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Day of the specialist

Day of the specialist

Civil servants are often better-educated and more articulate than ministers; so they are able to talk about any area. But familiarity is different from mastery. The most interesting...

Replacement hiring to overtake growth hiring in pharma industry in India

Replacement hiring to overtake growth hiring in pharma industry in India

“We work with leading pharma companies in the country and hire candidates for the industry in the top 8 metro cities. While Mumbai leads in job growth, Bengaluru...

Ecommerce companies like Flipkart, Snapdeal and others shopping big time for temporary staff

Ecommerce companies like Flipkart, Snapdeal and others shopping big time for temporary staff

"A lot of the consumer durable companies want freshers for which we have tie-ups with colleges," said Vishnu Dev, director-manpower at ManpowerGroup. At Panasonic India, Ajay Seth, head...

Stop Kissing All Those Frogs

Stop Kissing All Those Frogs

China’s labour force is declining while India’s increases by 10 lakh workers every month. China’s farmto-non-farm transition happened to factories for exports. India’s fastest growing job roles are...

From the road to the cabin

From the road to the cabin

Hedge your bets Baba and his friend, Abhinav Kandarp, 31, set up a travel blog, Potliwalas, in December 2012 as they travelled through Lakshadweep, Rajasthan and Ladakh. After...

Choose wisely from among your job offers

Choose wisely from among your job offers

Small is beautiful For those who can navigate chaos, and manage on a smaller pay cheque, smaller firms can however offer good opportunities. “You get a T shaped...

Unique Courses: Banking and Finance – Talk money, bulls and bears

Unique Courses: Banking and Finance – Talk money, bulls and bears

Other options in financial sector As we know Finance is one of the fastest growing sectors not only in India but across the globe and there is great...

Govt ties up with private firms for real-time tracking of jobs

Govt ties up with private firms for real-time tracking of jobs

The government has understood that aggregating jobs is a challenge and the best way to do is through collaboration, said Vivek Chandok, chief executive of website Saral Rozgar,...

IIT-B median salary offer rises 6.5%

IIT-B median salary offer rises 6.5%

“The job market has saturated for engineers and even the IT sector, which remains the largest recruiter of engineers, isn’t hiring in large numbers. However, compared to the...

Have job seekers become wary of offers from startups

Have job seekers become wary of offers from startups

Such companies have to pass through acid test of ‘start up employer qualifier’, where valid business plans, long-term stay, return on investment (ROI) and investors, among others, will...

Urbanisation, less regulations key to job creation in India: panel

Urbanisation, less regulations key to job creation in India: panel

Urbanisation, overregulation, and human capital are three areas that need urgent attention to address the employment problem. Over-regulation and the multiplicity of laws are restricting the growth of...

When the law needs to catch up with reality

When the law needs to catch up with reality

Legal experts point out lacunae in the law and the fact that the judiciary has interpreted the law in various ways. The Supreme Court in its judgment in...