July-September hiring outlook at 8-year high According to the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, shared exclusively with ET, about 63% of 3,080 employers said they will hire more in the coming quarter, while 12% see decrease in hiring intent and 24% expect to keep workforce levels steady.

India's robust economy is not churning out jobs The disconnect is a result of India's uneven growth, which is powered by the voracious consumption of the country's upper strata but whose benefits often do not extend beyond the urban middle class. The pandemic has magnified the divide, throwing tens of mi…

MGNREGA work generation grows in May Data from the MGNREGA website showed that work provided to households under the scheme was 9.9% higher in May, at 24.4 million, compared to 22.2 million in May 2021, and 31.2% more than 18.6 million in April.

Chief digital officers across sectors pocket sharp salary hikes According to data from Aon, shared exclusively with ET, chief digital officers across sectors saw the highest jump in median compensation at a compounded annual growth rate of 14% from 2019 to 2022. It rose 13% each for chief technology officers and chi…

Top engineers in no hurry to accept every job offer The average offer acceptance rate in skills such as full-stack engineers, data engineers, frontend engineers, SRE/DevOps, data scientists and backend engineers is just about 50%, as one out of two candidates trashes the offer letter, according to placement consulta…

Hiring demand up 9% in May led by telecom, BFSI, import-export sectors: Report However, the index levelled down by 4 per cent month-on-month reflecting cautious recruiter sentiments in May amid worries over high inflation driving up costs due to the current socio-economic scenario globally, it noted.

​Four in 10 employees think digital transformation may have increased their job complexity: Survey Nearly three out of four employees (71%) feel their job complexity continues to rise as customer demands increase, finds a new survey. A new global study from Pegasystems on the state of business complexity finds that …