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Over 18,000 get offers in Rajasthan's IT job fairs in in the last two weeks

At least 70 companies, which were present during the job fair in Bharatpur on March 23-24, selected 5,700 youngsters out of the total 25,000 who took part in the event, the officials said

What about our onboarding? Freshers who got offer letters ask Wipro

Anguished candidates wrote on one of Govil's posts that the company should either start the onboarding process or communicate formally that Wipro would not be taking their candidature forward

62% of firms in India want to hire freshers in the first half of 2023

This is nearly 4.5 times higher than the global average of 14 per cent

Over 17,400 tech employees got fired in February globally to date

More than 17,400 employees in the tech industry have lost jobs in the month of February globally to date, with many workers in India receiving pink slips amid deepening global macroeconomic conditions

Difficult but necessary, says Nadella as Microsoft plans to cut 10,000 jobs

He said that the company would invest in strategic areas for the future by allocating both capital and talent

Flexi staffing grew 6% in July-Sept, added 78,000 new jobs: Report

78,000 new workers added in this period, marking third straight quarter of growth

Hyderabad accounts for 33% of new IT jobs created in India: K T Rama Rao

Hyderabad accounts for one-third of the new jobs created in the information technology sector in the country during the last fiscal year, says K T Rama Rao

Done with layoffs, Elon Musk says he wants to go on hiring spree

Plans engineering teams in India, japan Indonesia, and Brazil

Indian IT industry to hire 200,000 people in near term: Kris Gopalakrishnan

'Ups and downs' in global economy will not impact Indian industry for long, he says

Why are we getting mixed signals from India's job market?

After Twitter, Meta Platform too has announced massive job cuts. The Indian job market is also facing some heat, especially in IT services. How does the IT piece fit in the larger job market puzzle?

Hiring in India IT sector slows down 18% in Oct, shows Naukri report

With the IT sector showing a decline, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune showed a decline in hiring activity, according to the Naukri JobSpeak index

53% IT professionals may resign to pursue new job within next year: Report

More than half of IT professionals (53 per cent) are likely to pursue a new position within the next year due to better compensation, a lack of training and development and a lack of work-life balance, according to a report. About 66 per cent of IT decision makers see skills gap in their teams even as there is a 10 per cent decrease from last year, according to Skillsoft's 2022 IT Skills and Salary Report. However, the industry is facing another pressing challenge centred around talent attrition, with more than half (53 per cent) of all respondents extremely or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next 12 months, it added. Skillsoft's 2022 IT Skills and Salary Report based on a survey with nearly 8,000 respondents. The report further revealed that over the past year, the workplace has been defined by employee-led "movements", namely the Great Resignation and "quiet quitting". Meanwhile, the pace of digital transformation and lack of enough technical resources have pushed m

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

Many IT professionals may not return to the sector in future: Report

Retaining a business-critical talent has undergone a great change in the last two years, especially in the IT sector, with a significant percentage of the professionals considering not returning to the sector in the future, according to a report. According to leading tech staffing firm TeamLease Digital, employees' needs and priorities have changed, and they are re-evaluating their careers based on aspects like flexibility, career growth and employee value proposition. The report 'Brain Drain: Tackling the Great Talent Exodus' noted that the IT sector witnessed double-digit attrition rate of 25.2 per cent this year. The report shares the insights through more than 100 interviews across TeamLease Digital's leaders, IT contract staffing subject matter experts, and other stakeholders associated with the sector, combined with extensive research available throughout the sector. "The Indian IT sector has witnessed tremendous growth in the last decade. It has recorded 15.5 per cent growth

Wipro expects to hire about 30,000 freshers in next financial year

Wipro on Wednesday said it expects to hire about 30,000 freshers in FY23, as the IT services major strives to ensure that supply is not a constraint in managing the robust demand environment

IT industry weighs options as Haryana quota law comes into force in January

In March, when Haryana first proposed the law, industries across the board expressed reservations about it

IT employees' organisation in Kerala to help freshers get jobs

Prathidhwani, a welfare organisation of IT employees in Kerala, has come up with a scheme to impart training in technology and required skill set to enable freshers to get jobs. "The scheme provides training in technology and skill set required by the companies and provides an opportunity for the freshers to find better employment. We also share applicants' profiles to companies as per their requirements," Raneesh A R, President of Prathidhwani at Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram, said in a release. Those who register on the portal, www.jobs.prathidhwani.org will receive notifications of various technology workshops organised by Prathidhwani every month. These training sessions led by domain experts are being organized free of cost, it said "So far, Prathidhwani has conducted 90 training sessions in various technologies," Raneesh said, adding that anyone can participate in this training which is conducted online. So far 35,600 people have applied for jobs through the

Six years of Digital India: Here is a look at how scheme has fared so far

The initial outlay was Rs 100,000 crore in ongoing schemes and Rs 13,000 crore in new schemes

Andhra unveils IT policy for 2021-24, expected to create over 55,000 jobs

The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday came out with the new 'AP Information Technology Policy 2021-24' that is expected to generate more than 55,000 jobs over the next three years

Employment growth rate slips to 3.5% in FY20 from 3.8% in FY19: Report

In FY20, 170,000 new jobs were added, while the net addition was 176,000 in FY19, shows a CARE Ratings report