A slowdown in the global economy and the rupee appreciation are expected to hit India Inc's job recruitment plans as the country's employment outlook dipped by six points to 74 points in the April-June 2008 quarter. The business outlook dropped by 9 per cent to 70 points, according to staffing agency TeamLease Services' quarterly Employment Outlook Report.
'You can't take jobs to people, you have to take people to jobs.'
Indian companies are most bullish about their hiring plans, when compared to any other country, but might turn more cautious over the next three months amid global slowdown, global staffing services firm Manpower said on Tuesday.
LiveBridge Inc, a global customer interaction services company, has opened an 800-seat call centre near Delhi to expand its international presence.
UK's outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday hailed "important partner" India in his first Parliament statement since the country voted for leaving the EU and said Britain must not turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.
Indian employers are optimistic about their hiring prospects in the October-December quarter led by retail and healthcare sectors which are the prime movers behind the upswing, says a survey.
The Biden administration on Friday issued a formal notification to delay the implementation of the previous Trump regime's controversial rule to raise mandatory minimum pay for foreign workers on H-1B visa, the most sought after among Indian IT professionals. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China. The Department of Labour in its federal notification published on Friday said that it is considering whether to propose a further delay of the final rule's effective date and accompanying implementation periods that are currently scheduled to take effect on May 14, 2021, and July 1, 2021, respectively.
New business received by Indian manufacturers expanded at the fastest pace since February.
According to Indian Staffing Federation, an apex body of the flexi staffing industry in India, foreign direct investment in retail can create around 4 million direct jobs and almost 5 to 6 million indirect jobs, including contractual employment within a span of 10 years.
India is all set to welcome the New Year with strong hiring intentions, with every industry sector and every region expected to increase staffing levels in the next three months.
These sites have become Gen Y's lobbying force at workplace.
Focussed on growing its business in India, networking giant Cisco said it invests as much as $1.7 billion annually in its operations in the country across areas like R&D and employee training.
Melbourne Cricket Club's chief executive officer Stuart Fox said though he wants Sydney to retain the hosting rights of the third Test, the situation is "extremely complicated" in the wake of a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 cases there.
Hiring prospects in the hospitality sector look bright as a large number of employers are expected to increase their workforce considerably in the coming months, global staffing services firm Manpower says.
While she has been a member of the Perseverance Rover mission since the beginning at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, Dr Mohan has also been a part of various important missions of NASA. The Indian-American Scientist worked on projects Cassini (a mission to Saturn) and GRAIL (a pair of formation flown spacecraft to the Moon).
More than 61 per cent of women choose non-professional courses.
By 2010, there will be shortage of half a million professionals in India.
The HSBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 51.3 in April from March's 52.1
Already 15-20 per cent of the workforce, earlier used to be procured from staffing firms and subcontractors, are replaced by freelancers tapped from platforms like Topcoder, GitHub, and Upwork.
Firm attributes move to pandemic and legal spat with Fiat Chrysler, says it is in line with group's strategy to re-think capital allocation and drive efficiency.
The changes would be the most ambitious overhaul to date of rules governing the liquidation or revival of companies in India.
India can positively engage Obama by seeking his cooperation in an initiative for a reform of the global governance system.This means moving away from parochial, short-term preoccupations and thinking big. Can our policymakers muster the will to do this?
IndiGo has confirmed the delivery of the next set of 25 ATR-72 jets and will be inducting around 10 planes by the end of this calendar year, making it the largest regional fleet operator in the country.
'We are anticipating that the hiring trend will continue to see double-digit growth at least for the current financial year.'
The PwC survey found more than 50 per cent respondents reporting lack of adequate skill sets
When it comes to being the big boss, the male gender continues to be the preferred species compared to a female counterpart calling the shots, according to a recent survey on 'Gender Preferences in Bosses'.\n\n
The investment was committed to by Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone Group Plc.
India's manufacturing sector activity contracted for the second consecutive month in September as both output and new orders witnessed a decline, an HSBC survey said.
The headline HSBC India Purchasing Managers' Index -- a composite gauge designed to give a single-figure snapshot of manufacturing business conditions -- stood at 54.5 in December, up from 53.3 in the prior month.
An influential immigration advocacy group representing Indian-Americans on Thursday urged the Biden administration not to issue the most sought-after H-1B work visa to any individual born in India, till the time the discriminatory country-cap on green cards or permanent legal residency is removed. The current per-country cap on issuing of green cards in the US has resulted in Indian professionals, mostly from the IT sector, having to wait for decades for their legal permanent residency. Issuing new H-1B visas to more Indians would add to this agonising painful wait for green cards, Immigration Voice said in a statement.
The implementation of the NEP and four-year undergraduate programme were approved by the Standing Committee on Academic Matters and the Academic Council last week.
The best of India's brains are instead busy solving the world's problems (I deliberately exaggerate a bit to drive home the point), as our policies incentivise them to do so.
According to the Employment Outlook Survey released on Tuesday by workforce solutions major ManpowerGroup, 41 per cent of the surveyed Indian employers are expected to add on to their staff levels in second-quarter of this calender year.
Showing a better trend in remuneration and other benefits for the top-level executives, staff salaries across the board have risen by an average of 50 per cent.
The growth of offshore business process outsourcing industry in the country is likely to further slow down over the next one year amid concerns over data security breach, high attrition rates and staffing costs, rising competition and continuing marg
Computer major Dell on Wednesday announced the opening of its third customer contact centre in the country with 300 employees, at Chandigarh, to support its growing global customer base.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances