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Blocking and chaining resume fraud

A mini-industry has come up to manage employee background checks. Studies indicate that one in five resumes have information discrepancy that is serious enough to be considered a fraud

Stage set for Indian small biz to build global brands: Amazon's Broussard

As work from home became the new normal due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Broussard said thousands of our e-commerce sellers from India played a key role in serving customers globally during this period.

Lockdowns again: Migrant crisis to job cuts, fear has come back too soon

The lockdown will hurt urban employment in April or beyond

Modi needs to learn self-sufficiency won't put food on the table, jobs will

The more Modi tries to relegate Nehru to the back pages of history, the more the first prime minister leaps out

US private sector adds 517,000 jobs in March on labour market recovery

Private companies slashed roughly 20 million jobs in March and April last year amid Covid-19 shutdowns

India's biz reputation at risk as states push laws to make firms hire local

Millions of jobs were lost during last year's nationwide lockdown, dealing a blow to govt's promise of generating adequate employment for the world's youngest and biggest workforce

Best of BS Opinion: The missing foreign bogey, income volatility, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Income volatility: The new gorilla in the room

The consumption problem is one of high volatility in incomes

Labour ministry to come up with quarterly job survey on organised sector

One on unorganised sector to come by April; four more surveys to follow

Rohtak firm goes to HC against Haryana law reserving pvt jobs for locals

Govt step is against the constitution says, petition likely to be heard next week

Reservations about quotas

They can be self-defeating in the new economic paradigm

Haryana's myopic law

The impact of jobs for locals will not be limited to the state

Return to a declining gradient

The small fall in the unemployed we see does not imply that more people got employment

The skills India needs

Excessive centralisation of skilling programmes may hinder the ability of training institutions to effectively respond to Indian market requirements

Net payroll addition cruises after falling for two months, shows data

Net payroll addition rose to 12.5 trillion in December from 8.7 trillion in the previous month

Launch urban employment guarantee scheme, Jean Dreze tells Centre

Drze said and explained that under the scheme the government should issue job stamps to the employers instead of providing funds in cash in order to eliminate corruption in the form of ghost employee

How will we give jobs? PM Modi's strong pitch for privatisation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed on the private sector's vital role in the economy and asserted that the culture of 'abusing' it for votes is no longer acceptable. If the public sector is important, the role of the private sector is also vital, he said during his reply in Lok Sabha to the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's address. Watch the video for more.

India to see marginal hike in average salary to 6.4% in 2021: Survey

Salaries in India are projected to rise by an average of 6.4 per cent in 2021, marginally higher than the average actual increase of 5.9 per cent in 2020, according to a Willis Towers Watson survey. According to Willis Towers Watson's latest Salary Budget Planning Survey report, an average salary increase of 6.4 per cent in 2021 translates to a median increase of 7 per cent. "As companies in India respond to the economic implications of the COVID-19 crisis, there is an increased optimism on business recovery, but it is yet to translate into the salary increment budget," said Rajul Mathur, Consulting Head Talent & Rewards, Willis Towers Watson India. Mathur further said that with compensation budgets lower than previous years, companies are likely to prioritise allocation towards protecting critical and high skilled talent. "Through 2021, we can continue to expect greater emphasis on pay for performance and pay linked to business output," Mathur said. As per the survey, on ...

Europe hiring by IT firms set to go up with deal wins on the rise

TCS to hire 1,500 employees in UK; with large deals coming from Europe headcount will go up, say analyst

Job postings in cybersecurity domain rise 16% in January: Report

As more and more companies have adopted online medium of doing business, there is a spurt in job postings for cybersecurity domain rising 16 per cent y-o-y in January, according to a report.