatedly with a cause focussed NGO and also pay them for the same.

Ross will be the president for New Middle East,Indian Subcontinent and Africa Region

Encore was ranked on this year’s list, along with an elite group of 59 other workplaces.