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US job openings rate rises to 4.9%
The rate of job openings attained a record high level in February, which is a good sign for job seekers. The number of vacancies...
Infosys to hire 300 locals in Pennsylvania
Indian information technology multinational, Infosys, is expanding its Retirement Services Centre of Excellence in Pennsylvania, US. As part of the expansion process, it will...
42 lakh jobs in 12 countries: Skill Ministry
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has identified 42 lakh jobs, both blue- and grey –collar — about three lakh opportunities in...
Dip in weekly unemployment benefits claims in the US
However, the scenario does not look very bright if the period post outbreak of the coronavirus is considered. The Labour Department reveals that 8,47,000...
Unionisation costs staff their jobs
American grocery delivery and pick-up service, Instacart, has fired ten employees who voted in favour of a union. These employees had apparently tried to...
H-1B visa norms amended, priority for higher wages, skills
The US has amended the H-1B visa selection procedure of deserving candidates with priority being given to candidates who have higher wages and better...
MassMutual’s Hyderabad capability centre hiring actively
Mass Mutual, the US life insurance company, will invest Rs 1,000 crore on its first offshore global capability centre, in Hyderabad. The Company, based...
Amazon to spend $2 bn on economical housing in the US
For the next five years, Amazon is set to invest over $2 billion to build affordable housing in the US cities of Nashville and...
Cornell Johnson’s 2020 MBAs secure highest salaries despite pandemic
Cornell Johnson Graduate School for Management, is one of the top 25 schools in the US that reported salary and bonus growth despite the...
Workforce rehaul at Coca-Cola, 2,200 to be laid off globally
Coca-Cola Company, the American multinational beverage firm, is set to reduce its global workforce by 2,200. In the US itself, it will let go...
HGS to hire 3,200 by May 2021
Having bagged some great deals and with many more in the pipeline, Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), which is a BPO under the Hinduja Group,...
Layoffs at ING, Nike & ESPN
Dutch bank, ING, will lay off 1000 employees by 2021 and shut its offices in South America and Asia. Nike also revealed its intention...
Bonuses for ByteDance employees in India, amidst pandemic and TikTok ban
Beijing-based Chinese internet technology company, ByteDance, has announced cash bonuses to all its eligible staff, which is good news for its 2,000 strong workforce...
US to spend $150 mn to train locals for H-1B jobs
Looks like the number of Indian tech experts and others who move to work in the US on H-1B visas will soon start dwindling....
Proposal to hike minimum wages of H-1B
The US Department of Labour has suggested increasing the minimum wages of H-1B visa holders. A proposal to this effect was submitted by the...
Infosys to step up local hiring in the US
Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys, will hire 12,000 workers in the US, locally, by 2022. By stepping up efforts in that direction, the...
Exemptions announced in H-1B and L-1 travel ban
Indian IT professionals and those working in the healthcare sector in the US will be relieved with the recent exemptions announced in H-1B and...
More changes in visa regime, bad news for Indians in US
If the revisions and suggestions proposed by the Department of Homeland Security in the US are implemented, Indians dreaming of working there may be...
US suspends foreign work visas, frees up 5 lakh jobs
By suspending foreign work visas till the end of 2020, the US has put Indian IT professionals at a disadvantage, even while freeing up...
AT&T to cut 3,400 technician and clerical jobs in the US
American multinational telecommunications company, AT&T is considering laying off more than 3,400 technicians and clerks in the US. The American wireless carrier has shared...
Willis Towers Watson faces lawsuits for misleading shareholders
The acquisition of Willis Towers Watson by Aon has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The former is facing a minimum of...
IBM cuts jobs across the US
International Business Machines (IBM) has reportedly laid off thousands of employees across the US, irrespective of age, tenure and seniority. While the exact number...
51,000 jobs lost in oil industry
March 2020 witnessed over 51,000 people losing their jobs in the auxiliary businesses associated with the oil industry, in the US, such as those...
H-1B visa extension allowed by US government
With countries sealing their borders and international flights being grounded, many professionals from other countries have been stuck in the US during the pandemic,...
Silicon Valley braces itself for post-lockdown situation
The hub of Indian entrepreneurship abroad, the Silicon Valley in the US, is bracing itself for a post-pandemic situation across the country. The number...
OYO: No job cuts in India, but furloughs in the US
OYO has officially announced that while the Company will go ahead with furloughs and temporary leaves in the US and some other markets, no...
US President urged to suspend H-1B visa programme for the year
US Tech Workers, an American body representing the technology workers of the country, has written to President Donald Trump to suspend H-1B visas for...
Only one Indian company in Top 20 Companies to Work for...
Only one Indian company features in this year’s top 20 places to work for in the US, and that is, the Indian multinational software...
Expanded UBIT law repealed in the US, big win for social-service...
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) won a massive victory when the US Congress repealed a section of a 2017 law that required...
Indian Gen Zs are keen on learning rather than stability at...
The employers of today are familiar with Gen Z— a generation born between 1996 and 2010. Though many of them are still aged around...
No work ban for spouses of H-1B visa holders for the...
Bringing much relief to Indians in the US, a US court has decided not to reverse the 2015 rule that allows spouses and relatives...
Wipro creates hundreds of jobs in the US
Indian multinational informational technology company, Wipro, will soon be offering about 200 jobs in the Richmond area, where it has now set up an...
Why indian Gen X are not slackers
Being the youngest of three boys and 11 years younger to my eldest brother, clearly my parents planned to have a third child very...
Huawei expected to lay off hundreds of employees in the...
Chinese multinational technology company, Huawei Technologies, plans to cut jobs extensively in the US as it has been struggling to handle business following its...
Green card norms to be overhauled, preference to foreigners based on...
The US President is expected to propose a new immigration system, which will give preference to foreigners based on merit, unlike the current system...
Unemployment in the US dips to 3.6%, lowest in 50 years
According to the US Bureau of Statistics’ (BLS) monthly jobs report, the US gained 263,000 nonfarm jobs in April. This indicates a 67,000 increase...
Infosys blames H-1B visa rejections for attrition
Infosys, the Indian multinational company, holds the high rate of visa rejections last year responsible for its poor employee retention. With US visa rules...
TCS cleared of anti-American bias charges in its hiring process
A California jury has finally cleared the charges leveled against the Indian multinational IT services provider, TCS, of discriminating against local American employees and...
Samsung, LG sued over US employee anti-poaching agreement
A civil lawsuit was filed last week, accusing Samsung and LG of agreeing to avoid poaching each other's US employees.
More layoffs at IBM
The company is also relocating a few employees to offices in India and Costa Rica from the US.
Building presence: The aim of human existence
Some time ago, I visited a popular hole-in-the-wall Konkani restaurant in Mumbai to gorge on its delicious THALI. On an adjoining table was a...
Ten key skills required in an age of digital transformation
As a growing number of organisations integrate digital technologies into all aspects of their business, digital transformation has come to be regarded as the...
Volkswagen strikes wage deal, salaries will rise by 2.3%
Volkswagen has struck a wage deal with IG Metall, the German union that represents 1,20,000 employees, that is, about 18 per cent of its...
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Flipkart ties up with Adani Group, to create 2,500 jobs
Flipkart has partnered with Adani Logistics, to improve its supply chain infrastructure and its capacity to serve its fast-growing customer base. This partnership will...
WFH until September for staff of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Most of the employees of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will continue working from home at least till September, 2021. Post September, the...
From ‘survive’ to ‘thrive’ – How to transform organisational outlook
Now that we are in the year 2021, we are a little more certain and confident that things are changing, and that too, for...
“Individuals will need to take the plunge to be updated and stay relevant,” ...
2020: What to learn – what to erase
Despite the havoc it created, the pandemic was a blessing in disguise in several ways. Almost everyone...
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Binding multi-faceted employees with Titan Values
Titan has different sets of employees for different functions and verticals, ranging from the shopfloor to the retail stores. How do you bring in...
The right people policy for startups – Madan Nagaldinne
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“Archaic HR processes force millennials to switch jobs often,” Niti Khosla, lead people analytics...
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