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Personality test mandatory for Group-1 job aspirants in Andhra Pradesh

Job aspirants, particularly those seeking to get into executive cadre posts, will have to undergo a personality test as the Andhra Pradesh government rescinded its previous order dispensing with personal interviews. In June 2021, the state government issued an order dispensing with personal interviews for recruitment of staff, calling it a "historic decision" aimed at maintaining "utmost transparency" and ensuring "complete trust" in the recruitment process for government jobs. Recruitment for all categories of government posts was supposed to be done only based on a written examination. But it has now reversed its policy, to do away with the transparent process and bring back the old system, albeit with a new nomenclature called 'personality test.' "The government, after careful consideration of the matter, hereby restores the personality test for higher level posts of Group-1 services for recruiting suitable and meritorious candidates for effective and efficient delivery of publi

ED initiates probe against Chinese app that 'cheated' job seekers

The ED has initiated a probe against a Chinese "controlled" mobile app that allegedly duped a number of youngsters in lieu of providing them part-time jobs that included "liking" and uploading celebrity videos on social media platforms. The federal agency said on Monday it has raided at least 12 entities in Bengaluru that are linked to the app -- 'Keepsharer' -- following which it seized funds worth Rs 5.85 crore. The probe found that "gullible public, mostly youth, were cheated by some Chinese persons through a mobile app namely Keepsharer which promised them to give part-time job and collected money from them", the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in a statement. The Chinese formed companies here and recruited several Indians as directors, translators (Mandarin to English and vice-versa), HR managers and tele-callers, the ED said. "They obtained the documents of Indians and opened bank accounts. The accused Chinese persons developed the app and started its advertisement through

Bengaluru most promising for job seekers in services sector: Report

According to the 'Employment Outlook Report' by TeamLease Services, 61 per cent of employers of India Inc. were keen to hire during the period, growing by 7 per cent compared to last quarter

'You Day' to gym reimbursements: Jobseekers make most of sellers' market

Recruiters say recruits are leveraging talent crunch to demand flexible work and high salaries

Millions of Indians exiting labour force no longer looking for jobs: CMIE

Now, more than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age -- roughly the population of the US and Russia combined -- don't want a job, according to the CMIE

Strong rebound in India's job market post pandemic, says Apna report

Beauty, wellness industry sees huge increase in openings in the March quarter; highest momentum in logistics, IT

22 held for duping job seekers of over Rs 1.25 cr: Gurugram police

Detailing the modus operandi of duping people by the fake call centre, Sangwan said the accused ran a fake website called placement.com

Delhi govt to launch upgraded version of Rozgar Bazaar portal by mid-July

The artificial intelligence-based Rozgar Bazaar 2.0 portal will be equipped with several new features like upskilling and career guidance job-seekers

Sunny days await job seekers as economic recovery hopes energise companies

The pandemic, which hit the country hard in early 2020, adversely impacted the job market, both formal and informal segments, in most sectors.

Sabeer Bhatia back in business with 'social video platform' for job seekers

Hotmail co-founder launches ShowReel, a purpose-driven social video platform that will match job seekers with companies looking for talent

Urban Indians prefer job guarantee over cash handouts, says LSE study

Even most of those who had received cash handouts in the wake of the pandemic preferred having job protection.

Want our students to be 'job providers, not job seekers': Sisodia

My dream for India is that the students who graduate from our universities should become entrepreneurs and create employment opportunities, Sisodia said

Haryana govt rolls out one-time registration portal for job aspirants

With the launch of the portal, the candidates will be required to apply and submit fees on the portal only once, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

Naukri.com report shows hiring activity in IT sector picked up in September

Top roles that recruiters were hiring for included software developer, tech lead, tech architect, among others

India will need to find jobs for additional 90 mn, says McKinsey report

The figures do not include 55 million women who may come back to the labour force to "partially correct the historical underrepresentation"

Job seekers confident about career progression as economy reboots: Survey

The LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index showed a modest increase in India's overall workforce confidence, with a composite score of (+) 50, up from (+) 48 in June 1-14.

PM suggests creating area-wise skill database to help firms, job-seekers

The Prime Minister said a time will come when people want to do a job in the areas near their houses

Indian job seekers slowly losing interest in opportunities in US: Report

The downward trend predates impacts of Covid-19, and corresponds instead with uncertainty around and tightening of the US immigration policy

27.2 mn male, 15.6 mn female registered job seekers in the country: Govt

Santosh Gangwar said employment exchanges are being managed by the respective state governments in the country and there are five employment exchanges which are exclusively for women job seekers

JPSC Assistant Engineer recruitment 2019: Apply for 637 posts; full details

The online application for JPSC Assistant Engineer began on October 15. Apply for 637 Assistant Engineer posts on or before November 11, 2019. Login to jpsc.giv.in for more details