HR practitioners and L&D professionals welcome Union Budget 2017-18
New Delhi: The Union Budget 2017-18 has proposed many initiatives in the various areas of the skill landscape: Job creation, skill development and improving quality of higher education. HR fraternity and Learning & Development (L&D) practitioners have given a thumbs-up to the Budget. Commenting on the Union Budget, Ms Achal Khanna, CEO, SHRM India said,”The […]
Read More →How to surface the elephant in the room? L&D global Mumbai Chapter Meet has the answer
Mumbai: At the L&D global Mumbai Chapter Meet on 28 January 2017, Mr Shyam Iyer, Tata Power SED HR Head, shared some great insights on surfacing the elephant in the room. “We have all heard about the elephant in the room. Everyone have different types of elephants in their personal and professional lives. Some have […]
Read More →Prosci expands presence in India as Marg joins the Prosci Global Affiliate Network
Colo/Bangalore: Prosci, the world leader in change management products and benchmarking research, announced that Marg, based in Bengaluru and with offices through the country, will start offering Prosci services including our Certification training, advisory services and enterprise licenses in India as a member of the Prosci Global Affiliate Network (GAN). Marg will initially provide open […]
Read More →TCS bags the Best and Brightest Companies To Work and Best and Brightest in Wellness awards
New York | Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT and IT services exporter, is known for innovations in employee engagement and creating vibrant work culture. Now, the IT giant has won two awards for its initiatives in employee benefit measures. TCS today announced that it has been recognized as one of the Best […]
Read More →India CHRO Forum, an exclusive platform for senior HR Professionals, launched by Sodexo India and Paul Writer
Mumbai: India CHRO Forum, an exclusive platform for senior HR Professionals, is launched by Sodexo BRS India in association with Paul Writer. It is the first-of-its-kind community in India for senior HR professionals where strategic themes and topics of current HR practices will be shared, discussed and mentored. The India CHRO Forum has an online […]
Read More →More than half of employees do overtime at work: TimesJobs study
Mumbai: Work-life balance is a pipe dream for employees in India. Working overtime under work load pressure is principal road block for achieving Work-life balance. A new TimesJobs study revealed that nearly 40% of both male and female employees put in around 10-12 hours in a regular day at work. Further, more than 70% male […]
Read More →AasaanJobs kickstarts new vertical Pharma Recruitment service
New Delhi: AasaanJobs (www.aasaanjobs.com), one of India’s leading online recruitment marketplace that connects entry-level job seekers with employers, has launched its new service in pharma recruitment, in a bid to expand its verticals in job search and employment. Now, AsaanJobs will provide its services in pharma staffing for both permanent and contractual job roles. Job […]
Read More →Quotas and Technology are the only ways to fix gender gap in workplace: World Economic Forum Meet 2017
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland: What are the solutions for gender gap in the corporate world? Quotas and technology appear to be the most powerful tools to address the issue. “In the last few years, progress has slowed down,” said Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the 47th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. IMF Chief […]
Read More →ZingHR receives CIO CHOICE 2017 Award in HR & Global payroll services for SMEs
Mumbai: ZingHR, the new age employee-centric cloud HCM Platform, bagged the CIO CHOICE 2017 Award in HR & Global Payroll Services for the SME category. CIO CHOICE celebrated its 5th Anniversary, the only independent ICT Vendor Recognition platform – Voice of CIOs in India. The marquee 5th Annual CIO CHOICE Recognition ceremony saw a gathering […]
Read More →Emotional intelligence makes business sense: L&D Global Pune Meet
Pune: Learning and Development (L&D) Global’s Pune Chapter meet was held on 14 January 2017 with the theme “I am still learning”. Two key note sessions have been hosted at the chapter meet. Prof MS Pillai, Director, Sadhana Centre for Management & Leadership Development, delivered talk on how to measure learning effectiveness through positive behavioural […]
Read More →Attrition rate for TCS falls further in Q3FY17
Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services exporter, added 18,362 employees on a gross basis in Q3 FY17 while 6,978 employees on a net addition. The total employee strength of TCS at the end of Q3 stood at 378,497 on a consolidated basis. There is impressive performance in the human resources department of […]
Read More →BankBazaar takes cloud HR route via PeopleStrong Alt
Gurgaon: BankBazaar, the world’s first Neutral Online Marketplace to provide instant rate quotes on loans, has selected PeopleStrong Alt, a born-on-cloud HR SaaS technology, to implement cloud technology in their HR practices. The company, which has more than 1000 employees spread across five locations, is planning to transform the employee experience by automating HR specifically […]
Read More →IIM Bangalore presents Annual Women Leadership Summit on 15 January 2017
Bangalore: Women in Management (WIM) Club at IIM Bangalore will host the 3rd Annual Women Leadership Summit on Sunday, 15 January 2017 at the IIM Bangalore campus. The theme of this year summit is To the Helm while this year edition has a stellar line-up of speakers. The Annual Women Leadership Summit is a flagship […]
Read More →Axis Bank launches Axis Academies to strengthen its learning and skill architecture
Mumbai: Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, has launched first of its kind Academies, dedicated skill and learning platform, with reputed partners to enhance productivity of its 56,000 workforce. Axis Banks plans to nurture the traditional banking skills with a new age lens, titled Twin-Tracking. This employee skilling and learning initiative aims at […]
Read More →Dr. Jitendra Singh honours best performing employees of DoPT
New Delhi: The Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that there should be a competitive federalism among the employees. He spoke this while addressing the Prize Distribution Ceremony of Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) here today (02 January 2017) and distributing certificates to […]
Read More →Top ten states having strong hiring prospects for 2017
Mumbai: Year 2016 has ended. New hopes have surfaced while we are entering 2017. What are job opportunities are stored for 2017? This is a billion dollar question. Among states, Maharashtra is set to become the most preferred state for hiring, according to hiring intent survey, a part of India Skills Report 2017. After Maharashtra, […]
Read More →RecruitCircle, online community for recruitment consultants, is extending industrial democracy
New Delhi: RecruitCircle, launched recently, is on a mission to help recruiting consultants stay ahead of employers and take informed association decisions while hiring candidates. The platform is the fastest growing platform for recruitment firms to share and view reviews about their clients. Democratizing the recruitment ecosystem, the circle is capturing growing database of all […]
Read More →Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2017 to remain pen-paper based
Jamshedpur: Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2017 will be on the similar pattern like previous years. The entrance test is to follow the Pen-Paper format like every year. XAT 2017 will be held on 8 January 2017. It will have four sections (i) Verbal and Logical Ability (ii) Decision Making (iii) Quantiative Ability and Data Interpretation […]
Read More →Prime Minister launches National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
New Delhi: Mr Narendra Modi launched National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) during his recent visit to Kanpur. The scheme has an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore and it involves incentivizing employers in sharing 25% of total cost of stipend paid to the apprentices. It is for the first time Govt. of India has come forward […]
Read More →Companies turning to technology to reach out to right talent: SHRM India–CareerBuilder report
New Delhi: Nearly 80% organizations use technology mostly for job/social media posting, career websites, internal/external database search and background searching. However, a whopping 17% of organizations are completely unaware of the existence of any such tools for the same. These trends are revealed by Talent Acquisition & Automation research report released by Society for Human […]
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