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July 2024 sees drop in white collar job vacancies, back to 2023 figures

The number of active job openings in July reflected a 4 per cent decline from July 2023 and a 10 per cent drop from July 2021, particularly in roles requiring one or more years of experience

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No quick fixes for India's jobs crisis

If policymakers pay attention to the needs of the country and act on them, the outcomes will be visible a decade from now-but doing nothing is not an option

India's youth are in demand for employment in world: LS speaker Om Birla

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said that India's youth are in demand for employment in the world. He noted that population of youth is decreasing and that of old is rising in both developing and developed countries. Birla, the MP from Kota, was speaking at an event organized by Kota Grain and Seeds Merchant Association here to felicitate and welcome him after his re-election. Birla said that during his foreign visits and meeting with his foreign counterparts, he found India's youth are in biggest demand for employment in the world. Recounting his meeting with his counterpart from Japan, Birla said, "The Speaker from Japan claimed in a meeting that he could provide employment to more than 50,000 youths in Japan and in their industries in India." He pointed out that youth population is decreasing while that of old is increasing both in developing and developed countries and that makes demand for youth from India for employment. Since knowledge of the foreign languages is ..

Intel to lay off nearly 17,500 workers, suspend dividend in turnaround push

Intel, which employed 116,500 people as of June 29, excluding some subsidiaries, said the majority of the job cuts would be completed by the end of 2024

WayCool lays off over 200 employees, aims to achieve profitability

The layoffs have impacted employees across Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad

Creating employment

Budget takes an untested approach to job creation

Right to livelihood: Job creation gets Budget boost with incentives

Only those employers that hire 50 non-EPFO-enrolled workers, or 25 per cent of its previous year's EPFO employees, will be eligible

India must strengthen manufacturing sector to create jobs: Fitch analyst

During Tuesday's annual budget, India's government announced plans to spend $24 billion to create jobs over the next five years and $32 billion on rural development this year alone

Budget 2024: Hostels, skilling among initiatives for women in workforce

In her Union Budget 2024 speech, FM Sitharaman also said that partnerships would be created to organise women-specific skilling programmes in India

Budget 2024 to provide Rs 1.48 trn for education, employment and skilling

In her record seventh Budget speech, Sitharaman said that the Budget would focus on employment, skilling, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and the middle class

117,254 DPIIT-recognised startups created 1.2 mn direct jobs: Eco Survey

Startups soar from 300 to over 100k in 7 years

Karnataka govt halts Bill mandating private firm quotas for Kannadigas: CMO

The Bill mandates firms in the state to prioritise local hires for 70% of non-management roles and 50% of management-level jobs

India Post GDS Recruitment alert 2024: Apply for 44,228 vacancies online

India Post GDS Recruitment 2024: Massive recruitment drive for Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) posts by India Post. The last date to apply is August 5, 2024. Here's all you need to know

Eighty million new jobs in last three to four years, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that as per a report by the RBI, eight crore new jobs were made available in the country in the last three to four years. Modi was speaking at an event in Mumbai's Goregaon suburb after launching and laying the foundation stone for Rs 29,000 crore projects in road, railway and port sectors in the city. RBI recently published a detailed report on employment. As per the report, around eight crore new jobs were created in the last three-four years. This figure has silenced those spreading fake narrative on jobs, Modi said. "Skill development and employment are needed in the country and our government is working in this direction," he said. The upcoming infrastructure projects in and around Mumbai will boost connectivity of the city with nearby areas, he said. Small and big investors have welcomed our government's third term with enthusiasm, he said. My aim is to make Maharashtra the world's big financial powerhouse and to make Mumbai a .

West Bengal lost 3 million jobs in informal sector in 7 years: NSO data

Maha best performer with 2.4 mn additions, shows NSO data

'Jobless growth': Cong slams govt over 'accentuated unemployment crisis'

The Congress on Sunday alleged that the Modi government had accentuated India's "unemployment crisis" with the decimation of job-creating MSMEs through the "Tughlakian demonetisation, a hastily rushed GST, and rising imports from China". In a statement, Congress general secretary, in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh cited a new report by Citigroup, a global bank, to flag "alarming numbers", which he claimed confirmed what the Congress stated throughout the recent election campaign. "The Indian National Congress has been sounding the alarm on India's unemployment crisis for the past five years at least. The crisis has been accentuated with the decimation of job-creating MSMEs through the 'Tughlakian demonetisation, a hastily rushed through GST, and rising imports from China," Ramesh said. "With his economic policies that favour only large conglomerates, the non-biological prime minister has created India's highest unemployment rate in 45 years, with the unemployment rate for .

A new paradigm for creating jobs

It would be prudent to take up a few sectors initially, get the policy instruments right, and put in the critical mass of resources to achieve a self-sustaining inflexion point

Despite 20% lesser jobs on offer, starting pay in UK up 6.5% on year in May

The 6.5 per cent rise in advertised starting pay compared with a year earlier outstrips the 6.0 per cent rise in official wage data for the three months to April