Tag: Accenture
Accenture promotes 1,030 new managing directors, 37% are women
Accenture, which employs over two lakh employees globally, has announced the promotion of 80,000 people in the Company worldwide. About 1,030 employees have been...
Accenture to use VR for training, procures 60,000 Oculus headsets
Accenture has procured 60,000 virtual reality (VR) headsets, mainly for its new hires. These headsets will allow the tech major to train its new...
Pernod Ricard hires Nitu Bhushan as CHRO, South Asia
Pernod Ricard, the global producer of wines and spirits, has appointed Nitu Bhushan as its CHRO for South Asia. Bhushan will lead the HR...
Accenture looking for associates and analysts in finance department
Accenture is hiring for its Chennai and Noida offices. It is on the lookout for people for its finance department in the invoice processing...
Board Infinity to expand team by 2,000 in 6 months
Board Infinity, the Indian higher education platform for students and early career professionals, is gearing up to expand its workforce by 2,000 over a...
TerraPay gets Vinay Trivedi as its global head – HR
TerraPay, the digital solutions company, has appointed Vinay Trivedi as its new global head of HR. In this role, Trivedi will lead the HR...
Uber appoints Divya Garg as head – HR, India & South...
Uber today announced the appointment of Divya Garg as head - HR for the India and South Asia (SA) region. Garg will be working...
Urban Company ropes in Uber’s Neha Mathur as SVP-HR
Urban Company, a tech-enabled home services marketplace, today announced the appointment of Neha Mathur as senior vice president, human resources.
An alumnus of the Tata...
Accenture sees high attrition rate, despite financial growth
IT and consulting services giant, Accenture, has registered a 17 per cent attrition rate in the third quarter of the financial year 2021. Although...
“Reinstate employee, pay back wages”: Court to Wipro
There was much cheer and celebration amongst members of the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU), when a Wipro employee who was forced to...
Tanaya Mishra joins Strides Pharma as global CHRO
Tanaya Mishra has joined Strides Pharma as the global CHRO and will be leading the HR function for the company globally. Mishra has confirmed...
100% placement for IIM Amritsar’s 5th MBA batch
Despite the uncertainties brought on by the pandemic over the last year and a half almost, IIM Amritsar managed to conclude the academic year...
Fullerton India appoints Swaminathan Subramanian as CPO
Fullerton India Credit Company, a non-banking financial company, has announced the appointment of Swaminathan Subramanian as its chief people officer. Subramanian rejoins Fullerton India...
Standard Chartered Bank elevates Nina Lee as global head of people...
Standard Chartered Bank has elevated Nina Lee as the global head of people capability, innovation & insights. She will continue to also shoulder the...
Rekha Menon appointed as NASSCOM chairperson for 2021-2022
Rekha M Menon, chairperson and senior managing director, Accenture India has been elected as the first woman chairperson of the IT industry body, NASSCOM....
DXC Technology to hire 7,000 from Indian campuses in 2021
American information technology firm, DXC Technology, will hire 7,000 freshers from campuses in India this year. Given the rise in demand for talent, the...
Shweta A Talwar is the new VP – talent & HR...
Shweta A Talwarhas been appointed the VP, talent & HR operations, at Accenture. Talwar comes with about 18 years of professional experience. At Accenture,...
One-time bonus for Accenture employees
The strong growth experienced by Accenture has led to the information technology company announcing a one-time bonus to all its employees below MD level....
Many corporates willing to bear vaccine cost of staff
Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Accenture India will bear the cost of vaccines for their eligible employees and their family members. Others such...
TalentSprint and Google’s 3rd cohort to nurture 500 women engineers
TalentSprint, educational technology platform and NSE group company, has announced that the third cohort of the pioneering Women Engineers Programme, or WE, with support...
481 job offers to 435 students at IIM-Bangalore
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore’s PGP batch of 2019-21 received 481 job offers for 435 students! The entire placement process was held...
Sunit Sinha appointed partner & head, people, performance & culture, KPMG...
KPMG India has appointed Sunit Sinha as partner and head of people, performance and culture (PPC).
In his new role, Sinha will lead the human...
Unmesh Pawar, partner & head, KPMG, to move on
Unmesh Pawar, partner & head of people, KPMG, has decided to move on after a stint of close to three years at the multinational...
Accenture to offer 7-month severance pay
About four weeks ago, Accenture had decided to lay off about five per cent of its global workforce, which means about 10,000 employees in...
Garbing layoffs as restructuring: it matters to those axed
Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture, revealed mid-August that it plans to lay off five per cent of its global workforce, affecting around 10,000 in India....
Accenture to sack 5% of global workforce, nearly 10,000 in India
Information technology major, Accenture, has decided to lay off five per cent of its workforce, which means, around 10,000 employees in India. Globally, the...
How this energy company is championing employee inclusivity & engagement
In today’s competitive business landscape, fostering an inclusive and engaging work environment is not just a feel-good initiative; it’s a strategic imperative. Jakson Green,...
Trident’s Asmita leaves blossom into inclusive workplaces
Forget the tired trope of corporate activism. In the heart of India's textile industry, Trident, a manufacturing company, is quietly weaving a revolution in...
Harness.io: Cultivating a talent powerhouse in the tech crucible
The tech scene, be it in India or San Francisco, is equally crucible, fiercely competitive and unforgiving. In both the landscapes, attracting and retaining...
Engagement is outdated: The future of success lies in ‘employee involvement’
In the ever-evolving landscape of the contemporary workplace, a profound metamorphosis is underway, challenging the conventional emphasis on employee engagement. This paradigm shift posits...
H-1B visa holders can fight visa-denial case if employers commit fraud
If Indian H-1B visa holders find that their visa is about to be revoked just because their employer has been found to have indulged...
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Over 6,000 to go from Tesla’s Texas and California plants
On 16 April Tesla had revealed its intention to let go 10 per cent of its workforce, affecting about 14,000 employees, globally.
Now, specific numbers...
20 more Googlers terminated for taking undue advantage of ‘open culture’
Close on the heels of warning employees about the repercussions of violating office policies, Google has fired 20 more employees. These terminations are in...
The ethics of employee monitoring
Case - XYZ manufacturing company recently implemented a comprehensive employee monitoring system to increase productivity and ensure data security. However, the move sparked concerns...
Every employee in control with CriticalRiver’s ESOP plan
CriticalRiver, a provider of technology solutions, has introduced its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), poised to transform its business operations. This strategic move will...
DIALOGUE
Data analytics and not technology will redefine HR
Q. How satisfying has been your professional journey of 39 years?
A. It has been a bagful of mixed experiences. At times I have been...
EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO
Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...
“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
