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Indian media and film industry may require 3 lakh trained professionals in next 10 years - June 30, 2011
Indian media and film industry is facing major manpower shortage and that too at a stage when the industry is growing as a result of which the next 10 years may see a requirement of nearly three lakh trained professionals.
Outdated labour laws may lead to derailment of Indian auto industry - June 29, 2011
A recent report by JD Power points out that the clash between the aspirations of the workforce and the inflexible and outdated labour laws of the auto companies may become the reason behind disruption of India’s automotive ambitions.
Employment generation in the labour intensive sectors takes a beating - June 29, 2011
4th quarter employment generation, for the fiscal year 2010-11, in labour intensive sectors has drastically fallen.
India’s job sector been led by the IT and BPO sector - June 29, 2011
With creation of almost 70% of the jobs out of the nearly 1 million jobs created in 2010-11 in India, the information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors
Ministry of Statistics highlights talent shortage due to poor job growth - June 29, 2011
The Statistics Ministry highlighted the difficulty of recruiting and further retaining quality and talented people due to the limited growth prospects and lower allowances been provided to the workforce.
Top brass salaries in Indian companies to rise rapidly - June 27, 2011
A US survey estimates that the top executives in countries like India and China are likely to witness rapid rise in their pay package this year.
IMF working paper indicates the benefit of India's rising workforce for the poor states of the country - June 27, 2011
As per a working paper by IMF the increasing population of India is going to be key support factor towards the overall growth of the poor states of the country.
Demand for techies on a rise across different sectors - June 27, 2011
A survey conducted by the website MyHiringClub.com, on IT skill hiring in other industries except IT and ITES in India has revealed that the scenario of overall hiring of techies is improving in different sectors like banking and financial services, FMCG, telecom and retail sectors.
EPFO approves law to bring contract workers under PF umbrella - June 25, 2011
The Employees Provident Fund Organization’s central board of trustees, the apex decision-making authority, has approved changes to the governing statutory savings law so as to include the government contractors as well under the PF scheme.
Special attention to emerging markets turning to be a boon for Indian managers - June 25, 2011
Indian managers, have started carving a larger than proportional role for themselves with the increasingly special attention been given to the emerging markets.
Ministry of corporate affairs to include HR violations as part of their annual reports - June 25, 2011
Companies may start getting vary about violating any of the Human rights after listening about the recent plans of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Half of India's workforce is self-employed - June 24, 2011
As per the data that has come out of a government survey (NSSO survey), more than 50% of the India's overall workforce is self-employed.
TeamLease survey states salary, and not experience, as the key driver of productivity - June 23, 2011
Gone are the days when gaining experience used to be the priority for young employees of any company.
MNC tech companies allow employees to work from home to save infrastructure costs June 23, 2011
Several multinational tech firms are allowing their employees to work from home so as to elude the rising real estate costs and travel time
Working mums with flexi schedules and job security stay longer - June 22, 2011
A new study says that women returning to job post child birth and get flexible work schedules and have job security post rejoining are more likely to keep their jobs.
EPF account balance info to be available online from July 1 - June 22, 2011
The Employee Provident Fund department is ready with the online data of its over 47.2 million members, which can be accessed by the members beginning from 1st of July, 2011.
Talent management is the focus of CEOs to handle manpower shortage: Monster survey - June 21, 2011
Due to lack of skilled workforce and in order to tackle the issue of quality manpower, CEOs now-a-days are spending more time on talent management activities
Indian IT industry’s sustainability may become difficult due to the rising wages - June 21, 2011
If the wage increase per year keeps on rising at the current rate of 15%, the IT industry will face major sustainability issue
Internal hiring rises among Indian companies - June 21, 2011
A rising number of companies in India are filling empty slots with existing staff rather than seeking services from external recruitment
Working after retirement: Here are careers options for seniors citizens - June 20, 2011
With a dearth of talent on one hand and a larger number of retirees willing to work on the other hand, companies have started hiring retirees