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Some discretionary spend may return for high-tech sector: LTIMindtree chief

In a Q&A, Debashis Chatterjee, CEO & MD of the firm, talks about the reasons for its subdued growth, deals pipeline, and acquisitions strategy

TN skill development centre eyes to create 10,000 new jobs in BFSI segment

Tamil Nadu Skill Development Centre has drawn up plans to generate 10,000 jobs in the banking and financial services sector under the government's 'Naan Mudhalvan' scheme. Industry leaders engaged in the BFSI sector at a recent round table meeting extended their support to the state government's skilling initiatives to train the youth and college students. Naan Mudhalvan CEO (Tamil Nadu skilling and capability enhancement platform) M Jayaprakasan, chief mentor Sai Reddy highlighted the need for scaling up the BFSI sector at the meeting. "We want you to enter colleges, and do skill-based courses. We are more interested in course objectives, course outcomes, and skills imparted... the government is keen in making Tamil Nadu the skill capital for the region", Jayaprakasan said. Under the 'Naan Mudhalvan' initiative, he said over 10,000 students underwent various skilling courses in the banking, financial services, and insurance sector. "Over 4,000 of them got placed and the process i

BFSI, tech clients spending more on cost-optimisation deals: Wipro chairman

Macroeconomic environment remains challenging, impacting client spending: Rishad Premji

White collar hiring dips 3% on cautious recruiter sentiments: Report

White collar jobs witnessed a 3 per cent annual decline in June due to cautious recruiter sentiments in sectors including IT, BFSI, manufacturing, according to leading talent platform foundit. Sectors such as IT (- 19 per cent), BFSI (- 13 per cent), Home Appliances (- 26 per cent), and Production/ Manufacturing (- 14 per cent) have not yet bounced back to last year's hiring numbers, despite the monthly positive incline seen in a few of these industries, it said. The foundit Insights Tracker (fit), earlier known as Monster Employment Index, is a monthly analysis of online job posting activity based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities. However, on a month-on-month basis, there was a 2 per cent growth, which indicated a resurgence in online hiring activity across key industries. Positive e-recruitment activity was observed in June 2023, on a month-on-month basis, with sectors such as healthcare (11 per cent), BPO (7 per cent), production and manufacturing

Professional services industry hired maximum people between January and May

It was followed by BFSI and e-commerce industries with 16% rise in their headcounts

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India Inc earnings see sharp slowdown in FY23; non-BFSI profits contract

Better than expected showing by BFSI

BFSI firms drive earnings of India Inc to a record high in Q4FY23

By comparison, their combined net sales (gross interest income for BFSI companies) were up 14.3 per cent YoY to Rs 33.2 trillion in Q4FY23, from Rs 29 trillion a year ago

Demand for white-collar jobs in IT sector lowest in 28 months: Report

The number of active white-collar job openings decreased by 21% in April compared to March, said the report

Technology trends that have poised to transform the nature of BFSI industry

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'Stocks of new-age businesses could prove to be the dark horses in H2-FY24'

In an exclusive conversation, Jaspreet Singh Arora, CIO, Research & Ranking, shares his views on markets, sectoral outlook, themes to bet on in FY24, and more

Real Estate, BFSI hiring in India continued to grow in April: Report

Among the large metros, Kolkata, Pune, and Hyderabad exhibited recruitment surges of 28 per cent, 22 per cent, and 19 per cent, respectively, in hiring for the real estate sector

Weak guidance, muted sentiment to weigh on near term IT outlook

There could be more downsides if the rest of IT pack disappoints

K Krithivasan to take over as CEO of Tata Consultancy Services from June 1

Krithivasan during the media briefing said that his immediate focus will be to meet customers

Top headlines: Likely profitable Q4 for India Inc, rural FMCG sales up

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Portfolio, risk manager among highest paid jobs in BFSI sector: Report

Portfolio manager and risk manager were among highest paid job roles in the BFSI sector, which witnessed a 53 per cent growth in job postings during February 2020-2023, according to a report on Thursday. The highest paying job roles in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector were portfolio manager, risk manager and investment banking analyst earning a yearly median salary of Rs 11,50,000, Rs 9,00,000 and Rs 7,00,000, respectively, a report by global job site Indeed said. During the February 2020-2023 period, some of the other job roles that featured in the top 10 list of highest salaries include finance manager, wealth manager and credit manager, it added. The report is based on an analysis on data from Indeed site during February 2020-February 2023. Further, the data revealed that the top five job roles with the highest percentage of job postings are bank officer (11.29 per cent), loan officer (5.27 per cent), financial analyst (4.46 per cent), finance manager

Godrej Security sees Rs 1,200 cr revenue by 2025, bets on landmarks, BFSI

Company's systems used at Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar and by State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank

BS Fund Manager: CEOs of top MFs quite confident about conquering Bharat

MF heads are divided over the lack of talent in the industry

Top headlines: Non-BFSI cos lag in Q3, El Nino & India's climate crisis

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