Tag: upskilling

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...

Birlasoft tries to enhance & broaden employees’ knowledge base

Now, 12,500 employees of Biralasoft — the global enterprise digital and IT services company, which is part of the CK Birla Group — has...

Government of Goa to train 10,000 Goans in software development

As part of its Digital Goa Scholarship Programme, the Goa government has entered into a partnership with Bengaluru-based neo-university, Newton School. This partnership will...

Citi offers fully-funded degrees to employees

Citigroup will make it easy for its employees to get a college degree by funding the programme fully. Yes, Citi is offering free college...

Women form 36.1% of Wipro’s workforce, 22.2% of board of directors

That Wipro is serious about its mission to make the organisation diverse and inclusive in every sense of the word is clear from the...

145 jobs cut at FrontRow

FrontRow, the edtech startup, has laid off about 145 members of its team, that is, 30 per cent of its workforce. Maximum employees were...

Cummins India upskilling shop floor workers with professional degrees

Fostering a culture of continuous learning at Cummins India, the Company is sponsoring BTech and MTech professional degrees for its entry-level associates and shop...

74% HR professionals select learning partners based on comprehensiveness of course

Picking a good book requires some effort. From the content quality to the look and feel, we examine everything before paying for it. Organisations...

Tata Power DDL, Hitachi Energy India tie up to train people...

The industry feels the lack of qualified and suitable talent in the power sector, which has made Tata Power DDL — a power-distribution utility...

UFlex’s internal academy to ensure upskilling of workforce

The packaging industry is one of the few exceptions that saw growth during the pandemic. As people started to rely more on delivery systems...

Larsen & Toubro Infotech to expand team, take on 5,500 freshers

Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI) is gearing to expand its team by 5,500 freshers in the financial year 2022. It is working on increasing...

‘Upskilling can get us desired job’ say 94% women returnees

Women professionals who have been on a break are eager to rejoin the workforce. However, getting a job after a break can be challenging....

The great divide: How to bridge corporate India’s skills gap with...

In today’s dynamic corporate landscape, upskilling and reskilling employees is one of the key ways for organisations to build competitive advantage. In this article,...

Upskilling allows internal talent to fill 80% open roles at GE...

Reskilling or upskilling employees in order to ensure maximum productivity is a practice that many organisations follow to improve their attrition rates. Pramath Nath,...

Top 5 Indian IT firms will add 96,000 jobs, clarifies Nasscom

The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) has clarified that the Indian IT-BPM sector will continue to be a net hirer in...

Scaler to spend Rs 1 cr. to empower, upskill women techies

Edtech startup, Scaler, has announced the launch of Scaler Include, a programme aimed at enhancing female participation in India’s tech workforce. The programme offers...

Time for the future workforce to reskill, upskill and outskill

With time moving forward and newer technologies coming in, changes in skills become a necessity for the organisations. Given the rapid changes in the...

Simplilearn, AICTE to partner, provide technology education

Simplilearn, the global online skilling programmes provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for...

68% employers encouraged workforce to upskill: TimesJobs Survey

With India Inc. going digital overnight to ensure business continuity, a TimesJobs survey reveals that a significant 68 per cent of human resources managers...

Hindustan Unilever aims to reskill, upskill staff over next 5 years

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is gearing up to ensure that its staff members become future-ready, by reskilling or upskilling them in the next five years....

Budget 2021: What HR wants

A new year is here and along with it comes the season of the Budget. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget...

Whose responsibility is it to upskill gig workers?

Skillgaps, upskilling and reskilling are some of the jargons that dominated this year, especially because a pandemic has thrown all set rules and procedures...

Randstad Skilling Academy launched by NIIT and Randstad India

National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), a global skills and talent development company, has partnered with Randstad India, a leading HR-service platform to launch...

Sun Life ASCI accelerates D&I agenda with women-centric initiatives

Sun Life Asia Service Centre India (ASCI), which is the global in-house centre (GIC) of Sun Life Financial, has a 1900-strong workforce, of which...

The ‘pandemic opportunity’: How Cadila upskilled its 2000+ salesforce

The pandemic and the eventual lockdown put a stop to the conventional way of functioning for the 2000 plus members of Cadila Pharma’s salesforce....

Adosphere upskills 1.20 lakh government teachers through Workplace from Facebook

Adosphere, a leading digital transformation expert, has announced the successful execution of a groundbreaking community and collaboration building project for training and curriculum support...

Starbucks workers protest against union-busting efforts

Starbucks employees and labour activists held protests outside the coffee giant's Seattle headquarters on Wednesday, alleging that company executives were trying to undermine unionisation...

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Mass protests over pending DA arrears by WB state govt employees

A group of state government employees in West Bengal plans to take a stand on the issue of pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears by...

‘Did Zuckerberg take pay cut?’ ask irked Meta staff

The mass layoffs at Meta have disturbed the workforce with members expressing their disappointment at these drastic cost-cutting measures. Some employees are even questioning...

Air India launches second phase of VR scheme

Air India, which was acquired by the Tata group in January 2022, has announced a second round of voluntary retirement schemes (VRS) for its...

Maharashtra Govt agrees to include OPS benefits in NPS; employees call off strike

Following a meeting with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and senior government officials, Maharashtra employees called off their open-ended strike. Approximately 1.7 million workers employed...

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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...