India will need to deliver 24.3 lakh blue-collar jobs amid rapid qcomm riseIndia will need 24.3 lakh blue-collar workers, with the quick commerce sector expected to create 500,000 jobs, according to a report by Ind...
09 Jan, 2025, 02.56 PM IST
Quick commerce driving blue-collar employment; India to see demand for 2.4 million jobs by 2027The sector added 40,000 employees last quarter to handle increased festive shopping and ecommerce demand. The main roles that quick commerc...
09 Jan, 2025, 01.54 PM IST
UP, Bihar replace Kerala as top supplier of blue-collar workforce to GCC nations: ReportAccording to the report, there has been a 50 per cent increase in the migration of blue-collar workers from India to the GCC in the first s...
17 Nov, 2023, 08.41 PM IST
Gurugram sees exodus by informal workersThe recent communal unrest in Gurugram has led to an exodus of blue collar temp workers from Haryana, with employees such as parking attend...
09 Aug, 2023, 12.58 AM IST
Blue-collar job vacancies grew 7% in March to 57,11,154: ReportAccording to the report, the requirement for security service jobs has tripled over the past year and shown a 219 per cent increase on a ye...
25 Apr, 2023, 10.20 PM IST
Economic revival spurs demand for blue-collar workers in IndiaData from Qjobs, a hiring solution for blue-collar jobs by Billion Careers, a Quess company, showed 39% year-on-year growth in the number o...
11 Mar, 2023, 09.50 AM IST
Delivery businesses may see doubling of women workforce to 15%: ReportThe last year 2021 was marked by an increase in the focus of organisations on the delivery space to achieve gender parity at the workplace ...
11 Jan, 2022, 05.19 PM IST
SalaryBox gets $4 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, othersSalaryBox will help blue-collar workers open their first salary account, while making it much easier for small businesses to pay their staf...
17 Nov, 2021, 01.31 PM IST
Smartstaff raises $4.3 million from Blume Ventures, othersThe blue-collar workforce management platform will use the funds for further enhancing the product and building the team.
04 Oct, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
Digital training of blue-collar employees on the rise, says expertsA key challenge now that the blue-collar staff is coming back to workplaces is to provide them relevant infrastructure and time for learnin...
20 Dec, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
Blue-collar jobs on the path to recovery; delivery, healthcare to surpass pre-Covid levelsBlue-collar jobs in delivery and healthcare are expected to end the year surpassing pre-Covid numbers, while facilities, security, ITeS and...
30 Sep, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
E-commerce, logistics firms bring back blue-collar jobs as companies prepare for festive seasonThis comes at a time when internet companies including Amazon, Grofers, Big Basket and DealShare have already hired thousands of blue-colla...
14 Jul, 2020, 09.06 AM IST
Virus takes a toll on blue collar staff; no pay for 12 croreAbout 100 to 120 million blue-collar workers have gone without income in the past month due to Covid lockdown.
28 Apr, 2020, 09.00 PM IST
SuperMoney raises $1 million in funding from Unitus VenturesThe fintech startup will use this capital to expand its team and launch operations in new cities.
07 Feb, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
How radio cabs are working with a blue-collar workforce that includes delivery boys & driversTypically, startups are associated with flat organizational structures. They are also associated with young, highly qualified teams.
24 Nov, 2014, 11.29 AM IST
- When drivers draw higher salary than sales executives
In some instances, the lines are blurring with HR trackers finding it difficult to clearly define blue from white.Firing employees? I Follo...
08 Feb, 2008, 05.00 PM IST
- Poaching on the shop floor
Hiring will no longer be the same for the manufacturing sector. Five years ago, nobody would have believed him.
07 Sep, 2006, 01.27 AM IST