Tag: IT
Indian IT & tech professionals needed in German: Chancellor Olaf Scholz
During his visit to SAP Labs India in Bengaluru on Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed the need for Indian IT and tech professionals...
‘Mass layoffs illegal’: Employment Ministry
On 8 December 2022, during a Rajya Sabha session, the Labour and Employment Minister clarified that mass layoffs are illegal if the process of...
Randstad India will provide employment to 6,000 techies
Randstad India, the HR services firm, which is expanding rapidly in Andhra Pradesh, has launched a new centre in Visakhapatnam (Vizag).
Not only is the...
77% employees in services sector working virtually: Report
With more and more employers having to consider the remote working model for their workforces, most need to first find out which are the...
Boeing to outsource jobs to TCS
In a virtual meeting, Boeing has conveyed to its non-unionised corporate employees that it is all set to outsource its finance and accounting jobs...
Intent to hire 95% in IT, 86% in educational services: Report
Post-pandemic recovery is truly happening, and how! There is a lot of optimism in the market, with a significant rise in hiring intent across...
Cognizant records an industry high attrition of 33 per cent
The trend of high attrition rates seems to be uniform for IT companies in the third quarter. However, Cognizant, the US- based tech company,...
Wipro to take on 17,000 from campuses
The rising attrition has forced Wipro to ramp up its hiring plan. It now intends to increase its hiring. Earlier, Wipro had announced that...
Deutsche Bank to hire 3,000 in India, Russia, Romania and the...
Deutsche Bank is all set to take on more than 3,000 technology professionals in 2021, to expand its teams at its technology centres in...
No lay-offs, lock-outs, termination: Kerala govt guidelines
In Kerala, the state labour commissioner has issued fresh guidelines for employers, including precautionary measures to be taken amidst the second wave of the...
Major IT firms to hire 1 lakh freshers in 2021
With organisations across the globe investing more in technological upgradation and speeding up digital transformation, there has been a rise in demand for information...
A new HR profile to handle remote work: Is it essential?
Remote working is here to stay, which is also leading to many changes in HR practices. Facebook recently announced a new role — director...
Karnataka launches ‘Skill Connect’ portal for job seekers
The state of Karnataka now has its own 'Skill Connect' portal, which will help those seeking jobs find suitable employment by connecting them with...
Kerala govt to turn resorts and houseboats into work-near-home facilities
The Kerala government is planning to set up work-near-home facilities for various organisations, especially information technology (IT) firms. The tenders for site acquisition are...
Will the ‘bench’ survive?
The stronghold of Indian IT companies and consultancy firms, the ‘bench’ has been thinning over the years even as contract staffing has been gaining...
FITE wants MHA to disallow IT and ITeS industries to function...
At a time when the IT and ITeS industries have been allowed to function with 50 per cent employee strength in office, the Forum...
Nasscom suggests relief measures for hard-hit IT startups and SME sector
The current pandemic has threatened to disrupt businesses and organisations are worried about continuity and timely payment of salaries. This will particularly affect the...
Few IT employees may be allowed to go to work
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the Government announced in an advisory on March 24, that IT/ITES sector employees, who are involved in...
Salaries of freshers set to rise in IT sector
While salaries of entry-level employees in the information technology (IT) space in India have grown faster than that of mid-level professionals since 2017, it...
5000 freshers sought by Kotak Mahindra and Axis Bank
Kotak Mahindra and Axis Bank, are gearing to recruit at least 2000 fresh graduates each. They are seeking candidates with tech and design skills.
It...
IT jobs at risk in the upcoming quarters, unemployment to rise
Following layoffs announced by Infosys and Cognizant, it is predicted that most big information technology (IT) companies in the country will be reducing their...
TCS to rebuild pyramid model, will hire 30,000 freshers
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is looking to hire young engineers possessing digital skills in large numbers. This is a move towards rebuilding its pyramid...
Aditi Mukherjee joins NCDEX as EVP-HR and designated key managerial personnel
Aditi Mukherjee, former head-HR, Tata Steel, has joined the senior management team at National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) as EVP- HR and designated...
Demand for freshers on the rise, 5 lakh jobs likely in...
The information technology services sector and the growing startups in India are likely to recruit almost five lakh people in 2019, with freshers being...
TCS to hire in agile way based on demand
TCS has created Fresco Play - a learning platform - to enable employees to learn digital courses on the go.
IBM’s ‘Call for Code’ to encourage internal and external coding talent...
The initiative invites developers to create new applications to better prepare communities and people for natural disasters.
What’s inside this cloud company’s in-house happiness portal
ESDS Software Solutions, a cloud services and data centre solutions company, has innovatively embraced the notion of employee satisfaction through a unique survey platform,...
How WOW uses eNPS surveys to foster a collaborative environment
The dynamics of trust and collaboration vary across organisations as everyone will have nuanced differences in their definitions of these terms. The same holds...
PARTNER POSTS
Future of talent acquisition in the age of generative AI
If you've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the buzz surrounding generative AI, you're not alone. Let us face it, our industry is evolving,...
Innovation in insurance recruitment: Tata AIA’s journey towards high volume, top talent acquisition
Tata AIA Life is a joint venture between Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd and AIA Group. The venture merges Tata's leadership in India with AIA's...
Has leak by employee’s son ruined 1st reveal of video game?
Rockstar Games, the American video game firm, had created quite the hype with its intention to release the first trailer of the Grand Theft...
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No change in OpenAI’s tender offer plan for employees
Despite the turmoil within OpenAI in the last couple of weeks, the company is going ahead with its tender offer. In fact, employees will...
From ‘in-house’ to ‘on your own’: A freelance HR odyssey
In a landscape traditionally dominated by in-house roles, human resource (HR) freelancers strive to carve out a professional niche, offering a unique blend of...
Zomato sparks controversy with job offer withdrawal
Zomato, the food-delivery company, has made headlines by offering a substantial Rs 1.6 crore salary for the role of an algorithm engineer at the...
Amazon’s ‘Aurora’ to increase job opportunities for PwDs
With an aim to offer lasting employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities, Amazon has introduced ‘Aurora.’ The initiative focuses on establishing fundamental elements and...
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....
