... Are far-reaching social changes coming with it, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
According to several industry sources in the know, expenses towards deploying contractual staffer, which used to account 10 per cent of the overall billable employee cost at IT firms, has fallen to around 3 per cent. IT firms typically use the contractual workers from staffing solutions providers or subcontractors.
The new information required by the Department of Labour is significant because before sponsoring a foreign worker for the H-1B visa, the company needs to get its labour application approved by it.
As part of the National Democratic Alliance government's media blitzkrieg to highlight achievements made during its one-year rule, three Union ministers will participate in a 'talkathon' session today during which they will answer questions posted on Twitter.
'The internship made me realise that pursuing online courses will not add any value if one does not know where to apply it in the real world.'
'He's at best a holding-CEO. Not one who will re-imagine the bank,' a senior banker and former colleague tells Raghu Mohan about HDFC Bank CEO & MD Sashidhar Jagdishan.
Top Indian IT services companies - TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Tech - have said that they would continue to hire freshers through campus interviews, though lateral hiring will be mostly on exception basis.
While there is no change in the strength of the Modi-led CCPA over its two tenures, what has changed is its profile.
Even at the entry-level, professionals who have proficiency in emerging technologies will have an edge over others in these domains.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reportedly not all that happy with some of his ministers.
During the meeting, President Xi addressed the ministers and discussed the bilateral issues among the countries and the issues affecting the South-Asian regions.
After quitting Infosys Technologies Limited as its senior vice-president and group head, human resources, Hema Ravichandar has now joined Mercer Human Resource Consulting as an independent consultant.
The move, first announced in March 2014, is expected to generate net annualised cost savings of $175-200 million once fully implemented.
Amid a spurt in cases, the cabinet secretary held a meeting chief secretaries, health and urban development secretaries of all states through a video link and they were asked to also pay special attention to the emerging epicentres of COVID-19 cases and undertake stringent containment measures to check the contagion, the ministry said.
As enterprises halt ongoing projects or cancel them, all staffers working on such projects are placed on the bench. In some cases, IT firms have to reduce billable staffers in a project as clients ask for scaling down support, leading to rise in reserved employees.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday announced a mega-Rs 16,000 crore buyback plan at Rs 3,000 per equity share. In 2017 and 2018 too, TCS had undertaken buyback offers of similar sizes.
The IAF commanders held detailed deliberations on the border row with China in eastern Ladakh, key short-term and long-term security challenges facing the nation and on the complex geo-political power play in India's neighbourhood.
"The policy draft has been approved. The ministry has been renamed as education ministry," a senior HRD ministry official said. The existing NEP was framed in 1986 and revised in 1992. A new education policy was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto ahead of the 2014 general election.
The Union health minister said a high-level expert group is going into all the aspects of vaccines and the health ministry is preparing a format in which states will submit lists of priority population groups.
Rediff.com lists Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 23 Cabinet ministers and their educational qualifications.
Nasscom on Monday said it was working towards putting together best practices in human resource area for adoption by all its members, while another industry association has warned of short term impact on the industry.
Johnson and Johnson India on Wednesday announced an enhanced paternity leave policy under which new and adoptive fathers will be entitled to eight weeks of paid leave during the first year of birth or adoption.
The minister plans to reinstate the Railways as the backbone of the economy
With the government putting strong emphasis on job creation, experts on Thursday said measures proposed in the union budget can help create 5-8 million jobs in next 3-4 years across various sectors.
Five vaccine candidates are in advanced stages of development in India, out of which four are in Phase II/III and one is in Phase-I/II trials.
What does an innovative and creative Internet company like Yahoo! look out for in potential employees? Aparna Ballakur, Vice President -- Human Resources, Yahoo! India, shares the five key qualities she always looks for in a potential recruit.
Around 50 women has last month come forward on social media and accused Arunabh Kumar of sexual harassment.
Continuing with the same behaviour while things around you change is a sure recipe for failure. Successful leaders will demonstrate agility and adaptability.
The CBSE had announced that it had rationalised the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12 for the 2020-21 session by up to 30 per cent to make up for the academic loss caused due to COVID-19. However, it was the decision to drop topics related to Social Sciences which drew sharp reaction from opposition parties like the Congress, Left, Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena.
To land a job in a competitive field, graduates must go beyond the obvious and prepare extensively, adbises Vijay Gupta, director-global human resources, Rahi Sytems, a global IT services and solutions company.
The finance ministry has ruled out the proposal for the appointment of a chief operating officer (COO) of the rank of deputy governor in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as the government feels no interim arrangements should be made for such high-profile appointments.
A rise in the number of daily COVID-19 cases and mortality has been observed in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand, indicating the pandemic is moving eastwards, the Union health ministry said.
A large number of these applicants are already employed in top positions at public- and private-sector banks, say sources at Bandhan.
According to the survey by Deloitte India and National Human Resource Development, 35 per cent of Indian businesses are expecting a strong growth this year while another 45 per cent feel that it would be moderate.
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