Page 18 - Employment

Amid record high unemployment, can China employ all of its graduates?

Over the next few weeks, China will churn out a record 10.8 million college graduates. Finding them jobs is proving to be an unexpected headache for President Xi Jinping's government

Statsguru: Six charts show India's employment conundrum amid Covid-19

Business Standard guides you through the numbers you need to know to make sense of the headlines

Agnipath protest: Police vehicle, roadways buses torched in UP's Jaunpur

A police vehicle was torched and two Uttar Pradesh Roadways buses vandalised in Jaunpur as the agitation against the Centre's Agnipath scheme spread in the state

Finmin asks banks to explore employment opportunities for 'Agniveers'

The finance ministry on Thursday held a meeting with heads of public sector banks and financial institutions to explore employment opportunities for 'Agniveers' in their respective organisations

Loopholes in any scheme can be removed: Ajit Pawar on Agnipath protests

Amid protests over the Centre's Agnipath scheme, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said loopholes in a government scheme, if any, can be removed to ensure that everyone benefits out of it

Support Agniveers after tenure completion: FinMin to PSBs, insurance firms

Post the announcement of the scheme protests have erupted across several states with the Opposition slamming the centre for hastily drawing up the plan

'Election mirage': Mayawati on Centre's move to recruit 10 lakh employees

"Due to wrong policies and working style of the Centre, poverty, inflation, unemployment and devaluation of the Rupee are at an all-time high", Mayawati said in a series of tweets in Hindi.

Employment gains

Employment increased from 402.9 million in April to 404 million in May

Are labour markets overheating? Six charts explain state of employment

The ILO report also highlighted that incomes haven't returned to pre-pandemic levels across most of the world

WEF 2022: Here's what will happen on Day 3 at Davos Annual meeting

The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is taking place in Davos, Switzerland, under the theme, 'working Together, restoring Trust' from May 22 to 26

WEF 2022: More industrial clusters join net-zero transition initiative

The initiative will enable these hubs to accelerate industrial decarbonization, boost job creation and improve competitiveness

A robust industrial recovery

Employment among industrial workers increased further by about a million in the January-April 2022 Wave

WEF 2022: Why a global skills passport can lead us towards a trust economy

As jobs and workers reshuffle, within countries and across them, both employers and jobseekers benefit when they can perfectly match skills to roles

WEF 2022: How digitalisation of industries can improve quality of life

Digital transformation bringing out the best in humans, in collaboration with machines and algorithms.

A true picture of the post-pandemic future

There are very few issues that the report has failed to mention or explore in depth

Yogi govt to provide one job to every farmer family in Uttar Pradesh

The Yogi Adityanath government has set a target to provide at least one employment opportunity to every farmer family in the next five years.

Supply chains flare up again, endangering global economy's recovery

Some observers say now is a good time to focus on different metrics than traditional measures of employment, prices and gross domestic product

TCS, Infosys come to terms with reality of real-time recruiting

The process runs unabated on a loop for large parts of the year, aided by online platforms

RBI launches next round of quarterly survey to assess business sentiment

The survey assesses business sentiment and expectations based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment and the price situation

Taliban hopes to create jobs in Afghanistan with development projects

Afghanistan's Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on Thursday said that efforts are underway to decrease the rate of unemployment in the troubled country by creating employment opportunities