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4 in 10 employees may switch jobs in India in 2022: Qualtrics report

Prioritising employee wellbeing, creating a culture of belonging, and ensuring employees feel like their career goals can be met are also important drivers of intent to stay in India: Report

Employers' intent to hire freshers surges by 30% for Jan-Jun, says Report

There is a 30% rise in the intent to hire freshers in the January-June period of this year, as compared to the previous half year, showing a notable recovery in economic activity, says a report.

India's renewable energy sector can employ 1 mn people by 2030: Study

Renewable energy sector has the potential to employ around one million people by 2030, and most of the new jobs would be generated by small-scale renewable energy projects, according to a study.

77% cos believe startups aiding employment scenario in India: Report

A survey has revealed that 77 per cent of respondents believe these new-age firms have a positive role in boosting the employment scenario in the country.

Mobile internet enabling inclusive growth: Nobel laureate Michael Spence

Nobel prize winning economist Michael Spence said that mobile internet is enabling inclusive growth and opening up employment opportunities.

South Korea added largest number of job positions in 2020 amid rapid aging

South Korea added the largest number of job positions last year due to an increase in employment in the health, social welfare service and public administration sectors amid rapid aging, data revealed

Hiring activity grew by 26% YoY in November: Naukri.com jobs index

According to data from Naukri, continuous growth of the IT-Software and BFSI sectors have enabled metro cities to outperform their tier-II counterparts

Jobless claims in United States rise by 28,000 to still-low 222,000

The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week ups and downs, fell below 239,000, a pandemic low

Sales function has emerged as the biggest gainer in current quarter: Report

A report has shown that sales function has emerged as the biggest gainer of this positive sentiment.

Railways to train 50,000 youths under the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana

The Railways will train 50,000 youths in the age group of 18 to 35 years over the next three years as part of the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Job markets have recovered half of Covid pandemic damage, says OECD

Says pandemic pushed 22 million out of a job in advanced economies

Genpact plans to hire, train and support coronavirus-hit workforce

Launches 'Rise Together' to train prospective employees cutting across age groups

Minimum wage conundrum

Govt will need to strike the right balance

Effective measures needed to support demand creation, maintain jobs: PHDCCI

The government has to step up with effective policy measures are needed to support demand creation and maintain employment, industry chamber PHDCCI said on Monday.

Around 1.2 million join ESIC in March, 100,000 more than February

Gross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 0.8 million in June 2020

Job postings in cybersecurity domain rise 16% in January: Report

As more and more companies have adopted online medium of doing business, there is a spurt in job postings for cybersecurity domain rising 16 per cent y-o-y in January, according to a report.

US employment growth likely rebounded; more government money still needed

President Joe Biden is pushing the U.S. Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion recovery plan, which has been met with resistance from mostly Republican lawmakers

Agri minister Tomar asks ICAR to make farm sector more job-oriented

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday asked ICAR to make the farm sector more employment-oriented with the help of New Education Policy (NEP).

CMS planning to hire 1,000 employees in next two months as it expands

Leading cash management services provider CMS is planning to hire 1,000 employees in the next two months with salaries upward of Rs 30,000 per month as it expands into service vertical of cash collections for its partner banks, NBFCs and microfinance firms, a company official said. CMS Info Systems (CMS) has signed up for cash and cheque collections with several companies, including, Mahindra Finance, L&T Finance and Hero FinCorp. Anush Raghavan, Senior Vice-President and Head Cash Business Unit of the CMS said that with a network spanning over 115,000 ATMs and retail outlets that spread across 98.3 per cent of districts in India, the company is uniquely positioned as the "backbone of the circulation cycle" of the economy. "While CMS has built out the offering for NBFCs, we are also looking at the cash pickups from the other industries such as travel, education; cheque collections for the insurance industry, apart from doorstep banking service for senior citizens. "CMS is looking

Swedish govt promises $12 billion to kick-start economy in 2021 budget

The Social Democrat and Green coalition said the budget would focus would be on boosting jobs among others.