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Finding candidates with high employability in non-technical skills is easier than finding candidates with high job-readiness for technical skills, said the 'India's Graduate Skill Index: 2023' report, published by online talent assessment company Mercer|Mettl and shared exclusively with ET.

A record 600,000-700,000 temp jobs are likely to be created in the upcoming festive months between August-end and December, according to exclusive data shared with ET by staffing company ManpowerGroup India. This is an increase of around 20% from last year’s festive period.

The number of women professionals seeking freelance work has surged amidst a dearth of remote work opportunities for women, leading to many dropping out of full-time roles. Flexing It notes a 15% increase in the number of women consultants seeking freelance work in Q2 2021 versus the previous quarter, with 60% of them looking for full-time work. Many have opted for freelance roles for location flexibility.

Companies including Accenture, Cognizant, KPMG, L&T, PwC, and NatWest Group are making concerted efforts to bring in more women in leadership roles, recognising that diverse viewpoints are crucial to fostering innovation and better decision-making, ultimately leading to more success and better profitability for firms.

Leading executive search firms including Korn Ferry India, Heidrick & Struggles, EMA Partners and Insist Consulting have seen a 25-30% increase in CEO/CXO mandates in the first four months of this fiscal year compared to a year ago across sectors such as industrial, manufacturing, commodities, engineering, financial services and healthcare.

The in-house units of global companies in India across sectors such as banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), pharmaceuticals, retail, energy, automotive and telecom are set to clock half a million gross hires, including attrition refills, this fiscal year, according to data from specialist staffing firm Xpheno.

Delhi-based food delivery companies such as Zomato, Swiggy and Zepto are providing additional incentives for their delivery personnel to meet an increase in demand driven by heavy rainfall in the region. Riders are being offered rain gear, rain jackets and free medical and accidental insurance. In addition, delivery associates are being given a "rain fee" incentive while riders are rewarded with prizes such as televisions and refrigerators for meeting delivery targets during the bad weather.

The government of Karnataka, India, has pledged to purchase 4,000 buses from the state's road transport corporation, and will recruit 13,000 drivers, conductors and mechanics. The announcement was made by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on 20 July. The moves followed the successful implementation of the Shakti scheme, which offered free travel to women on state buses.

Many companies, such as Deloitte, KPMG, Airtel, Coca-Cola, Wipro, UpGrad and ABB, with pan-India offices are considering offering work-from-home (WFH) or flexible work options to employees in case of extreme weather conditions in the coming days, their executives told ET.

The tech hiring in the IT sector has shown green shoots of demand in July, with a 10% increase in overall hiring requirements compared to last month, according to staffing firms. The increased demand is driven by companies with a better visibility of demand, with GCC and ER&D demand flow remaining stable. Experts said that the growth in headcount will reflect in the October-December quarter.

Job scams - where fraudsters pass themselves off as representatives of leading recruitment firms to establish authenticity - have become rampant in a lacklustre hiring market, worsened by layoffs in some sectors.