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New opportunities to absorb 50% sacked IT employees: Survey
Most layoffs are taking place in segments like IT infra support, testing and software development
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Amid IT lay-offs, firms step in to offer emotional support, counselling
With the recent IT layoffs taking a toll on mental wellbeing of professionals, startups and talent acquisition firms are stepping in to offer much needed respite in terms of counselling and career guidance, apart from providing key linkages. Finding an increasing pool of professionals being dismissed, especially in the information technology (IT) sector, start-ups and others are improvising to offer emotional support and career guidance. For instance, Bengaluru-based YourDOST, founded by IIT and NIT graduates Richa Singh and Puneet Manuja, is launching a 'Fired to Fired Up' campaign for laid-off IT employees. It will be offering free counselling services on its platforms in the initial period.Similarly, staffing and talent acquisition firms Collabera and Head Hunters are assisting with career mapping and a bit more."We have been seeing people laid off from IT jobs seeking not only new jobs but also some emotional support or counselling. But, are shy to approach psychologists. For ..
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Karnataka minister tries balancing act between IT industry & laid-off staff
Priyank Kharge says he also needs to consider employers' side of story, calls for re-skilling staff
Stop the illegal layoffs in this crucial industry, urge IT sector employees
The Forum for IT Employees claimed 56,000 layoffs across the country
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IT layoffs: Will intervene, Karnataka minister assures employees' forum
Karnataka IT minister Priyank Kharge said the State Government could intervene to solve issues between employees' forum and IT companies. "We will help them understand the State laws. I have told them to come together instead of multiple associations approaching me and know the existing laws and then we can call industry players and have a way out. I cannot have lopsided policy. There should be conducive environment for both investment and employment," said Kharge here after the Bengaluru chapter of Forum for IT Employees (FITE). The forum has sought Karnataka IT minister's intervention to "set up an inquiry" on "the effect of layoffs on IT women employees" and said the women employees in different IT services firms are "easy targets" for "forceful resignations". Members of this forum submitted a letter to the minister with five key demand and claimed that companies were using "under-performance" as an excuse for "layoffs". The forum also demanded that the IT services industry's .
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Amid IT layoffs, engineering colleges shift focus to skilling
PSG College of Technology has invited IT firms and external agencies to conduct training
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IT woes: FITE files petition against Wipro for 'forcing' techies to resign
FITE has already approached labour commissions in Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune
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IT job cuts: Infosys founder Narayana Murthy saddened by recent layoffs
Murthy, however, did not elaborate on the matter
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