When it comes to key hands-on management positions, India Inc is still largely run by men.
Indian employees are more engaged than their global counterparts but still 54 per cent of them remain somewhat dissatisfied in their jobs signaling an urgent need for companies to take proactive steps, says a report.
TCS on Thursday said the digital segment is the fastest-growing revenue stream, accounting for 12.5 per cent of the overall sales of the IT giant which sounded confident of surpassing the $5-billion target in the segment over the next five years.
'We are only talking about 65,000 H1B visas a year, it is not going to go down drastically.' 'If the number reduces and when you spread that reduction across all the top IT services companies, the impact will be marginal.'
India's manufacturing sector activity remained broadly flat in June as new orders declined for the first time in over four years and power cuts and fragile economic conditions weighed on the sector's performance, an HSBC survey said.
On price rise, HSBC said that the rate of cost inflation decelerated sharply while output prices were unchanged.
It is likely the government will divide the country into different zones during the proposed extended period of lockdown and might permit a few services to function in safe zones.
New Volkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Mueller warned staff on Tuesday to brace for "massive cutbacks" in response to the diesel emissions scandal that has hammered the company's stock and reputation.
Scientists also expressed the hope that any technical problem will be sorted out by ISRO, and the mission will be launched successfully.
The advent of online talent communities and online job boards not only helps companies to find the right talent, it also helps employees to have more information about their preferred places to work.
Interestingly, the survey found that 70 per cent of the founders had experience working at multinational companies before starting on their own.
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Recruitment from colleges should be done and local people be trained to add value to Indian companies, said Murthy.
A fresh global skill gap study shows how India can tap opportunities in Germany, New Zealand, Qatar, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE and the UK.
The company has been a part of the start-up ecosystem in a big way from early stages right up to when the companies start achieving full scale.
This whirlwind of activity only confirms that rushing around creating an impression of pompous busy-ness is not the same thing as solving problems, argues Mitali Saran.
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With India poised to become the largest economy in the world by 2030, it cannot afford to leave half of its workforce behind.
Indian employers have the most optimistic hiring plans for the October-December quarter, driven by government's increased focus on ease of doing business.
The renovations at the old hotels will be complete in two and a half years and tariffs will range between Rs 2,500 and Rs 4,000
Or it could lose you one, says Samali Basu Guha.
According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today by ManpowerGroup, the hiring pace for the upcoming quarter has rebound from both, last quarter and a year ago at this time.
Even though North America still accounts for 60 per cent of Infosys's revenue, the company is starting to see good growth in Europe, which contributes around 25 per cent to the company's top line. Even Australia also has emerged to be a strategically important market, with a contribution of 10 per cent to the overall revenues.
'Flush with funds, lending became a cash management exercise.' 'Road projects, power generation plants, airports etc were financed left and right with apparently no regard for the projects' ability to repay,' explains S Muralidharan, former managing director, BNP Paribas.
The countries with positive employment outlook included India, Mexico and Turkey, as also the Gulf Cooperation Council region.
Banks Board Bureau chief Vinod Rai has proposed performance-linked incentives for bank employees, but the staff unions are dead against the idea.
To tap into the growing demand for offices, several global and Indian co-working entities are creating stock in the top cities.
Sapience offers an innovative solution to measure the productivity of office and mobile workers, with almost no manual inputs from managers or employees, says Romita Majumdar.
PE funds have invested Rs 13,000 cr into the property market in Bengaluru.
HSBC's purchasing managers' index was released on Tuesday.
The Centre has, however, retained its proposal to curb flash strikes as workers in all factories will be required to give employers a strike notice of at least two weeks after the Bill becomes a law.
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India has got the money and workforce, but no Indian firm has so far decided to do it
While funds will not be a constraint, the challenge for Aasaanjobs will be to reach out to people with no internet, says M Saraswathy.
This could be a major drag, not just on the empowerment of women but on the India growth story as well.
Evaluation gets tougher as companies battle uncertain macro conditions and automation.
While the first wave of moving work to India was driven by cost considerations, increasingly companies are banking on local talent to add value to their business by jointly developing products and solutions.
The ability to work flexibly and be judged on deliverables.
Wipro has devised a strategy to beat larger rivals.
Indian companies seem to be trailing behind. They will have to catch up by reskilling the workforce and ramping up investments.
