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Temporary hiring is expected to rise 15-20 per cent this year as companies step up recruitment for specialised frontline roles to meet increased demand during an extended festive season, a report said on Wednesday. Hiring across organised retail, e-commerce, quick commerce, logistics, FMCG and consumer durables is expected to grow this festive season, according to TeamLease Services' Festive Season Workforce Report 2026. However, hiring is shifting beyond volume recruitment toward specialised frontline roles as businesses prepare for a longer festive calendar, faster fulfilment expectations and increasingly omnichannel consumer journeys. The TeamLease Services' Festive Season Workforce Report 2026 is based on its internal workforce dataset and evaluates anonymised employment records of 60,000 frontline associates deployed during the season across Consumer Durables, Organised Retail, E-Commerce, Quick Commerce, Logistics, and FMCG. According to the report, as sale windows extend fro

July persondays fell sharply from MGNREGA levels, but the Centre cites sowing pauses, monsoon recovery and transition issues, while experts say one month is too early to judge

Anand Mahindra says old career templates no longer hold as jobs appear and disappear rapidly

For nearly two years, companies believed AI would replace workers and reduce hiring. But now, many of the biggest AI adopters are hiring again. Why has the AI hiring narrative changed?

Lower costs, infrastructure investments, GCC expansion and changing workforce preferences are turning India's tier-2 and tier-3 cities into the country's fastest-growing employment hubs

What would happen if your salary stopped tomorrow? Could you pay your rent, EMIs, and bills without a paycheck? In this video, we explain why an emergency fund is essential, how much you should save

Average wage growth, excluding bonuses, rose by 3.4 per cent in the three months to May, matching the pace of increase in the ‌three months to April, and the joint-lowest since October 2020

The government's PLI schemes across 14 sectors attracted Rs 2.4 trillion in investments and generated 1.45 million jobs by FY26, with exports rising to Rs 15.2 trillion

The India-UK Free Trade Agreement is now in force, opening new opportunities for Indian exporters, businesses and professionals.

In this session, Sanjay Poddar, Cybersecurity expert, Ex-Fortinet, Ex-TPG Telecom, talks about the changing cybersecurity landscape and provides management tips to the B-Schoolers.

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees worldwide in one of its biggest restructurings in recent years. Most of the cuts are hitting its Xbox gaming division, even after years of heavy

Oracle joins a growing list of tech firms cutting jobs as AI adoption accelerates, with 2026 layoffs already surpassing the total recorded in 2025

After 20 years, MGNREGA has officially been replaced by VB-G RAM G (Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission – Gramin). The new rural employment law promises 125 days of guaranteed work

Anthropic's latest Economic Index Report found that over 35% of Claude users believe AI could perform most of their work within the next year, reflecting the technology's growing integration

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the employment-linked incentive scheme has generated nearly 7 million jobs and expanded social security coverage for first-time workers

Demand shifts from AI experimentation to deployment, creating acute shortages in GenAI, governance, MLOps and other specialist roles

The surge in AI-written resumes is making it harder for employers to shortlist candidates based on CVs alone, prompting greater focus on behaviour, values and communication skills

Paytm to continue hiring through March 2027, expanding teams across product, technology and AI, with recruitment also planned for senior leadership roles

Corporate India is expected to scale back hiring plans in the July-September quarter of this year, signaling a slowdown in hiring momentum, as employers are likely to opt for a more measured approach to hiring amid rising geopolitical challenges, a survey said on Tuesday. According to ManpowerGroup's latest Employment Outlook Survey, the Net Employment Outlook (NEO) for Q3 2026 stood at 48 per cent, down 20 points from the previous quarter but stronger by 6 points since Q3 2025. The Net Employment Outlook (NEO) is derived by taking the percentage of employers anticipating an increase in hiring activity and subtracting from this the percentage of employers expecting a decrease in hiring activity. In the survey of more than 3,100 employers across India conducted from April 1 to 30, 2026, employers cited economic uncertainty, above AI, as the key driver of hiring uncertainty. "India's Q3 2026 hiring outlook remains the strongest globally, with a Net Employment Outlook of 48 per cent,

The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority approved 24 projects across 14 districts, with textiles, manufacturing, tourism and clean energy leading job creation