Tag: Skill Development

Jeevika skill development programme to make 6000+ rural, urban youth employable

Lotus Petal Foundation’s training & placement programme, Jeevika, is all set to train and place over 6000 rural and urban youth of the country...

Alka Mittal takes additional charge as CMD at ONGC

Alka Mittal, director-HR at ONGC has been given an additional charge at the PSU as its chairman & managing director (CMD). The PSU announced...

Amazon launches educational benefits for frontline staff

Amazon will be offering more education benefits to its US employees. The Company is planning to fully fund the education of its frontline employees,...

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,...

Japan to enhance skill, HRD, infrastructure in Assam

Japan, which is already lending its support to various connectivity projects in the North East of India, now has its eyes set on enhancing...

Assam govt to absorb returning migrant workers 

To accommodate the nearly 1.25 lakh migrant workers who have moved back to the state during the lockdown, the Assam government is relying on...

Will managers lose ‘relevance’ in the new normal?

The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown have been great disruptors. While some disruptions have been really damaging, others have been for the good....

PMKVY-2.0 completes around 75 per cent of its skill development goal...

Under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2.0 (PMKVY 2.0), which was launched in October 2016, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship had...

What employers look for in an apprentice

Hiring an apprentice might seem similar to hiring a regular employee. However, there could be subtle differences that a hiring manager will do well...

The changing face of the workforce

Apprenticeships have played a vital role in recent years by simplifying staff training and HR operations. Staff training has always been a challenge for...

The influence of competitiveness on Strategic HR

An organisation irrespective of its industry thrives because of its people. And with globalisation, we can see how organisations are now doing cross border...

7 common misconceptions about apprenticeship

What is the first thought that comes to your mind when you think of apprenticeship? Is it cheap labour, manual work, low wages or alternate...

Understanding how to measure and control employee turnover

Let’s face it. Employee turnover is real and businesses should pay attention to their employees just as they do to their clients and customers....

The connection between job satisfaction, employee’s loyalty, and commitment

Job satisfaction is nothing but one’s contentment at the workplace which the employee derives from his/her job. If an employee is not satisfied with...

Lack of Awareness on apprenticeship and reforms in hiring benchmarks

The primary Apprenticeship model has had limited success due to a rigid 52-year-old law. With periodic revisions and amendments as recent as Sept 2019,...

Competency-based learning helps bridge the skill gap

The industry is evolving very fast, and our education system is dated. This has created a serious skill gap in the existing workforce across...

How to benefit from Apprenticeship regulations

Before we dive into the scope of how apprenticeships can benefit organisations, let us understand the correct meaning of the term. Vocabulary.com defines “Apprenticeship...

Skill training – Indispensable to job excellence

Labour resource or workforce management has been ranked as the most critical business activity for seven years consecutively by 2019 Research Gate study on HRM. Training your...

10 ways to appreciate an apprentice

Who doesn’t love praise? Well, that is not the point. When you appreciate a trainee/apprentice who is working on probation in your organization for...

Changes in Apprenticeship Rules 2019 – what you should know

Taking the Government’s flagship project Make in India one step ahead the Apprenticeship Rules 2019 has been modified by the Government of India. The...

Investing in Skills and Education

By 2020, India will be blessed with a median age of just 28. Quality education and skill-building can become the key to reaping the...

Making the most out of apprenticeships – Logistics

As per the estimates, the total workforce in the logistics sector will increase from the current 21 million to over 31 million by the...

8 Reasons why retail companies need to hire apprentices

The Indian Retail industry has witnessed a phantom leap in growth and expansion as new players set foot into the marketplace each day. What...

Making the most of apprenticeships in healthcare

Apprenticeships have always helped young minds to gain career opportunities with wage premiums. This age old practice of apprenticeship has continued to benefit thousands...

Attn: Hiring managers. Are you missing a key hiring strategy?

Have you met the often overlooked but nonetheless talented pool of students outside mainstream education? In the millennial era, anyone can make it. If...

Apprenticeships – An opportunity for manufacturing companies

India is known for its robust workforce in IT and supports services across the world. Ours is a country of young population, where 50 percent of...

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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...

Quest Global: Establishing trust as a go-to partner for the world’s most challenging engineering...

Quest Global is in the business of engineering, to build a brighter future. What makes it different is not what it does but why...

Hollywood writers’ strike may soon be called off

The strike by the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) that has been on for over 100 days and had brought all production activity in...

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Another round of job cuts at Cisco soon

After eliminating 4000 roles in 2022, the US-based tech infrastructure firm, Cisco Systems is planning to cut more jobs in Silicon Valley. As a part...

Gratuity limit raised for LIC agents from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh:...

On 18 September 2023, the Ministry of Finance granted approval to a set of welfare initiatives aimed at benefiting the agents and staff of...

HEC workers, engineers protest salary delays 

On 19 September, 2023, Bhawan Singh, president, HEC Majdoor Union, started out on a train journey for a collective cause that resonated deeply with...

Gujarat HC upholds employee rights in controversial termination case

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that endorsing settlement claims within Lok Adalat does not constitute misconduct. It underscores that even if an employee's...

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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....
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