WORKFORCE

68.5% of women anticipate returning to their workplaces in 2021: JobsForHer Women’s Day survey 2021

With International Women’s Day just around the corner, JobsForHer, India’s leading online career platform for women, conducted a survey aro...

It will be work from home post-pandemic too at many top companies

Beginning this year, Tata Steel has identified roles that would allow employees to work from home permanently. Infosys, Maruti and Philips ...

Assam Skill Development Mission's 'QG Daksha' to help connect service providers and service seekers

Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary hoped that the app will play the role of a job aggregator for employ...

More women in IT workforce, companies now work on their growth

According to data from 451 Research, a technology industry research firm, women now make up 34% of the IT workforce in India and the countr...

India will need nine times as many digital skilled workers by 2025, shows new research

The research reveals that digitally skilled workers currently represent 12% of India’s workforce and estimates that the number of workers i...

TransUnion to expand its workforce by 50% in India

The new center is located at Yerwada in Pune. TransUnion plans to hire experts in data science and analytics, digital technologies, mobile ...

One corner of the job market is booming, over 8 lakh positions open across 1,100 companies

Executive search firm ManpowerGroup India said there has been an almost 30% increase in demand from the retail and e-commerce sectors in th...

Top hiring firms list the hottest skills in demand

Technology is no longer just an enabler but a driver of business transformation.

Gen X bets on work experience, millennials focus on upskilling: LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index

The latest edition of the Workforce Confidence Index shows a dip in India’s overall confidence, as the composite score dropped from +58 in ...

India has one of the world’s most engaged and resilient workforces: Survey

India holds the international top spot for workplace resilience, with 32% of workers feeling highly resilient to their work environment, co...

EdTech startup Bada Business expands workforce

Bada Business offers online business training and skilling programmes for entrepreneurs and touched Rs 100 crore revenue mark in FY 20-21.

Budget gives push for women’s participation in the workforce

“Coming close on the heels of vaccine roll out which will ensure a quick return to normal economic activity, as also combined with the grea...

Indian CXOs are more resilient, but anticipate regular disruptions, as compared to global peers: Deloitte report

In the wake of a tumultuous 2020, CXOs also believe disruption is here to stay, according to Deloitte’s 2021 Global Resilience Report. 70% ...

Hybrid workforce shall be a reality, boosts Gig economy in 2021: Study

Promoting diversity, inclusion and business pressure for cost optimization will give Gig a major push, even though external hiring will be ...

Covid drives India Inc to boost gender diversity

Axis Bank, Infosys, Tata Steel, Vedanta, RPG Group, Dalmia Cement and Tata Chemicals among others have accelerated their search for female ...

70% of women who took a sabbatical dropped out of the workforce: X-Leap Survey

Around 70% of women who have taken a sabbatical have dropped out of employment and have started something of their own or are looking for a...

Talent500 by ANSR launches initiative to help women technologists return to the workforce

TakeTwo includes an upfront 6-week bootcamp with masterclasses and sessions from industry experts on technology, latest technology trends a...