Jobs In India

79% of employers keen to increase their apprentices intake in Jan-Mar qtr

Around 79 per cent of employers polled are keen to increase their apprentice pool in the last quarter of this financial year in order to develop a strong talent pipeline, a report said on Monday. Teamlease's Apprenticeship Outlook Report for Q4 2022 (January to March 2023) indicates that 79 per cent of employers are foreseeing to increase their apprentice intake in the fourth quarter 2022 (JanuaryMarch 2023). Interestingly, the report revealed that more employers (about 37 per cent) are willing to increase their intake due to the fact that apprentices are real-time skilled talent available in the market. Additionally, 23 per cent of employers feel that apprentices also help unlock business growth opportunities, the report added. The Apprenticeship Outlook Report is based on a survey covering 14 cities and 24 industries. The report has surveyed 597 employers from January to March 2023. The report further revealed that 12 out of the 24 industries see an increase in their Net ...

PwC will hire around 30,000 people in India in couple of years: Chairman

Global consultancy firm PwC will hire around 30,000 people in India in the next couple of years, company Chairman Bob Moritz said on Friday. In a panel discussion at the Global Business Summit organised by the Economic Times, he said India can be a supplier of that talent to the world, thanks to its technology advancements and the use of AI (artificial intelligence), which the rest of the world doesn't have that skill set. "So, today we've got about 31,000 people. Just so we're clear, and some of that's been reported on this, and our plan is to hire another 30,000 in the next couple of years. "That's the boldness," Moritz said when asked about the company's headcount in India. Schneider Electric Chairman & CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire also said he was "super optimistic about India". "There is no other place in the world where we have invested most, more than in India over the past 20 years...India is today our third largest business in the world after the US and China," he ...

CM Gehlot announces 100,000 jobs across Rajasthan current financial year

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced one lakh recruitment in the coming financial year as he called the state budget "excellent." Gehlot made the announcement while replying to a debate on the budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the state assembly. "While presenting the budget on February 10, I had announced to ensure recruitment on the vacant posts in the coming financial year in addition to the appointments which are under process," he said. "In this sequence, now I announce one lakh more recruitment in the coming (financial) year," the CM added.

Education challenges of employment

India suffers from a poorly educated workforce that is confined to poor quality jobs. Most employment is informal and in the unorganised sector

IT and start-up hiring to stay muted in 2023, niche tech roles to keep pace

This layoff period, coupled with a lull in hiring, is expected to last over the next two or three quarters, say experts

Uptick in female labour force participation

Around 0.28 million women aged 20-29 entered the labour force in this period, according to CMIE's Consumer Pyramids Household Survey data

Divergent consumer sentiments

The Index of Consumer Sentiments shrunk by 0.9% in December 2022 after having declined by 1.7% in November

India land of opportunity, trusted partner in global supply chains: Goyal

India today is a land of opportunity and can be a trusted partner for global and American corporations in their supply chains and investment portfolios, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. He also exuded confidence that the country will soon be the third largest economy in the world, as transformational reforms and a young population drive future growth. I would urge all of you to take this message to the world, to the Americans and American corporations and to the sphere of influence that each one of you has that India is the place to be, India can be your trusted partner in your supply chains, in your investment portfolio, in your business, Goyal said on Sunday as he addressed diaspora and members of the Indian-American community at a reception here. Goyal arrived in New York on Sunday on an official visit till January 11 during which he will also travel to Washington DC. In the first leg of the visit, he will interact with CEOs of multinational enterprises, join ...

Blue and grey-collar job demand in India up four-fold in 2022: Report

60 per cent of all the grey and blue-collar hires were "freshers" with a prior work experience of 0 to 3 years: Billion Careers

Corporate India focusing on gender diversity, to hire more women in 2023

Companies are also focusing on hiring second-career women - those who are returning to work after a career break

Mini textile park in Hulagur to provide employment to women: Karnataka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that a mini textile park will be made functional in Hulagur this year aiming to give employment to women

Over 60% job seekers depressed over layoffs, not giving best in current job

About 65 per cent of jobseekers (more than 6 in 10) in India feel that the ongoing layoffs may hinder their willingness to go the extra mile in their jobs, a report showed on Thursday

Urban Company ties up with NSDC to train and certify new employees

The company will train and upskill "thousands" of unskilled workers and provide digital certificates

Unemployment rate rising in December

The unemployment rate was over 8% in all three weeks that ended in December

Worker Population Ratio continues to grow, up by 5.8% in 4 years: Centre

An increase in the worker population ratio reflects the higher engagement of people in productive activities, said union minister Jitendra Singh

Big enterprises are better employers

Average wages paid by listed companies is more than twice the salaries paid by other enterprises

Placements in national skill development programme 'abysmally low': Report

Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), aiming to skill the youth of the country has performed poorly so far as placement of the trained or certified people under the scheme is concerned

Becoming 'the next China' won't save India from 2023 economic slowdown

'It's hard to see 2023 as a great year for the urban middle-class as global tech-industry layoffs affect jobs and capital availability for startups. Rural demand is anyway sluggish'

Digital economy to create 10 million in 2 years: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Start-ups leading technology development, can emerge from small villages even: Minister

Samsung India to hire 1,000 engineers from top institutes for R&D units

Samsung India is planning to hire around 1,000 engineers for its research and development institutes across India, the company said on Wednesday. The young engineers will join the company in 2023, and will work on new-age technologies at its R&D institutes in Bengaluru, Noida, Delhi and at Samsung Semiconductor India Research in Bengaluru. "Strengthening their focus on innovation and cutting-edge technology, Samsung's R&D centres aim to hire new talent from India's top engineering institutes who will work on breakthrough innovations, technologies, products and designs, including India-centric innovations, that enrich people's lives. "This will further our vision of Powering Digital India," Samsung India head for Human Resources Sameer Wadhawan said in a statement. The Korean electronics major will recruit engineers from multiple streams such as Computer Science and allied branches including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and VLSI, information ...