Increased medical seats: Experts say move will help reduce outflow of students to foreign shoresThe Union Budget announces the creation of 10,000 additional medical seats next year, aiming to reduce the outflow of students to other cou...
Corporate governance an investment to ensure sustainability: Srinivas“What we often fail to recognise is that you need gold standards, you need standardisation and uniformity. So there is no alternative to ha...
Talent from consultancies in high demand as faltering businesses need a post-Covid rebootCompanies across sectors such as automobile, pharma, information technology, manufacturing, and chemicals are looking for talent from consu...
E-commerce companies, MNCs seek people who can devise growth strategies; salaries up by 30%Swelling investor confidence and a rejuvenated economy have doubled the demand for talent who can devise strategies and chart out growth fo...
Demand for managers with packages higher than a crore grows by 25-30%, say headhunters like Amrop India and othersEMA Partners closed 75-80 searches with crore-plus salaries this year after 60-65 in 2013. Amrop India handled over 25 searches in 2014.
E-commerce firms like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Pepper Fry and others use stock to lure high-level executivesOnline retailers are scaling up quickly as foreign investors pump in money and, to drive growth, these companies need senior executives at ...
Hiring firms join search for women leaders at key postsFor critical hires and despite pressure from hiring heads, if organizations feel that female candidates are more suited to the role, they a...
- IT companies in no hurry to fill senior executive positions
People see their current employers, where they would have worked for a while and built relationships, as safer places to be.
- Indian IT companies like Wipro, HCL, Infosys and MindTree find it tough to hold on to expats
IT cos that have turned to expatriates to fill senior management positions are facing challenges in retaining them.
- Executives at their prime open to india transfer, says Amrop Chief Ulrich Dade
Amrop chairman Ulrich Dade spoke with ET about why searches are no longer the only answer to companies' strategic leadership concerns.
- Headhunting industry: Senior executives switch to running search firms
In a talent-hungry market, senior executives are moving from running businesses to running search firms. The headhunting industry has final...
- Expats changing the way India Inc works
A stint in India is a formidable flight in corporate circles, large consumer base and multi-cultural demographics.
- Hiring gets off the ground as infra cos hit the superhighway
"The Indian infrastructure sector is poised to be the next telecom/IT sector in terms of hiring needs over the next 18 months," says expert.
Education sector opens up a new chapter for headhuntersPlayers in the education space moving towards organised recruitments.
Mittal builds dream expat team to achieve global ambitionMittal has been steadfastly focusing on using international talent to go global for the last three years.
- 10-20% of CEOs fail trust vote
India Inc is not quite as fortunate as the government, with a disturbing 10% to 20% or more of its top leadership losing the trust vote for...
- Expat workforce in corporate sector posing challenge to desi talent
There are roughly 40,000 expats working in India at present, of which 15% are in top leadership roles, according to study by CRA. Expat CEO...