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Bangalore emerges as top city in intent of hiring for 2nd quarter: Report

Driven by growth in IT, ecommerce, FMCG and other allied sectors, Bangalore has emerged as the top city with the highest intent to hire in the second quarter followed by Chennai and Mumbai, according to a report. In the July to September quarter, according to the TeamLease Employment Outlook Report, 95 per cent of employers expressed the intent to hire more, compared to 91 per cent in the April-June quarter. From a pan-India perspective, 61 per cent of employers surveyed were keen to hire during the period, a 7 percentage point increase over last quarter, it added. In Bangalore, both manufacturing and services have shown positive intent to hire, the report stated. In the manufacturing sector, leading industries were FMCG (48 per cent), healthcare and pharmaceuticals (43 per cent), manufacturing, engineering and infrastructure (38 per cent), power and energy (34 per cent) and agriculture and agrochemicals (30 per cent), it revealed. From the services sector perspective, leading ...

Number of companies looking for freshers to triple in H2CY22, shows data

The study, which analyses freshers' hiring sentiment, covers 865 companies across 18 industries and 14 locations

NLMC to hire company secretary as it preps for commencing operations

SPV is tasked to monetise 3,479 acres surplus land of state-owned firms

Lifestyle & grocery retailers reverse FY21 trend, hire over 180,000 people

The total number of employees in eight of the top retailers in India went up 57 per cent to 4,90,000 in FY22, with Reliance Retail hiring the most number of people at 1,61,000

No signs of slowdown in attrition at TCS; firm says it has enough hands

TCS which had shared in Q4 of FY22 the hiring target of 40,000 for FY23, said the target remains

India Inc hiring intent up 7% in September quarter: TeamLease report

Indian firms top on this metric among major global markets; intent to hire at 64% in Sept quarter, up from 54% in previous three-month period; could touch 70% in next few quarters

Demand for CXOs doubles as companies race to hire top executives: Report

The firms are also hiring more leaders at top roles as companies are also reportedly weeding out CXOs who did not meet their performance targets

IT, technology lead July-Sept 2022 hiring outlook: ManpowerGroup Survey

Record high hiring outlook of 51% in eight years

India Inc's hiring outlook for Jul-Sep most optimistic in 8 yrs: Survey

India's job market looks optimistic with 63% of companies planning to add more staff in next three months, in a bid to speed up the recovery process and sustain the economic growth, a survey said

Hiring boom begins in India as Covid infections decrease; economy reopens

India Inc will hire 5% more people in the April-June period compared to the Q1 this year, a new report showed, as Covid infections decrease amid reopening of industries across the spectrum

Upskilling, reskilling of workforce topmost priority for India HR: Study

Mercer's 2022 Global Talent Trends study highlights that difficulty in hiring the right talent, at the right price, and in time remains a top concern in 2022

Hiring activity up 6% in March on improving economic scene: Monster report

However, there was a marginal dip of 2.4% in hiring activity as compared to February, owing to the appraisal season, according to the Monster Employment Index

Indian companies report optimistic hiring outlook for Apr-Jun qtr: Survey

Employers in India continue to report bullish hiring outlook for the April-June quarter, with 38 per cent of companies planning to add more staff in the next three months, a survey said

Hiring activity witnesses 3% uptick with end of third Covid wave: Report

Demand for talent surged seven per cent year-on-year in February 2022, according to a report by the Monster Employment Index

Hiring will not be impacted by any new coronavirus variant: Survey

The survey showed that over 69 per cent respondents are not anticipating a rise in job insecurity with the advent of the new variant

Cognizant expects to make offers to 45,000 new graduates in India in Q4

IT companies like Infosys and Wipro are witnessing high attrition numbers

Hiring activity in India on steady recovery: LinkedIn India report

Hiring activity in India has been on a steady recovery and the hiring rate in July this year was around 65 per cent above the pre-COVID level, a report said. According to the LinkedIn India Labour Market Update (July 2021), there was a deepening hiring dip in April 2021, corresponding to the second wave of COVID-19 cases in India. Since then, it has been recovering steadily. Compared to the pre-COVID levels in 2019, the hiring rate was 35 per cent higher at the end of May 2021, 42 per cent higher at the end of June 2021, and now 65 per cent higher at the end of July 2021, it said. Hiring rate is a measure of hires divided by LinkedIn membership. This analysis looks at the changes in hiring rate between the month under review and the same month in 2019. "As large sectors such as IT, manufacturing, and hardware begin to ramp up hiring after a year of hiring freezes, we are hopeful that hiring will continue to grow," the report said. It said hiring has been on a steady recovery, lar

PwC India to invest Rs 1,600 crore, create 10,000 more job opportunities

A large proportion of these jobs will come in the areas of digital, cloud, cyber, analytics and emerging technologies.

Hiring gets AI power, but its scope is limited for blue collar employees

Technology can also help with some very practical solutions to know a candidate during remote hiring.

Hiring received booster dose in January-March period in India: Report

About 90 per cent of the large organisations stepped up their hiring: report