Unemployment rate declines to 7.6% from 12.6% in April-June 2022: NSO survey The data also highlighted that the unemployment rate among females in the same age group (15 years and above) in urban areas has declined to 95. per cent in April-June, 2022 from 14.3 per cent a year ago. In January-March 2022, it was 10.1 …

Microsoft offers Rs 47 lakh salary package to visually impaired software engineer from Madhya Pradesh The fresh graduate has received an offer from Microsoft for a salary package of Rs 47 lakh, he said. Talking to PTI, Sonakia said he has accepted the offer and will join the company's Bengaluru office soon as a …

Apprentices of today: Masters of the game, tomorrow? Sir Humphry Davy was a famous scientist of the time. Through consistent persistence, young Michael reached out to Humphry Davy, even putting his book-binding skills to creative use to showcase his work and examples to Davy. His persistence paid off when Davy final…

Thinking of quitting? Companies are using stay interviews to make you feel more acceptable As companies grapple with high attrition especially among top talent that is in demand post pandemic, stay interviews are a tool that help the HR to make the employees feel that they are instrumental to company's growth.��…

Of moonlighting by the day: Is one job enough? After working for years, I realized two more things. That the concept of a full-time employee is not really that clear to me. Or to more people for that matter. After all, whose time are we talking about? If one person has more time in a day than is required for the job…

Indian job market unfazed by inflation, hiring increases by 29 per cent in Q1: Report The Indeed Hiring Tracker of Q1, FY23, is based on a survey of 1,229 employers and 1,508 employees during April-June 2022.The findings further revealed that 37 per cent of all jobseekers looked for a job or a job change during the …

Formal job creation remains robust in June, shows payroll data The provisional payroll data by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, released on Thursday, shows net new subscriber addition under the EPFO grew by 24.4% to 1.83 million in June 20222 compared to 1.47 million in May.

Hiring increases by 29% in April-June 2022: Indeed tracker IT/ITeS continued to lead all sectors, with 91% of the employers in the sector hiring during the quarter (83% in the previous quarter). This trend may be attributed to attrition – voluntary and involuntary – the tech sector experienced in recent times.

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Planning to turn a hobby into a money-making hustle? Maybe you shouldn’t! The productivity-obsessed society in which we breathe and live has been lately promoting the idea of turning your hobby into a full-fledged career or a side hustle. Which isn’t completely wrong to an extent.

It's raining jobs at IITs as Class of 2023 gets more offers IITs of Delhi, Madras, Varanasi, Guwahati, Gandhinagar and Mandi said they have seen a 15-75% increase in PPO numbers compared with this time last year, with the highest disclosed salaries offered so far at ₹91.2 lakh to ₹1.2 crore at these institutes.�…

More apprenticeships critical in bridging skill gap, says Teamlease study An increasing number of employers are focusing on hiring candidates who have some prior work experience and apprenticeships is playing a crucial role in bridging this gap, according to a study by TeamLease Degree Apprenticeship and JustJobs Ne…

India e-commerce firms ramp up hiring of delivery workers for shopping season "People... look at a delivery job as a job in transit, they move off to something else, you'll always have shortages and then in cases where there is a specific event or festival, there's definitely a challenge that the delive…

Companies scout for top ESG talent to drive sustainability plans Companies across the mining, consulting, paper pulp, electric vehicles, cement, FMCG and financial sectors, among others, want leaders to manage their ESG initiatives through cleaner and greener processes and improved transparency in reporting, and to …

Festive Season: Demand up for supply chain, delivery, logistics talent; bonuses delivered "We are noticing a new trend this year where companies are offering joining and retention bonuses for roles of in-shop demonstrators, operations and supply chain," said Aditya Misra, chief executive, CIEL HR. "Th…

Is return to office a managerial whim or a functional necessity? The pandemic has changed the way employees look at work and career. A vast majority of the workforce does not want to be confined to office cubicles or remain bound to their pre-Covid desktops. The need to balance personal and professional lives is fin…

Formal job creation jumped by 8.9% in June: EPFO subscribers data Net new subscribers added to EPFO in June were 0.55 million more than June 2021, reflecting a steady rise in formal job creation under the retirement fund body, shows the provisional payroll data released by the EPFO on Saturday.

Hospitality, retail sector hiring on the rise Commercial operations and customer-facing roles are most sought after, say industry players.

Textile MSME units have added 64,000 jobs in Karnataka in 3 years, says minister Mega projects attracted another Rs 1,060 crore investments, creating about 17,300 jobs, the Minister said at an interaction with textile industrialists. The garment policy 2019-24, Munenakoppa added, aimed at attracting investment of up…

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Cimpress pilots 4.5-day work week through Recharge Fridays The company’s aim is to give employees an opportunity to look after their well-being and encourage work-life harmony. Using this time, employees can spend their time doing whatever they want to recharge their batteries. Fridays are also no-meeting days which…

A day in the life of a marketing leader Veda’s career journey has seen him in leadership roles in multiple disciplines from product to digital. But, Marketing, for him, was a sheer chance initially.

'India Inc to hand out bigger hikes next year' As per the report, 58% of Indian employers have budgeted for higher salary increases this year compared to last year, while 24.4% are making no changes in the budget. Only 5.4% have reduced the budget as compared to 2022.

Salary offers at IIT placements hit record high as Covid impact fades IIT-Bombay has once again moved up in the placement charts to the numero uno position, fetching the highest annual domestic salary. But a surprise institute that has piped others is IIT-Roorkee which bagged the biggest international offer on day o…

Changes working women would like to see in next 25 years According to the NSO’s (National Survey Office) Time Use in India survey in 2019, the average time women were spending on unpaid domestic service for household members was three times that of men, while the average time they spent on unpaid caregiving services…