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Best of BS Opinion: US-India defence cooperation, employment rate & more

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

Lockdown hurt, but resilience of jobs in listed companies is remarkable

The 8.5 per cent nominal increase in the wage bill of listed companies was the combined outcome of an increase in employment and a simultaneous increase in the nominal wage rate

Avtar Group launches exclusive job platform for LGBTQ community, veterans

Workplace inclusion expert Avtar Group on Friday launched an exclusive job portal for women, LGBTQ community, physically challenged, millennials and veterans. A first-of-its-kind diversity job portal myAvtar.com will showcase jobs from across companies, which are strong on the diversity and inclusion (D&I) intent, and have an inclusive culture, policies and practices, Avtar said in a statement. The job portal will showcase opportunities for women, LGBTQ community, physically challenged, millennials and veterans, among others. myAvtar.com aims to bring together job opportunities from varied fields for groups of people who are under-represented in the workplaces today. "The Avtar journey has been magnificent because not only did we succeed in creating jobs for more than 50,000 Indian women, but we have also had more than 400 organisations vie with each other to be amongst the best companies for Women in India. "Now, we are taking this excitement one step further with the launch of .

Hiring for freshers improving; likely to continue till end of FY21: Experts

Demand for freshers, which was the hardest hit following the lockdown to curb the spread of Covid, has seen an uptick since June and this trend is likely to continue till the year end, say experts

October saw first fall in employment rate since the recovery began

What is significant is that the process of recovery of jobs that was robust during May, June, July and which slowed down in August and September now has reversed into a fall in employment in October

Tests for recruitment of police constables in the police department postponed

All tests for recruitment of constables, radio technicians and deck-handlers in the police department here have been postponed

Through a crystal ball, darkly

Likely slow economic growth in the medium term will be bad for jobs, social harmony and defence capabilities

Tejashwi Yadav's job promise is a tangible and appealing proposition

Yadav announced in mid-October that if his coalition was voted to power, then he would sanction a million jobs in the very first cabinet meeting of the new government

85 mn human jobs likely to be displaced by machines by 2025: WEF Report

The 'Future of Jobs Report 2020', however, noted that 97 million new roles may emerge that are more adapted to the new division of labour between humans, machines, and algorithms

Urban joblessness up in six states in July-Sept 2019, Gujarat worst hit

Sharpest decline in unemployment rate was seen in Haryana, from 11.5% in April-June 2019 to 7.5% in July-September 2019

Welcome aboard, sort of: How to start new job in 2020 sans physical office

It is not easy - especially for introverts - but aggressive connection-forging will kick off a "virtuous cycle" of being invited onto more and more projects, Brower says

Start-ups offer a chance to network with industry leaders as mentors

Singapore-based Tigerhall, for instance, allows people to become members of an influential group and then depending on their career goals, matches them up with a suitable mentor

As economy slows down, India would need to create 8 mn jobs every year

The real challenge is in raising the labour participation and employment rates

Mahindra Logistics adds over 10,000 seasonal jobs ahead of festive season

Mahindra Logistics on Monday said it has added 10,100 seasonal jobs ahead of the festive season and will retain a significant number of these employees

Singaporeans 'generally agreed' with foreigners' importance in country

Singaporeans generally agreed with the importance of the country, dubbed as Asia's financial hub, remaining open to foreigners competing for jobs, according to a latest survey. About 81 per cent of the people agreed that it is good that Singapore is a hub as it provides good job opportunities for Singaporeans, even if some jobs will go to foreigners, Channel News Asia reported, citing the survey of the government's feedback and engagement unit REACH. Majority of the respondents (63 per cent) strongly agreed or agreed that it is important that Singapore remains open to foreigners while 25 per cent were neutral, and only 10 per cent strongly disagreed or disagreed, said REACH which conducted the survey between August 11-21. The sample was weighted to be demographically representative of the national population in terms of gender, age and race. Respondents who were unemployed were more likely to be neutral on the importance of Singapore remaining open to foreigners, it said. The ...

India can become 2nd largest economy, will add 548,000 jobs: Salesforce

Salesforce is estimated to have market capitalisation of around USD 240 billion

India can be AI hub, policy set-up for tech can spur growth: Chandrasekaran

He said if India is able to solve the problems using AI, then the solutions can spread to developing as well as developed nations

Over 93,500 data science jobs vacant till August in India, finds Study

Over 93,500 data science jobs were vacant in India at the end of August 2020, a study conducted by EdTech company Great Learning said. Despite COVID 19, the enthusiasm and optimism around the analytics function continues to remain high with India contributing 9.8 per cent of the total global analytics job openings in August 2020 compared to 7.2 per cent in January this year, it said. While the sector did witness a decrease in vacancies (from 109,000 vacancies in February to 82,500 vacancies in May 2020), the demand has continued to be fairly consistent across key industry sectors. The factors contributing to the increased demand include a year-on-year increase in funding in Indian analytics startups, investment in the development of enhanced analytics capabilities in India, and a greater proportion of jobs outsourced to firms based in India owing to the pandemic, it added. The current demand is dominated by MNC and domestic IT & KPO organisations that are shifting ..

Hyderabad man arrested for duping friends on pretext of jobs in DRDO

Hyderabad police on Monday arrested a 23-year-old man, who allegedly cheated youths on the pretext of offering them jobs in the Defence Research and Development Organisation

Goa govt to lift ban on new jobs from January 2021: CM Pramod Sawant

The Goa government will lift its ban on new recruitments from next January, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday.