Tag: Employment
Railways to employ migrant workers through MGNREGA
With thousands of migrant labourers returning to their villages and struggling to survive without jobs, the Indian Railways has decided to employ them under...
Migrant workers to get jobs through Madhya Pradesh’s Rozgar Setu portal
Around 79 migrant workers have already received employment on the very first day of inauguration of the Rozgar Setu portal. This job portal has...
Finding a job post COVID
Finding a job during or even post COVID may be a tough challenge for all those prospective candidates out there. While recent data indicates...
Talent500 partners with Coding Ninjas to create employment opportunities in the...
Talent500 by ANSR, the exclusive talent acquisition partner for Fortune 500 companies in India, has announced its partnerships with Coding Ninjas, India’s premier Edu-tech...
AIASL to employ relatives of staff lost to COVID-19
Air India Airport Services (AIASL), which is Air India’s subsidiary looking into ground handling, will be offering employment opportunities to one family member each...
90 lakh new jobs in Uttar Pradesh’s MSME sector
Easy loans, transparency of rules and amendment of the MSME Act, 2006, are just some of the measures being taken by the Uttar Pradesh...
Over 18.5 lakh employed in Chhattisgarh under MNREGA, despite lockdown
While more than 77.85 lakh workers have managed to receive a source of livelihood under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA)...
Uttar Pradesh CM claims provision of 15 lakh jobs in the...
At a time when the entire country is uncertain about the state of the economy, as well as the state of businesses and jobs,...
Can the retail industry weather this storm and avoid job loss?
Like many other sectors and industries, the retail industry is facing a tough time due to the lockdown and coronavirus scare.
There are over 15 lakh...
A novel way to boost employment
The Government of Kerala has come up with a scheme to create more jobs in the handloom sector and also ensure minimum wages to...
HSBC will see 10,000 job cuts
With tensions in the global markets due to many reasons like the Brexit, HSBC is planning to cut close to 10,000 jobs to cut...
Can India’s apprenticeship strategy lead to better employment numbers?
With multiple sectors facing huge skills gaps in the coming years, apprenticeships hold tremendous promise in nurturing our youth right from the schooling level....
Most Indians believe the job scenario is worsening: RBI Survey
According to the latest Consumer Confidence Survey by the Reserve Bank of India, 52.5 per cent Indians feel the job scenario is getting worse....
No dearth of low-paying jobs in Punjab
While there is no dearth of jobs for the unemployed in Punjab, these jobs offer very little in terms of pay. Over two lakh...
Can an apprenticeship make youth more employable?
In the latest American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey (2018) of over 2,000 American adults, an overwhelming 62% of respondents agreed that apprenticeships increase the employability...
India’s 3E challenge – Education, Employment, Employability – An apprenticeship looking...
A recent survey revealed close to 76% of Indians view dearth of employment avenues as a ‘very big problem’. And a controversial leaked NSSO report...
Thousands of youths to receive skill training from Kudumbashree in Kerala
Kudumbashree, the poverty eradication mission launched by Kerala over two decades back, will offer skill training to 12,000 youths in the State, across 93...
Making skills development work
TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) in India is often marred by inefficiencies owing to the problem of too many cooks – 17...
Beggars to be employed by Lucknow MC
In an attempt to rehabilitate the homeless and destitute in the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, the municipal corporation (MC) plans to offer jobs...
Recruitment exam of RRBs to be conducted in 13 regional languages
The finance minister recently announced that henceforth recruitment exams for jobs in regional rural banks (RRBs) will be conducted in 13 regional languages, other...
10,000 tech jobs in Singapore by 2022
The technology sector in Singapore is all set to create 10,000 jobs in three years under the aegis of Digital Industry Singapore (DISG), a...
How Muthoot Fincorp aims to make 10,000 people employable in three...
The purpose is to create a win-win situation for communities in which they operate and also address the problem of attrition in the business.
Govt’s health insurance scheme to generate over a lakh jobs
The scheme aims to provide Rs five lakh health cover to 100 million of India's poorest families, spurring off employment opportunities during its implementation.
Informal employment in manufacturing on a rise in India: ILO
Despite the stable unemployment level, decent work deficits remain widespread, vulnerable employment is on the rise and the pace of working poverty reduction is slowing.
H1B visa allows multiple employment opportunities
This non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
India low on employment elasticity: ASSOCHAM
Employment elasticity provides the extent to which employment can increase due to an increase in GDP.