The recent ruling by the Authority of Advance Rulings making back-office services provided by a company to global firms taxable under GST, has sent shockwaves through the information technology and business process outsourcing industry.
All of 22 and straight out of college, Pavithra YS (pictured below) decided to make a difference and look what she's achieved!
As the country slowly paces back to normalcy with the declining rate in COVID-19 cases, rapid vaccine drive, and growing economic and employment rate, a survey has revealed that 73 per cent of employees are in favour of the hybrid model of work across industries. Over 73 per cent of the employees interviewed respondents said they are in favour of this new emerging hybrid model across industries, according to a survey by HR solutions provider Genius Consultants. As most organisations across various industries were forced to shift staff operation remotely owing to the pandemic restrictions, most employees opined that this provision should continue even after the situation normalise, it added.
500 candidates will be trained and placed in BPOs, says Human Treasures.
The Indian economy is likely to witness close to double-digit growth in the current fiscal year despite the second COVID-19 wave ravaging the country, Principal Economic Adviser (PEA) Sanjeev Sanyal said on Wednesday. The economy is slowly getting back to normalcy as the number of COVID-19 cases is declining, he said while participating in India Global Forum event. "We are probably going to see close to double-digit, if not double-digit (growth) in this financial year," he said.
With economic activities gathering pace post easing of lockdowns across the country, hiring activities in most sectors have shown significant recovery in October over the previous month, says a report. On yearly basis, however, the overall hiring was down by 17 per cent in October, according to the Naukri JobSpeak Index for October' 2020.
Bird Group's executive director Ankur Bhatia died on Friday at the age of 48 following a massive cardiac arrest.
The government on Tuesday said it has extended connectivity norms for work from home for IT and BPO companies till December 31. The time period for work from home was expiring on July 31.
Added bulk of rise in labour-intensive sectors for September quarter; export segments fuel increase across the board
With automation taking place at a much faster pace across industries especially in the tech space, domestic software firms that employee over 16 million are set to slash headcounts by a massive 3 million by 2022, which will help them save a whopping $100 billion mostly in salaries annually, says a report. The domestic IT sector employs around 16 million, of them around 9 million are employed in low-skilled services and BPO roles, according to Nasscom. Of these 9 million low-skilled services and BPO roles, 30 per cent or around 3 million will be lost by 2022, principally driven by the impact of robot process automation or RPA. Roughly 0.7 million roles are expected to be replaced by RPA alone and the rest due to other technological upgrades and upskilling by the domestic IT players, while it the RPA will have the worst impact in the US with a loss of almost 1 million jobs, according to a Bank of America report on Wednesday.
Naukri.com's Hiring Outlook Survey for 2020 reveals the jobs and sectors that saw a surge in demand during the pandemic.
JACC is recruiting Technical Support Associates and Customer Support Associates for UK processes.
iMindz is looking for Technical Support Associates, Senior Customer Care Associates, Tele Recruiters.
TeleTech India is recruiting Customer Support Associates, Technical Support Associates and Team Leaders.
In mid-2020, when Kushal Pal Singh, the undisputed king of India's vast real estate market, relinquished the top post at the country's largest realtor, he left behind an empire that is best compared to the Greek myth of the Phoenix. Once the leader of Delhi's organised real estate market, DLF's steep decline in the 1970s and its majestic rise since has often been cited as a business resurrection story. Now, a year after his departure from the helm of affairs, history seems to be repeating itself at the real estate major. In the 1970s, it was the government prohibitions that had forced DLF to venture into uncharted territory; some five decades later, the Delhi-headquartered firm has set its eyes on another growth trajectory that holds immense potential.
Manpower Services India is recruiting Customer Support Professionals, Data Associates, Technical Support Agents and Senior Executives for its ITeS Division.
Orion Dialog, a domestic call centre, is recruiting Call Centre Executives, Supervisors, Sales Coordinators and Assistant Managers.
TransWorks (Aditya Birla Group) has positions open in Voice Based Services.
IT industry body Nasscom on Thursday said the sector continues to be a net hirer of skilled talent, and that the top 5 Indian IT companies are planning to add over 96,000 employees in 2021-22. The statement comes in the backdrop of a report by Bank of America that said domestic software firms are set to slash 3 million jobs by 2022 as automation gains pace across industries, especially in the tech space. "With the evolution of technology and increasing automation, the nature of traditional IT jobs and roles will evolve overall leading to creation of newer jobs. "The industry continues to be a net hirer of skilled talent, adding 1,38,000 people in FY2021," Nasscom said in a statement.
Industry insiders as well as sector experts said that companies are unlikely to miss this opportunity to rationalise bloated boom-time salaries.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
BPO is going to generate employment in all small cities.
With the rupee going from strength to strength and attrition a continuing concern for Indian business process outsourcing companies, the new poster child of private equity investors is witnessing adjustments in valuations in the changed scenario.
The expansion comes in the wake of Infosys is planning to expand the workforce at Lodz delivery centre by 500 people.
MphasiS is looking for Technical Customer Service Executives and Customer Service Executives.
: IBM Daksh is recruiting Customer Care Specialists (Tech/ Semi-Tech & customer Support) and Technical Lead.
Minacs will be integrated it into SYNNEX's BPO business, Concentrix.
Other than Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal, call centres would come up in Assam, Manipur, Tripura.
US Technology Resources is looking for Process Associates and Team Leaders.
Option One Mortgage is looking for Customer Care Associates (data process).
Gururaj Kishore is being questioned as he was a suspect and "if he is involved, we will arrest him", the police said
US-based Sutherland Global Services announced the acquisition of Adventity Global Services, a business and financial research and analytical services company.
Convergys India Services is recruiting Customer Care and Technical Support Officers.
'It is very disturbing to know that even in today's world women are treated differently.'
India is on the verge of another outsourcing wave: high-end laboratory and diagnostic testing!
Convergys India Services is recruiting Customer Care and Technical Support Officers.
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