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Education & jobs for autistics: Laws exist but is there enough compassion?

Few schools are equipped to cater to children with ASD, spawning a set of educators called 'shadow teachers'. Some parents are even home-schooling to keep their wards career ready

Employers favour administrative labour reforms over legislative ones

Report reveals that just 20% of fixed-term employment contracts are renewed

Virtual reality jobs die down at Meta, Google amid hiring freeze: Report

The VR job postings have also slowed down at other Big Tech companies like Apple and Google amid the hiring frezz and layoff season owing to the global economic meltdown, according to Revelio labs

Attrition to remain high as millennials demand better pay, promotion: PwC

Most employees in India may not return to offices yet and are more inclined towards the remote and hybrid work model, shows PwC survey

Over 59% employers keen on hiring freshers in July-December 2022: Report

Over 59 per cent of employers in India are keen on hiring freshers during the second half of 2022, 12 per cent more than the first half of this year, according to a report

Here's why doing less at work could be good for you - and your employer

Quiet quitting: why doing less at work could be good for you and your employer

2 mn jobs for Bihar youth: CM Nitish's Independence Day announcement

After hoisting the national flag at the historic Gandhi Maidan here, Kumar addressed the gathering and said that he was 'wishing not only to give 10 lakh jobs but he wants to double the number'.

Train yourself to avoid redundancy due to technology: Pradhan to youths

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan called upon young people to skill themselves to meet challenges that will come with the change in technology rendering several current jobs redundant.

Need to address gap due to India's jobless growth, says Anand Mahindra

On inflation, he said that though it's a concern from the business angle, it can nevertheless provide a minimum threshold of returns on productive assets

Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad taps Bharat to help learners get govt jobs

upGrad is planning to expand its operations in rural India with various programmes including upskilling the talent present there for job opportunities in the private sector

Avenue Supermarts to Bata India: Retailers are now hiring, but on contract

According to a TeamLease report for the quarter, the intent to hire in retail is higher in the June-September quarter than the April-June period

Dubai's metaverse plan targets 40,000 virtual jobs in next five years

Government aims to develop global standards in building safe and secure platforms for users and develop infrastructure and regulations to accelerate adoption of these technologies, WAM news said

Future imperfect

The gradual loss of momentum of growth in sentiments can be traced to the deterioration in consumer expectations from the future

Jobs for 18-21 age group not so easy to get any more, shows data

A quarter would be retained for regular service. For this year, the upper age limit has been increased to 23

Vulnerable jobs

While about 13 million lost jobs during the month, the count of the unemployed increased by only 3 million

Whither the middle class?

How to arrest a worldwide decline

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

Few vacancies, delayed appointments: Why ex-servicemen fail to find jobs

The data shows that absorbing the first batch of 34,500 retired Agniveers in 2026 will require additional vacancies

Disparate and slow recovery of sentiments

Consumer sentiments have been recovering, but at a very slow pace. Worse still, this recovery has been decelerating in recent months. Further, this recovery is skewed in favour of the rich

Size of India's gig economy, the challenges it faces and possible remedies

While the tribe of contractual workers is growing rapidly, many of the challenges they have been facing remain unaddressed