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Air India gets 72,000 job applications for cabin crew; 1,752 for pilots

The airline's aggressive expansion plan, which has already seen 17 long-grounded aircraft return to the skies with 12 more to follow, necessitates a significant expansion in flying crew

Fresh formal job creation falls below 1-million mark in August: EPFO

The unemployment rate shot up to 8.3 per cent, which was the highest, compared with the rates in the past 12 months

Companies see slowdown in growth of temporary, contract and casual jobs

As a result, the ratio of temporary, contract and casual jobs as a proportion of the total workforce is at its lowest in at least five years

Tech Mahindra to hire 3,000 people in Gujarat over next five years

Country's fifth largest IT services exporter Tech Mahindra on Tuesday announced it will be hiring 3,000 people in Gujarat over the next five years. The company's current staff strength in Gujarat could not be immediately ascertained. It signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Gujarat under its IT/ITeS (IT enabled services) policy on Tuesday. The agreement will enable the company to address the changing engineering needs of enterprises, its managing director and chief executive C P Gurnani said and appreciated the state for improvements in the ease of doing business. An official statement said the government has so far signed 15 MoUs with domestic and global companies under the IT/ITeS policy which will generate approximately 26,750 skilled IT employment opportunities in the state.

IIT-Goa will create 2,000 employment opportunities: State minister

A Goa Minister on Tuesday said that the prolonged Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) project in Sanguem may create 2,000 employment opportunities which would benefit the local youth

Diversity in India Inc: Women got only 21 out of every 100 new jobs in FY22

This is the second of a four-part series examining diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in corporate India. Part 2 looks at a decline in the representation of women in the workforce

DE&I in India Inc: Finding a job gets tougher for persons with disabilities

The refinery, crude oil and natural gas sector, dominated by public sector companies, has done better on inclusion

Finance, consulting firm jobs make up for the loss in IT sector placements

However, IT companies have also been strategic in the extent of hiring cuts that have varied from campus to campus

JSW Cement to invest over Rs 3,200 crore in new plants in MP and UP

The combined cement capacity of these units will be 5 million tonnes per annum

Looking for job? US searching for foreign workers; hiring needs moderating

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates aggressively to help lower spending on goods and services and reduce demand for workers, which could in turn soften wage growth

NMDC institutes in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district send youths to MNCs

Besides mining, the company has pioneered development initiatives and steered changes in improving the quality of education in remote areas as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Mumbai Angels raises $ 2mn funding for recruitment automation start-up

TurboHire ensures accuracy in candidate selection and reduces the cost and time spent on hiring

18 states join National Career Service portal; What it does, who started it

Under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the NCS portal acts as a bridge between job seekers and employers. It also provides career counselling and training to the candidates

The real higher education reforms

India needs excellence in higher education with employability

India's unemployment rate of 6.4% in September is the lowest in four years

It was rural India that made the bigger con­tri­bution to the turnaround in labour conditions

Amazon partners with govt to provide jobs to people with disabilities

The tripartite agreement between DePwD, SCPwD and Amazon focuses on skilling, certification, and entrepreneurship designed to uniquely enable and position PwD participation in mainstream society

NHM rollout created 271,000 jobs in FY21, Centre spent Rs 28K cr on mission

Across-the-board improvement in mortality rates over the years, shows govt data

Most job vacancies recorded during third Covid wave were in health sector

Besides health, trade and IT/BPO sectors saw vacancies increasing during the pandemic's Omicron phase

India Inc seeks help from law firms to address moonlighting: Report

The companies want law firms to redraft employment agreements, find loopholes and enforce restrictions to address the issue of moonlighting

New job creation slipped 10% in Omicron-hit March quarter, says govt

Mfg sector was worst hit with 140,000 job cuts, followed by education (22,204) and construction (8,954). IT/BPO created most new jobs at 370,000, followed by the health sector (93,701)