'Employers are shifting from a focus on employee experience to employee life experience.'
Leverage technology and the power of social networks to make your CV stand out from the clutter.
Job seekers, brace yourself for a tough 2013!
Ironically, the biggest mistake recruiters make when writing a job advertisement is exactly the same as that made by poor applicants they just don't sell themselves.
'If Mr Modi believes in empowering the youth, he should definitely start a career cell in every college that will organise job fairs and guide youngsters on how to grow in their respective careers.'
Was led by sectors like software services, BPO and pharma.
What does an employer really want from you? Read on!
Job creation was mentioned 13 times in the BJP's 2014 election manifesto, yoga only twice. Has yoga taken precedence over jobs for the Modi Sarkar, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
What is the lure of a government job? The answer is India's worst kept secret: Job security. And among the many government jobs desperately sought after is in the armed forces. Which is why the riots by aspiring armed forces job seekers against the government's Agnipath scheme should not really be surprising, points out Harishchandra.
Nasha Fitter, a teacher, entrepreneur and expert on communications and soft-skilled training, recently launched You're Hired! a book that helps job seekers improve their English communication and job placement skills. An excerpt.
An excerpt from Nasha Fitter's book on how to get that job and keep it too!
The average salary of a content manager with less than a year's experience is Rs 369,000 per annum.
A job website has launched a new online solution that allows job-seekers and prospective employers chat live to connect in real time.
Practical interview tips from 'You're Hired!' by Nasha Fitter.
Learn how to create a more professional image for yourself and how to get the job of your dreams!
Whether you are speaking to one person or giving a presentation to a group, learning these skills will set you apart.
If you speak and write using Indianisms, you will sound unprofessional. The excerpt shows you how to correct and improve your English skills.
Monster India launches Monster Salary Index, in association with paycheck.in and IIM-A as research partner.
There are billionaires who have all the money at their disposal but have websites that are outdated, amateurish, or simply jarring.
Upskill. Network. Increase your employability status. Don't be redundant, says Gaurav Vohra.
A government-sponsored study on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has found large-scale corruption and irregularities in the implementation of the programme in several states with authorities in some areas misappropriating' central funds and threatening workers to keep their mouth shut."There was great fraud in the making (of job) cards, muster rolls were not maintained properly and work was not provided to job seekers sometimes," a team of researchers said.
Follow these simple tips to rake in the moolah and climb your career ladder!
'Each day, while interacting with scores of people, all with demands and expectations of their own, holding one's own fort is of paramount importance. 'One must always have the vision which will guide the journey,' says Dinesh Goel, a chemical engineer from IIT-B, co-founder and CEO, AasaanJobs.com, an online marketplace for entry-level and blue-collar job seekers.
According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, about 27 per cent of Indian employers said they would expand the workforce in the April-June quarter, primarily driven by ITeS and IT sectors where employer hiring intentions appears to be improving.
Here are important insights you must keep in mind while negotiating salary as freshers or during appraisals.
In 2024 so far, 20 startups have already visited the campus with 80 placements.
Automation, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and virtual reality would demand more jobs.
Finding an increasing pool of professionals being dismissed, start-ups and others are improvising to offer emotional support and career guidance.
Job portal, Naukri.com, has launched a first-of-its-kind service for job seekers, which helps in forwarding resumes to any prospective employer through an SMS.The service 'Naukri ExpressCV' allows jobseekers registered on the website to forward their resume to prospective employers, free of cost.
By the time, Mumbaikar gets to where it wants to be via a twisty third act, we begin to see how much better the film could have been. But it's almost too little, too late, complains Mayur Sanap.
India's hiring rate has recovered moderately from 10 per cent in April to 35 per cent in May 2021, but the aftermath of the second COVID-19 wave has left professionals in India increasingly vulnerable to the economic uncertainty, as per LinkedIn data. India's hiring rate on LinkedIn dropped from 50 per cent in March 2021 to 10 per cent in April 2021. The hiring rate witnessed a modest revival to 35 per cent in May 2021, as localised curfews gradually lifted and economic activity partially resumed.
Companies may do strategic hiring for specific skill sets, or there may be some activity in sectors like infrastructure or power.
First hand perspective of an interviewer on the interview process and how an aspiring candidate must answer questions during an interview.
International medical graduates can now apply to work with licensed medical health professionals in the city.
A high-level three-member committee is formed to grow awareness about fraudulent job offers.
The role of the youth is very important in achieving the goal of 'ease of living' to give a better life to the poor, he told students.
Bharat Pardeshi, one of the leaders from the All India Railway Act Apprentice Association, spoke to Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf about why they had to resort to the unpopular move, disrupting the lives of thousands of railway commuters in Mumbai.
Naukri.com, which voluntarily started gathering data about caste from registered job seekers from May 2006, said 19 per cent of them were women, 3.4 per cent OBCs, 0.8 per cent SCs and 0.2 per cent STs. There are over 130,000 OBCs, 38,000 SCs and STs, 760,000 women, and 8,000 physically challenged job seekers registered on the job portal.
Most companies find job seekers with domestic degrees good enough, a British Council survey said.
Or it could lose you one, says Samali Basu Guha.
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