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Pope Francis funeral: Donald Trump to Emmanuel Macron, these world leaders set to attend ceremonyPope Francis funeral is scheduled to take place in Vatican City on April 26. The ceremony is slated to begin at 8 am (GMT). It will take pl...
India Inc bats for IPL, wants employees to be a part of the action tooBusinesses like Dream11, Shalimar Paints, Puma, and Furlenco are harnessing IPL excitement by organizing match screenings, offering tickets...
Startups, ecommerce firms likely to go slow on campus hiringPaytm and Dream Sports said they would be going to campuses but did not disclose hiring targets for the Class of 2023.
For team bonding post pandemic, companies turn to adventure sports, outdoor activitiesFor the startup, which scaled up from 260 employees pre-Covid, it was an opportunity to build rapport among team members who didn’t really ...
Employee-focused policies take centrestage at startupsFrom nap times to birthday leaves and vacation reimbursements, chatbots that connect with employees to gauge how they are feeling to employ...
Five ways to create effective feedback mechanism"It is essential that employees believe that their feedback will reach the expected destination and create impact," says Sriram Vaidhyanath...
Mirrors to comic strips, companies innovate to get messages across to staff on the goIn an era where employees do not like to be “told”, where time is of the essence, attention spans are shorter and employees are on the go, ...
This technology is helping firms in speeding up HR functionsThe technology being used is a chatbot, a computer programme designed to simulate conversation with human users, especially over the Intern...
Why hiring the right person is the most important challenge before a startupWith over 22,000 startups coming up in the country in the last ten years, according to startup tracker Tracxn, a lot of millennials are joi...
Paternity leave: New fathers deal with what companies dole outUnder Mondelez’s new parent policy, rolled out last year, male employees get 10 days paternity leave for a child, within a period of the ne...
Paws for thought: Why offices in India are becoming pet-friendlyCompanies like InMobi, UrbanClap, Chumbak and OnePlus are offering their employees a gamut of perks including the option of bringing their ...
Maternity bill welcome, but India Inc is one step aheadNot only have cos upped their maternity leave allowances, some have even introduced special initiatives to ease their employees’ entry into...
InMobi opens four clubs to help employees live life to the fullestJogging along the scenic parts of the city, cycling to the nearby Nandi Hills and taking a short trip to Puducherry are all par for the cou...
Startups tweaking leave policies to keep employees happyThe initiative is scoring major brownie points, said Shilpi Pandey, vice president of HR at CommonFloor.
Boomerang employees: Companies look to woo ex-employeesBoomerang employees – those who quit their jobs to gain experience in another company or startup, and then choose to rejoin their former em...
Firms like InMobi, Endurance offer their stocks to woo best campus talentSeveral startups and leading companies have started offering their shares to fresh graduates in engineering and B-School campuses to attrac...
Why InMobi may be India's most innovative companyOperating across over 20 countries, pitted against giants, InMobi knows well that it can win the game only on the back of disruptive techno...
HR culture: From flexible timings to daycare, how startups are drawing policies to retain employeesStartups have come up with HR policies that include flexibility to change roles and choose working hours, and even offering accommodation t...
Human Resource Management: Organisations salvage bad hiring calls through training, mentoringThe cost of a bad hire can go up to five times that employee’s annual salary, according to a study by Society for Human Resource Management.