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White collar job openings dip in June amid slowing tech intake
The overall drop in hiring numbers comes even as non-tech sectors continued to open more job positions amid rising attrition and an uptick in consumption, data put together exclusively for ET by specialist staffing firm Xpheno showed. The total number of active white collar job openings in June stood at 300,000, down from 330,000 in May, according to data collated from LinkedIn and several company job boards.
UTKARSH Classes & Edutech to hire over 500 people in tier II, III cities
The company has witnessed a growth from 6,000 to 1.5 million paid students enrolling for online coaching in the past two years, UTKARSH Classes and Edutech founder and CEO Nirmal Gehlot said.
Telcos, tech cos headed for battle in hiring talent as 5G auction nears
With 5G services rollout on the anvil, and captive private networks becoming a reality, telcos will look to beef up their workforce. The talent pool that they will be targeting overlaps with where tech companies are also looking to hire from.
Soaring white collar salaries driving sales of premium cars and gadgets
Professionals who are switching jobs or getting retained by their existing employers at much higher salaries than before are upgrading their gadgets and cars in a rush of euphoria, brands and retailers said.
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana Jobs Target Surpassed by 28%
Latest data show 7.51 million jobs were created under the scheme since its notification in December 2020, over a quarter more than the initial target of 5.85 million. New jobs created from October 1, 2020 were eligible under the scheme that ran till March 31, 2022.
SSC to fill about 70,000 vacancies in central government depts
"The Commission, in its continuous efforts to expedite recruitment process, would be taking up the process of filling of about 70,000 additional vacancies. Notices of specific examinations will be uploaded on its website in due course," the SSC said in a public notice.
Blue collar job openings rise the most in 18 months
Economists and job market experts are of the view that the recent rise in the number of Covid-19 infections in the country and fears of a possible fourth wave is not likely to deter companies strengthening their teams in the near-term amid pickup in business activity, rise in consumption, and reopening of offices, educational institutions and business establishments.
Who gets the better performance appraisal - employees working remotely or those in the office?
While companies said they were cognisant of employee concerns and taking steps proactively, so no such differentiation occurs, human resources experts said it's a grey area.
MGNREGA work generation grows in May
Data from the MGNREGA website showed that work provided to households under the scheme was 9.9% higher in May, at 24.4 million, compared to 22.2 million in May 2021, and 31.2% more than 18.6 million in April.
Top engineers in no hurry to accept every job offer
The average offer acceptance rate in skills such as full-stack engineers, data engineers, frontend engineers, SRE/DevOps, data scientists and backend engineers is just about 50%, as one out of two candidates trashes the offer letter, according to placement consultants.
Demand for work under rural jobs scheme up in May
Data shows month-on-month household demand jumped 32% in May to 3.07 crore compared to 2.32 crore in April 2022, while the year-on-year increase registered was 15.8% as 2.65 crore households demanded work under the scheme in May 2021.
'More women have been opting out of white-collar gig jobs in last two years'
Indian women are opting out of the workforce even as freelancers, according to data from the white-collar gig jobs platform which was shared exclusively with ET.