Career Development

From the Indian Armed Forces to leading HR at MakeMyTrip, Yuvaraj Srivastava, MMT Group CHRO, shares powerful lessons on leadership, culture, and building high-performing teams in today’s workplace >

In this episode Tuhina Pandey, Director APAC Communications & Marketing, India and South Asia, IBM, talks about opportunities and challenges in marketing communications and gives career advices >

Ever since the internet made its mark at the start of this century, we have seen a great degree of change in society

The Punjab government has come out with an initiative to reach out to class 12 students to assist them in their academic and professional endeavours. The initiative is aimed at supporting the aspirations of students passing out from government schools in Punjab, School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said, adding the government would reach out to class 12 students with questions about their future plans to understand and nurture their dreams. Bains said the department has circulated a 'Google Form' to all the students appearing for class 12 board examinations. According to an official statement, the form, accompanied by a message from Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, invites students to share their immediate plans and long-term goals -- ?be it higher education, entrepreneurship, or competitive exams. The data collected will enable the state government to develop suitable support mechanisms to assist students in their academic and professional endeavours, Bains said. "This

The event was organised jointly by the industry body CII and union labour ministry, focussing on exploring the future of work and how it is going to transform the employment landscape in the country

Manager’s Mantra presents an insightful conversation with Meena Bahl Kapoor, Founder & CEO of Astroyogi and Co-founder of OyeHelp Technologies.

This week learn about the implications for insurance policyholders as surrender values are revised; in a separate story we write about training your voice

Speaking well is an art and the talent is needed in a variety of roles, say experts

Hear it from one of the Big 4’s former top boss why you should look at risk management as your career move >

Repercussion of the pandemic can still be felt as the 2023 Global Graduate Outlook Survey finds how Covid-19 changed students' career path and confidence in the job market

Around 83% respondents feel that career paths 20 years ago were more straightforward and the skill sets that were required were more obvious

The report found that short courses, employer-sponsored training, and university degrees are considered the most important for moving up from current positions

Companies are looking for managers, communication specialists, creative thinkers, and data specialists

The cost of failure was the wages lost for the period the start-up was running, stacked on the other side were the benefits success would bring

City-based CIEL Group has made a strategic investment in Next Leap Career Solutions Pvt Ltd by signing a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent equity stake in tranches, the company said on Sunday. The acquisition is part of the strategic vision of the company to expand its offering in the human resource services space. "With this acquisition, CIEL Group strengthens its position further as a workforce solutions company leveraging technology," said a company statement. Pi Capital and Legalogic are advisors of Next Leap Career Solutions, while NovoJuris represents CIEL Group in this deal. However, the company did not disclose the value of the deal. CIEL (HR services) managing director Aditya Narayan Mishra said, "This acquisition, in line with our IPO plans, is part of our strategic vision to expand our technology-led offerings in the HR services domain." "It will complement our existing subsidiary Integrum Solutions operating in HR technology space and will help us expand ou

Survey finds 91% of Indian respondents are willing to make life changes based on AI recommendations

About 90 per cent said they are interested in learning new and transferable career skills, and 74 per cent said this interest was a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The best time to approach a career counsellor is when your child is in class nine--someone who will help him dodge the duds and choose a line based on the child's interests, aptitude and ability

Singaporeans generally agreed with the importance of the country, dubbed as Asia's financial hub, remaining open to foreigners competing for jobs, according to a latest survey. About 81 per cent of the people agreed that it is good that Singapore is a hub as it provides good job opportunities for Singaporeans, even if some jobs will go to foreigners, Channel News Asia reported, citing the survey of the government's feedback and engagement unit REACH. Majority of the respondents (63 per cent) strongly agreed or agreed that it is important that Singapore remains open to foreigners while 25 per cent were neutral, and only 10 per cent strongly disagreed or disagreed, said REACH which conducted the survey between August 11-21. The sample was weighted to be demographically representative of the national population in terms of gender, age and race. Respondents who were unemployed were more likely to be neutral on the importance of Singapore remaining open to foreigners, it said. The ...

In today's rapidly changing world there are as many approaches to career counselling. Choose the one that fits your need and pocket