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Jobs for youngsters dwindle in slowing economy hit by Covid-19, lockdown

Slowly, the age profile of the workforce is shifting towards the relatively old workers

Top headlines: Digital shoppers for sales turnaround; Jobs market dwindle

From firms eyeing sales turnaround with digital shoppers to Airtel is stretching frontiers of competition, here are top headlines of the day

Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre on unemployment, says '1 job, 1000 unemployed'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi again targeted the Central government over the issue of unemployment, asking what has been done to the country as there is "1 job and 1000 people are unemployed".

How national recruitment agency will help both employers, job seekers

Overall cost for both will come down but financial health of entities will lead to fewer new recruitment

Job losses among salaried employees likely to get worse: CMIE's Mahesh Vyas

The number of salaried people who have lost their jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic has now surged to 18.9 million

Apart from benefit hike, recent ESIC move to make jobless claims easier too

Relief would be given after 30 days of unemployment as against 90 days at present; no burden on exchequer as ESIC has surplus funds

How to use Google Kormo Android app, Google Pay Spot to find jobs in India

The Jobs was originally piloted in Bangladesh and subsequently launched in Indonesia, under the brand Kormo Jobs. The platform is now available in India, too

Madhya Pradesh becomes first state to offer govt jobs on basis of NRA score

The decision will allow job-seekers take one common test and save costs and time spent on writing multiple exams, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar had said

The jobs gloom

Increasing informal labour could affect growth

6.1 million youth may lose jobs in India due to Covid-19: ADB-ILO report

Unemployment rate in the country will rise to a staggering 32.5 per cent, but will be higher in Sri Lanka at 37.8 per cent

Loss of urban salaried jobs likely to have debilitating impact on economy

While informal jobs have returned, and even increased after being hit by the lockdown, formal jobs have not

Telangana clears draft policy giving preference to locals for employment

The state Cabinet approved the draft policy under which the majority share of employment would be given to the local residents in industries that are established in Telangana

Uber to hire 140 more engineers for Indian tech teams to expand products

These expansion plans are in line with itss vision to make mobility and delivery more accessible, and to become the backbone of transportation in thousands of cities across the globe, the company said

Tamil Nadu signs MoUs worth Rs 5,137 crore, to create over 6,000 jobs

The companies that signed MoUs include Adani Enterprises (Rs 2,300 crore), Visteon (Rs 500 crore) and Airflow Equipments (Rs 320 crore), among others

Infosys forms consortium to offer training, help job seekers in US

The consortium will leverage Infosys Wingspan and pymetrics' AI-based talent-matching platform to meet reskilling and employment needs raised by the Covid-19 crisis in America

Job growth to good kharif crop, a new equilibrium seems to be setting in

Labour participation picked up smartly in the week ended July 19. At 41.7% it was heads and shoulders above the 40.4% recorded during the preceding two weeks

EPFO records 318,000 new enrolments in May amid Covid-19-induced lockdown

Provisional payroll data released by the EPFO last month showed that net new enrolments stood at 133,000 in April this year

Covid-19 has plunged working world into 'unprecedented crisis': ILO

The outlook for the global labour market in the second half of 2020 is "highly uncertain" and the forecast recovery will not be enough for employment to return to pre-Covid levels this year, ILO said

Signs of fatigue in labour recovery

Data shows the worst is over and we are likely to settle at an unemployment rate which would be only slightly higher than the rates witnessed before the lockdown

Haryana Cabinet clears Ordinance to give 75% private jobs to locals

The proposed move can have wider implications due to a large number of MNCs and Indian corporates being based in Gurgaon and other NCR cities falling within the state.