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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.

Flipkart adds 4 supply chain facilities in Guj, create over 5,000 jobs

The new facilities are located in Ahmedabad and Surat

UST to hire 10,000 people globally in 2021 to meet digital skills demand

California-based company has more than 26,000 employees and 35 offices in 25 countries.

UST plans to hire over 10,000 people globally in 2021, including in India

Digital transformation solutions company UST on Tuesday said its plans to hire over 10,000 new employees globally this year, including in India

Unemployment rate rose to 13.3% in July-September 2020: NSO survey

Unemployment rate rose to 13.3 per cent in July-September 2020 as compared to 8.4 per cent in the year-ago period, according to a periodic labour force survey by the National Statistical Office

Major lenders should introduce job-oriented banking courses: Amit Mitra

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Thursday said major lenders in the country should consider rolling out job-oriented courses

Behind the numbers

India's policymakers need more timely unemployment data

Engineers among 8,000 applicants for 6 'dom' posts at Kolkata morgue

Engineers, graduates and postgraduates were among 8,000 people who have applied for six posts of laboratory assistants

Over 600,000 direct, indirect jobs generated by 22 mega food parks: Govt

More than 600,000 direct and indirect employment has been generated through the 22 operational Mega Food Parks, said Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel

Covid-19 pandemic: Tales of migrant workers betray a year of woes

Their lives thrown into disarray, they struggle with lack of aid, jobs and vaccine

Microsoft in talks with Telangana to set up Rs 15,000-crore data centre

According to sources in the state government, the company has zeroed in on a land parcel near Hyderabad for the facility

Post-Brexit, India records highest growth for UK job clicks: Indeed

India posted the highest growth of 25 percentage points in terms of shares of clicks for jobs in the UK

Hiring activity witnesses uptick in June for most sectors, says report

Although, hiring in the telecom sector has declined by 8 per cent in June compared to May this year

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Disproportionate fall in urban male jobs

Arguably, urban male jobs are the better quality jobs and their disproportionate loss could imply a greater fall in income than witnessed so far