Tag: LinkedIn

Why did this woman reapply to her own job on LinkedIn?

A New York City based female writer, Kimberly Nguyen has disclosed how she applied for her own job on LinkedIn. After her current company...

41% women in workforce now; up from 37% a decade ago

Women make up 41 per cent of the active workforce. Ten years ago, they made up only 37 per cent of the workforce. While...

Phoney job vacancies flood  LinkedIn

Following a significant wave of tech layoffs, the popular professional networking platform LinkedIn has been targeted by sophisticated recruitment scams. These scams involve fraudulent...

LinkedIn begins layoffs in recruitment department

Following Microsoft’s decision to lay off close to 10,000 employees, LinkedIn has begun layoffs in its recruitment department. The exact number of employees impacted...

Karnataka Skill Connect Portal launched; to create 10 million jobs

The Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), in association with the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), has launched the Karnataka Skill Connect Portal (KSCP), an...

LinkedIn eliminates 6 lakh fake, spam, bot accounts

LinkedIn, the professional networking site has discovered and eliminated more than six lakh fake profiles of people who claimed to be employed with Apple. A...

Google hires man after 39 rejections

Tyler Cohen's persistence finally got him his dream job at Google. He applied and got rejected 39 times, before finally making the cut on...

TikTok restructures globally, lays off staff

TikTok has not only fired some of its staff in the US, but also told some in Britain and Europe that their employment is...

Techie asks to involve mother in salary negotiation

A techie’s post has gone viral for very interesting reasons. In the screenshot of his tweet, which he posted on LinkedIn, he seems to...

Sunita Holzer appointed EVP & CHRO, Verisk

Sunita Holzer is the new executive vice president (EVP) and chief human resources officer (CHRO), Verisk, the global data analytics company. In her new...

LinkedIn staff not expected to return to office

As LinkedIn starts to reopen its offices across the globe, depending on the local COVID situation at each location, it is offering immense flexibility...

$1,500 bonus for 1.75 lakh+ Microsoft employees

A pandemic bonus of $1,500 has been announced by Microsoft for all its employees, as a gesture of appreciation for their hard work amidst...

General Electric elevates Amaresh Singh to CHRO, South Asia

Multinational conglomerate, General Electric Company, will be expanding its South Asian operations under a new chief human resource officer, Amaresh Singh, who has been...

LinkedIn data breach yet again

LinkedIn, the American business and employment-oriented online service, has suffered a huge data breach for the second time this year, exposing data related to...

Edtech platform, BeyondSkool, is hiring ‘EduPreneurs’

BeyondSkool, the education technology platform, is looking to take on quality professionals, including technologists, educationists and business professionals, as part of its aim to...

Hackers targeting LinkedIn users with fake job offers

Apparently LinkedIn users have started receiving direct messages with fake job offers. A Zip file that comes attached with the offer contains a hidden...

‘Stay-at-home mom’ is a new field on LinkedIn

LinkedIn has introduced new job titles that will address career gaps due to parenting or other commitments or responsibilities. Fields, such as ‘stay-at-home mom’,...

LinkedIn staff to take week-long ‘well-being’ break from work

LinkedIn is allowing its almost 16,000-strong workforce to take an entire week off to rest, relax and rejuvenate. Almost all employees will enjoy this...

Microsoft-LinkedIn collaboration equips 3 mn Indians with digital skills

Microsoft Corp. and LinkedIn have together managed to help over 30 million people acquire digital skills, across 249 countries and territories. Interestingly, of these,...

‘Air India’s social-media policy violates Fundamental Right’: Pilots to chairman

The union further stated that the policy, unlike social media policies adopted by several other employers, does not even attempt to draw a distinction...

41% APAC women admit to fewer career development opportunities than men

The story still remains more or less the same when it comes to women in the workforce. LinkedIn’s Opportunity Index 2021 reveals that while...

41% employees will stay longer if there is internal hiring: Report

The COVID-19 outbreak accelerated digitisation of processes, including hiring processes, across companies and sectors. If predictions based on LinkedIn’s data and survey of HR...

Travel and recreation employees 3.8 times more likely to switch sectors

With the pandemic causing flights to be grounded and international borders to be sealed, the travel, recreation, aviation and hospitality sectors have been the...

Only 39% HR professionals feel remote working is effective: Report

As per the latest edition of the LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index, which surveyed 2,903 professionals across India, March, April and May saw many companies...

About 50,000 jobs have been posted in the 2nd week of...

There seems to be some relief for job seekers amidst the pandemic. As per data collected from the official pages of organisations on LinkedIn,...

LinkedIn to allow free job postings for critical roles, till June

LinkedIn will allow free job postings till June 30, to help fill critical positions in the healthcare, essentials delivery and non-profit disaster relief space....

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Layoffs at Freshworks

Freshworks, a SaaS firm listed on Nasdaq, recently carried out another round of layoffs in its Indian and US offices. The company clarified that...

51% women in STEM expect flexible/remote work policies: Report

It is true that India Inc. is increasing efforts to attract women employees. A significant 33 per cent of employers feel that providing flexible...

Govt employees on indefinite strike in Maharashtra

Demanding the reinstatement of the pension scheme (OPS), thousands of state government workers began an indefinite strike on Tuesday in different parts of Maharashtra....

Virgin Orbit furloughs staff, grapples with financial crisis

Virgin Orbit has paused operations and sent almost its entire staff on unpaid furlough. A part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, the company helps...

DIALOGUE

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....

“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton

Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...