Page 24 - Jobs

Thousands of aviation jobs up for grabs as Singapore races to recruit

Over 6,600 jobs are available at the Singapore's airport, which is often voted the world's best

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

Urban job scheme: How 6 states do it, what is needed to make it work

A council advising the Prime Minister recommends securing employment for the urban poor.

IT sector will create one crore jobs by 2025-26: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Speaking at a press conference here, the minister of state for Electronics and Information Technology said the IT sector has created 10 lakh new jobs in the country this year so far

SSC JE final result 2020 declared, here is how to track performance

Out of the total candidates who appeared for the document verification process, 800 candidates recommended for appointment.

4.8 million jobs lost in Ukraine since start of conflict: ILO study

If the fighting was to cease immediately a rapid recovery would be possible, with the return of 3.4 million jobs, Xinhua news agency reported

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

India must boost credit, labour to raise growth potential, says IMF

"We had lost two years of growth" because of the pandemic, Choueiri said in a separate interview Friday with Bloomberg Television's Kathleen Hays. "There is still catch up growth happening in India."

Delhi govt unveils blueprint of its five-year plan to generate 2 mn jobs

In the meeting, Kejriwal said 2 million jobs in five years is perhaps a first-of-its-kind experiment in the budget-making exercise

India job market sees 18.4% headcount growth across key sectors: Report

The overall movement from the previous year has been positive, with several industries showing progress in growing headcount, the report noted

Job postings continue to grow, exceed pre-Covid levels: Report

Led by demand in the technology sector, job postings in India have exceeded the pre-Covid levels since September 2021 and witnessed a 30.8 per cent growth by the end of March 2022 from February 2020

Govt to create 4 mn jobs in four years, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala is set to become a knowledge community and jobs for qualified youngsters should be created in our own state

P&O Ferries boss acknowledges breaking rules in mass firings

The head of a Dubai government-owned ferry operator at the centre of a bitter labour dispute in the UK acknowledged on Thursday that the firm should have consulted with workers before firing 786 crew members but chose not to because it knew labour unions would never agree to the company's plans. P & O Ferries Chief Executive Peter Hebblethwaite made the comments under repeated questions from lawmakers who characterised the company's actions as a willful decision to break UK labour law. Hebblethwaite said the company was offering workers generous compensation after firing them without notice last week. The company, which operates in Britain and is owned by a subsidiary of Dubai company DP World, dismissed the workers as part of a restructuring plan needed to save the business. The fired workers will be replaced by cheaper staff provided by a third-party crew provider. We assessed that given the fundamental nature of change, no union could accept it and therefore we chose not to ...

Indians surpass US job seekers for Canadian job postings: Indeed

STEM-related postings get higher shares of interest from outside of Canada than other fields, led by software development, which this February received 22% of clicks from outside Canada

Coronavirus pandemic erased over 9 mn jobs in Southeast Asia, says ADB

This pushed 4.7 million people to extreme poverty last year, measured as living on less that $1.90 a day, the ADB said in a report

India's big problem

Unemployment continues to worry

Karnataka govt launches programme to provide 5 lakh jobs to women

Minister of Higher Education, Electronics, IT-BT, S & T and Skill Development Dr C N Aswath Narayan on Tuesday launched Women@Work (W@W) programme with an aim to provide five lakh jobs within 2026 to women with necessary employable skills.Participating in an event organised by Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) in association with KTECH and Karnataka Skill Development Corporation to mark the Women's Day celebrations, the minister launched the new initiative that was also held as part of the Karnataka digital economy mission programme.Ashwin D Gowda, MD, Karnataka State Skills Development Corporation, KDEM Chairman B V Naidu, CEO Sanjeev Gupta, and Ramkumar Narayanan of VMware among others were also present.Speaking on the occasion, Dr Aswath Narayan said women who will be imparted training in specialized skills will become employable in the next five years which will go a long way in contributing to the country's GDP growth.Dr Narayan said as part of the Women@Work ...

Hiring activities witness 31% increase in February: Report

Hiring activity witnessed a 31 per cent increase in February as multiple sectors recorded strong growth compared to the previous year, according to a report.

What do the unemployed do?

The delinking of activities from employment status allows a better understanding of what the unemployed do, or as CPHS informs us, what is the nature of occupation of the unemployed

Facing the job problem

Rajasthan's urban job programme might be difficult to implement