Across campuses, startups and ecomm cos have a big appetite for engineering talentStartups and e-commerce companies are increasingly hiring from top engineering colleges, offering attractive salary packages, signaling con...
03 Dec, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
How Zepto is poaching workers from Instamart, Blinkit, other rival firms to win the quick commerce warZepto, India's quick-comm unicorn co-founded by 21-year-old Kaivalya Vohra, is aggressively expanding its market share by offering massive ...
19 Nov, 2024, 03.31 PM IST
Want a job at top companies? Employee referrals are your best betHiring through employee referrals leads to lower costs, better cultural fits and higher retention rates, say firms. Referred candidates oft...
20 Oct, 2024, 01.57 PM IST
Food delivery cos bet on existing users; Infosys CEO interviewHappy Tuesday! With user growth stagnating, Zomato and Swiggy are prodding existing customers to order more. This and more in today’s ETtec...
28 May, 2024, 07.13 AM IST
BetterPlace acquires OkayGo to help gig workers earn more in IndiaWith this move, BetterPlace said it aims to reduce the cost of hiring for enterprises by 15-20% by providing them a pool of pre-skilled and...
31 May, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
M&A deals rise as startup funding begins to slowConsolidation is also in play as many of these startups are unable to shore up a war chest to fight bigger and more well-capitalised rivals.
02 May, 2022, 06.49 PM IST
Our real estate & matrimonial businesses will play out in next 5-7 years, says Hitesh Oberoi of Info Edge“In the local market, non-IT companies are beginning to hire tech talent. So traditional banks, insurance companies and consulting firms wa...
31 Jan, 2022, 03.06 PM IST
Shiprocket closing $185 million funding led by Zomato, Temasek and LightrockThe company did not share the expected valuation after the funding round, but people briefed on the matter said it would be $900-950 millio...
10 Dec, 2021, 07.42 PM IST
Zomato’s $500m bet on Grofers, Sebi's missive on IPO adsZomato, which has twice tested—and aborted—its own grocery delivery service since the start of the pandemic, is now in talks to invest up t...
18 Nov, 2021, 07.34 AM IST
Acquihiring rises among startups as talent becomes real differentiatorIn the last one year, over a dozen Indian startups—from Byju's to HealthifyMe—have been on an acquihiring spree to not only fill a market g...
27 Aug, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
Ozonetel cashes in as startups set up own call centresStartups are increasingly preferring to to set up customer service centres in-house rather than outsource the task.
16 Nov, 2018, 05.31 PM IST
How startups should handle mass layoffs to stay aliveCommunications on layoffs should be handled sensitively, and not through town-halls, said independent human resource adviser Hema Ravichand...
29 Nov, 2015, 05.46 PM IST
Restaurant guide Zomato goes off placements menu at IITsZomato, valued at over $1 bn, was denied a day one slot as a recruiter as its salary offers, amounting to a total of Rs 26 lakh, was too lo...
11 Nov, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Grofers to buy delivery startup hyperlocal delivery player TownrushGrofers is making these acquisitions primarily for the teams with no significant cash or equity being exchanged, an executive from the co s...
27 Oct, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Talent churn keeps e-commerce biggies Flipkart, Zomato, Ola on their toesFlipkart, Zomato and Ola, which have been aggressively recruiting top talent, are grappling with an exodus of management-level executives.
28 Sep, 2015, 06.30 AM IST
Online talent recruitment marketplace Talentpad acquires OptimizedBitsOptimizedBits was started by 24-year-old Gaurav Mangla along with three others, after they faced issues in finding fixed jobs through job p...
07 May, 2015, 09.39 AM IST
Printvenue founder Saurabh Kochhar hired as Foodpanda's new India CEOWith this development, the managing directors of Foodpanda and its two acquired brands TastyKhana and JustEat India will be reporting direc...
25 Mar, 2015, 04.10 PM IST