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US weekly jobless claims unchanged as market continues to gradually ease

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits held at a seasonally adjusted 217,000 for the week ended March 2, the Labor Department said on Thursday

Lok Sabha polls: Congress unveils 5 guarantees to woo youth in poll promise

A Congress government will guarantee a "bharti bharosa" to the youth, where the Centre will take steps to fill three million vacant government jobs

Textile unit invests Rs 120 crore in Kathua, to employ 650 youths

Bloomtex Industries is one of the industrial units that has set up their unit in SIDCO, the new industrial estate at Kathua's Bhagthali

Fresh formal jobs created last year fell nearly 10%, shows EPFO data

EPFO data shows 10.78 mn new users joined compared to 11.93 mn in 2022

How to make your resume stand out in the AI era? Here's what you can do

In this AI era, employees across the world are leveraging new techniques to upgrade their resumes. Here's how you can stand out your resume in this digital era

White-collar hiring falls 11% annually in Jan, up 1% sequentially : Report

Hiring of white-collar workers fell 11 per cent on an annual basis in January, while it sequentially rose 1 per cent during the same period, a report said on Tuesday. On a year-on-year basis, the overall hiring in the IT sector declined 19 per cent in January this year. However, healthcare, hospitality and FMCG witnessed annual job growth last month in an otherwise cautious market, according to Naukri JobSpeak Index. The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly index representing the state of the Indian job market and hiring activity based on new job listings and job-related searches by recruiters on the resume database of Naukri.com. As per the report, hiring for niche AI-related roles such as machine learning engineer and full stack AI scientist jumped 46 per cent and 23 per cent, respectively, year-on-year. On an annual basis, hiring in the healthcare sector rose 7 per cent in January with maximum increase in demand for administrative roles. Recruitment in the travel and hospitality sector

Job market blues echo in the corridors of India's leading B-schools

Debashis Chatterjee, director, IIM-K, said that they recognise a downturn in the market, but there is no panic in the institute because there was a steady absorption of its students

US job openings unexpectedly rise by 101,000 to 9.026 million in December

Data for November was revised higher to show 8.925 million unfilled positions instead of the previously reported 8.79 million. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 8.75 mn job openings in Nov

ED questions Lalu Prasad for 9 hours, daughter Misa says 'PM is scared'

A large number of RJD workers were present after the RJD supremo came out of the probe agency's office in Patna

PLI scheme spurs Rs 1.03 trillion investment; boosts exports, jobs

While the incentive disbursement to companies participating in the scheme was Rs 4,415 crore as of now, the payout as of September was Rs 1,541 crore

Govt to announce appointment of new Trai chairperson by month-end: Sources

In the absence of a full-time chairman, important decisions such as whether satellite spectrum would be auctioned in India or allocated administratively remain pending

LinkedIn COO shares tips to get a job in the age of Artificial intelligence

Daniel Shapero, LinkedIn's COO, shared his tips about getting jobs in the era of AI. Here's the advice he has for you

Will exceed target of creating 1 million govt jobs in Bihar: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asserted that his government was looking forward to not just achieving but "exceeding" the target of creating 10 lakh government jobs in the state. Speaking at a function organised here for the distribution of appointment letters to newly recruited teachers, Kumar said his government provided appointment letters to 96,823 newly recruited teachers at all district headquarters in the state during the day. "Here at Gandhi Maidan, a total of 26,935 newly recruited teachers are getting their appointment letters. We have so far provided government jobs to 3.63 lakh people in the state," he claimed. "We will soon achieve the target of providing 10 lakh government jobs to youths of the state. Let me make it very clear that we will not just achieve the target but exceed it... the state government is working in that direction," the CM said. Besides, five lakh employment opportunities have been created for the state's youths, and around 3.68 lakh

HCLTech appoints Bhavani Balasubramanian as independent director

Bhavani is a chartered accountant by qualification with over four decades of experience in auditing a variety of clients

Q3 results: TCS, Infosys headcount fall continues; over 11,000 exit

The fall in headcount is a serious issue for the sector as well as for engineering graduates, as both these firms are the largest recruiters from campuses

Top 10 essential tips for landing your dream job, check strategies below

Finding a good job can be a hectic process for you. It can be very difficult especially with the current highly competitive environment. Here are the 10 essential tips for you to land your dream job

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India needs to optimise capital allocation for enhanced employment opportunities

Push to safeguard Paris Olympics promises of jobs, new starts after riots

With a name that doesn't ring old-school French like Jean, Pierre or Jacques, and a home address in a tough suburb of Paris where riots flared, Salah Benkadmir is discovering how hard it can be to make prospective employers in France see beyond their prejudices. Despite having a high school diploma in sales and work experience as a vendor on his resume, the 19-year-old job seeker says that when he sends it to stores making hires, often no one calls him back. I feel like I've got a label stuck to me. It is very unpleasant," he says. But with the Olympic Games soon to hit Paris, Benkadmir thinks his fortunes may be about to improve. Organizers urgently need thousands of security guards to help keep athletes and spectators safe and reduce the likelihood of another deadly extremist attack in the French capital. Demand for people at checkpoints, to scan tickets and help manage crowds is so great that France's state employment agency is offering free and expedited security guard training

Assam invites applications for over 10000 vacancies in education sector

The education ministry of Assam releases an advertisement for about 14,223 school teacher posts across the state. Assam CM says state creating over 1 lakh jobs in the sector

From Microsoft to Ola: IIT Delhi's 2024 batch gets 1,050 offers in phase 1

The healthy job offer numbers come at a time when experts have been cautioning about the slowdown in the IT sector