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Singapore govt lauds foreign talent policy as Oppn targets India

Singapore could lose good investments and jobs if it imposes tighter restrictions on global companies' ability to employ the talent they need, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday

Almost 60% Indian professionals looking for new jobs due to Covid: Survey

At least two of three jobseekers are looking to switch industries as a result of the pandemic: Amazon Job Seeker Insight.

BS Views of the Week: Why has India's growth slowed and how to create jobs

From explaining why India's economic growth has been down to a crawl in recent years to how the government can create jobs in urban India, here's what Business Standard columnists and editorials had to say this week.

Fraudulent practice to gain employment can't be permitted by court: SC

Fraudulent practice to gain public employment cannot be permitted by a court of law as the abuse of legitimate process would mean deprivation of job benefits to rightful beneficiaries

From farms to the kitchen sink

Excess or seasonal labour released from agriculture usually finds its way to construction sites. In the circumstances labour seems to have found employment in the household sector

Hiring activity in India on steady recovery: LinkedIn India report

Hiring activity in India has been on a steady recovery and the hiring rate in July this year was around 65 per cent above the pre-COVID level, a report said. According to the LinkedIn India Labour Market Update (July 2021), there was a deepening hiring dip in April 2021, corresponding to the second wave of COVID-19 cases in India. Since then, it has been recovering steadily. Compared to the pre-COVID levels in 2019, the hiring rate was 35 per cent higher at the end of May 2021, 42 per cent higher at the end of June 2021, and now 65 per cent higher at the end of July 2021, it said. Hiring rate is a measure of hires divided by LinkedIn membership. This analysis looks at the changes in hiring rate between the month under review and the same month in 2019. "As large sectors such as IT, manufacturing, and hardware begin to ramp up hiring after a year of hiring freezes, we are hopeful that hiring will continue to grow," the report said. It said hiring has been on a steady recovery, lar

Amazon to host first-ever Career Day in India, over 8,000 direct jobs ready

140 Amazon recruiters will offer over 2,000 one-on-one career coaching sessions for interested participants to help grow in their careers at the company or elsewhere

MGNREGA work demand up: 77% of budget used up in five months

Of the budgeted Rs 73,000 crore for the Centre's flagship scheme, around Rs 55,915.31 crore has already been exhausted in the first five months of FY22

Sticky, low consumer sentiments could spoil recovery

The persistence of poor consumer sentiments has ramifications on the sustainability of India's recovery from the sharp fall in 2020-21

'Interest for veterinary jobs, postings for food and retail sectors spike'

Overall hiring has touched pre-pandemic level

Hiring activity in India touches pre-pandemic level, says report

The overall economic activity has shown signs of improvement, and for the first time in months, hiring activity in India is at a pre-pandemic level, according to a report by jobsite Indeed on Monday.

NeST Group launches digital service, plans to create 1,000 jobs

The NeST group of companies on Friday announced the launch of NeST Digital, its formal re-entry into the digital engineering services sector, and said it will create 1000 jobs

Hiring activity witnesses 4% sequential growth in July: Report

Hiring activity witnessed an overall 4 per cent sequential growth in July and the uptick was mainly spread across metros, according to a report

Campuses see jump in dream, super-dream job offers in post-pandemic hiring

Overall annual average salary packages have nearly doubled at some of the campuses

EPFO adds 1.283 million members in June amid Covid-19

Retirement fund body EPFO recorded net new enrolments of 12.83 lakh in June, giving an employment perspective in the country.

Post-lockdown resignation intentions on the rise as job markets recover

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Having hunkered down at home and clung on to his job through the 2020 lockdowns, Dutch IT worker Benito Castillion is now on the hunt for a career-enhancing move - and it's a shift of perspective he shares with millions of white-collar staff worldwide.

Kerala to create 2 mn quality jobs in five years through a govt mission

Kerala will create 20 lakh quality jobs in the next five years through an ambitious mission, a senior state government official has said

Flipkart adds new facilities in Maharashtra, to create 4,000 jobs

Spread across nearly 7 lakh square feet, new facilities will create over 4,000 direct and indirect job opportunities and also support pan-India market access for thousands of local sellers and MSMEs

Women work in jobs of poorer quality with wide income variability

Women tend to be concentrated in manufacturing of apparels and textiles and in services like education and health, while men are concentrated in the trade and hotels sector

Modi promises infra boost, jobs, reforms in Independence Day speech

In a speech marking a break from his usual practice, Modi speaks about how future PMs would judge him and his place in history.