Extended internships are the order of the day at IT companies amid cautious hiringIt’s a new trend that has emerged this year, said KS Shridhar, dean – placement and training, at Bengaluru-based PES University. It’s not j...
29 Aug, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru have highest demand for entry-level talent : ReportThe demand for freshers is highest in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, followed by Mumbai, Chennai, and Pune, according to data from foundit. Most ...
13 Jun, 2024, 01.24 PM IST
Myth Debunking 101: Salary negotiation is not meant for freshersMany freshers often hesitate to negotiate their first salary, but it's crucial for setting a positive tone in their careers. Mental barrier...
25 Apr, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
Ciel HR’s Aditya Narayan Mishra on IT hiring and salary trendsAditya Narayan Mishra highlights the impact of AI, ML, cloud, and full stack development on pay packages. Global competency centers pay fre...
23 Apr, 2024, 10.51 AM IST
Just 1 in 10 engineering grads may land a job this fiscalOnly about 155,000 IT/engineering freshers are likely to be hired in 2023-24 as compared to 230,000 in the previous fiscal year, said the r...
19 Dec, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
Recruitment, IT industries account for highest demand for fresher hiring: founditAs per the new data, Bengaluru is the top location for fresher hiring, with 12.4% share of job postings. The city is also offering the high...
25 May, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
Wipro to offer 100% variable pay to 85% employees this quarterThe Bengaluru headquartered software services firm said it had onboarded 14,000 freshers in the first six months of fiscal 2022, with a net...
12 Oct, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
TeamLease’ Rituparna Chakraborty on CEO compensation vs entry level salaries“One can have a standalone debate on whether the compensation of a particular CEO of a particular organisation is justified or not, but the...
29 Jul, 2022, 10.39 AM IST
Wipro starts online test for fresher hiringThe 140-minute process tests the candidate's aptitude, written skills and online programming abilities.
20 Dec, 2018, 08.34 PM IST
How these high-paid techies got caught in a salary bubble, and how it's bursting nowIn the last few years, India's top startups took salaries of freshers to ridiculously high levels. But now when funding has dried up, they ...
17 Mar, 2017, 03.30 PM IST
IT companies ganged up to keep freshers' salary low: Mohandas PaiAs against offers of Rs 2.25 lakh per annum that used to go out for freshers two decades ago, they have risen only to Rs 3.5 lakh now.
21 Feb, 2017, 04.29 PM IST
No salary hike for freshers in IT space amid hiring bluesDespite marginal salary hikes offered by Cognizant — followed by TCS — last year, experts say that the range of salaries still largely rema...
28 Apr, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
A jobs narrative, for polls and the economyThe complexity or impossibility argument does not fly; the thousands of young job seekers this writer met at a recent job mela had five pro...
26 Sep, 2013, 12.46 PM IST
- IT companies using bonds to retain freshers
Wipro, Satyam, Infy, and TCS insist on a bond to ensure that the investment made in their employee is secure. Allergies at workplace | Prep...
09 Jun, 2008, 07.02 AM IST
- IT cos stagger placements amid rupee appreciation
A substantial number of fresh recruits have to sit at home even after getting job offer letters from top IT companies.
16 Nov, 2007, 12.48 AM IST
- IT industry cracks codes to check wage inflation
The strong demand scenario for the IT services vendors in India which is tempered by the supply woes in getting the required talent is unli...
08 Jan, 2007, 02.59 AM IST
- Brick-and-mortar loses talent to IT
The continuous and endless hunt for fresh talent by the IT sector in India is having its side effects.
14 Nov, 2006, 01.24 AM IST