April 20th, 2017World is appreciating and recognizing ‘people’ from India, then why is India lagging to figure out the projection of investment from its own ‘people’? Why isn’t India able to harvest it and reap itself huge pool of benefits?
Japan has leveraged its cultural emphasis on ‘efficiency and team work’, to revolutionize the...
April 7th, 2017Online healthcare platform Practo has laid off around 10% of its workforce amounting to 150 employees as part of its annual performance appraisal and redundancies due to acquisitions.
“Yesterday, 150 of our colleagues left the company to pursue opportunities outside. This is a combination of natural redundancies that emerge as we...
March 14th, 2017IT security firm McAfee is looking at adding more jobs at its centre in Bengaluru and will continue to invest in growing local business in India, a top official said today.
Global chipmaker Intel had last September spun out McAfee as a separate company with private equity player TPG owning 51% share in the new entity. The deal is...
March 6th, 2017India's leading e-commerce platform Flipkart is looking to hire 20-30 per cent more people in 2017 compared to last year even as rival Snapdeal hands out pink slips to its employees.
The Bengaluru-based firm, which is locked in an intense battle with the US-based Amazon for leadership in the Indian market, will hire most laterals this...
March 6th, 2017The services sector returned to the growth zone in February after three months of demonetisation- driven contraction but recovery was 'mild' and business confidence remained subdued, a monthly survey showed today.
Besides, higher input costs forced companies to hike prices and the rising inflationary pressure may result in the Reserve...
March 1st, 2017San Francisco: The University of California, San Francisco on Tuesday laid off 49 information technology (IT) employees and outsourced their work to a company based in India, ending a year-long process that has brought the public university under fire.
The university announced the plan last July as a way to save $30 million over five...
February 23rd, 2017Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today made a strong case for using digital technologies to empower the common man and launched a slew of India-centric initiatives, including a platform to connect semi-skilled workers with employers.
The technology giant also launched a 'lite' version of its video interaction platform Skype. "If digital...
February 19th, 2017Automation and the new US administration were the big unknowns at the Indian tech sector's annual shindig this week, with machines threatening to take away thousands of jobs and concerns over possible visa rule changes in the key American market.
But senior executives from the USD 150 billion industry, which rose to prominence at the...
December 21st, 2016The BBC Worldwide Service today said its plan to launch services in 11 new languages, four of them Indian - Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati and Punjabi - was progressing well and they would be operational by mid-2017. The services in the four Indian languages, which will focus on radio, mobile and video content, will create 157 new jobs, the...
December 5th, 2016Technology giant Microsoft has offered more than 70 jobs across different campuses of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) this year for its India and international operations.
"We have offered more than 70 jobs across different IIT campuses this year. This is for India as well as global posts in the US ' over 20 of the 70 jobs...
November 3rd, 2016Leading global professional network LinkedIn today said it has signed an agreement with the human resource development ministry to create more job opportunities for Indian students.
As part of the MoU, LinkedIn's 'Placements' product will be adopted by all Indian colleges affiliated with All India Council for Technical Education...
October 30th, 2016A Whopping 60% Indian Employees are not Satisfied With Their Current job, 80% are Looking out for job Change Reveals the 'Job Satisfaction 2016' by Timesjobs.
India Inc. is about to be bumped over by a big challenge - that of talent retention. The findings of the 'Job Satisfaction 2016' survey reveals that 60% employees are not...
