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 →Artificial Intelligence must be designed to augment human capability instead of replacing them
Davos, Switzerland: We are at the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To cope with emerging challenges, development of artificial intelligence (AI) must be guided by one overarching principle – technology must augment, not replace, human capability and opportunity. Experts speaking at an interactive session on artificial intelligence at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting agreed that technology […]
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 →Edify Consultants launches Mobile App to measure ROI accurately on training & development
Mumbai: Edify Consultants Pvt. Ltd, a Mumbai based people development and training consulting company, has designed and developed a complete training management solution. By leveraging this platform, Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can now track and measure training effectiveness end to end. This solution is known as NODL, an intelligent Smartphone Enabled mobile application, has […]
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 →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 […]
Read More →Future HR leaders: People Matters honours 15 Emerging HR Leaders of India
Gurgaon: Who are the future HR Leaders in India? People Matters in association with DDI crowned 15 young HR professionals who are going to be the change-agents of the HR fraternity. In its 5th year, ‘Are You In The List 2016’ saw some of the best young HR minds battle it out in an intense […]
Read More →HR department lags behind in resolving people-related concerns: TimesJobs study
Mumbai: Addressing people-related concerns is one of the key areas where HR lags behind, considerably and which needs immediate attention along with the improved time management in acting on employee concerns. The majority of employees say they do not have good access to HR for advice and assistance, reveals the latest TimesJobs study. Nearly, 60% […]
Read More →Abhijit Bhaduri, Prabir Jha among others receive XLRI Distinguished Alumnus Awards at Annual Homecoming 2016
Jamshedpur: XLRI- Xavier School of Management, a premier B-School in India, hosted two days long celebrations of ‘Annual Homecoming 2016’ on 10th – 11th December, 2016. Around 250 XL Alumni participated in this year’s Homecoming held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur. On the occasion, eight prominent alumni of the institute received the Distinguished Alumnus Awards in […]
Read More →TCS wins another laurels as it is certified as top 3 employer in Asia Pacific
Singapore | Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT exporter, has emerged as “Top Employer Asia Pacific 2017” by the Top Employers Institute, and was ranked in the top three certified organisations in the region. TCS also achieved first time Top Employer certification in China and Philippines, as well as scored multi-year Top Employer […]
Read More →DHL Express continues to bag top honors as one of the Best Employers in Asia Pacific
Singapore/Mumbai: DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, announced that it has been honored again as a leading employer and an excellent workplace in multiple markets across Asia Pacific by leading human capital organizations — Aon Hewitt, Top Employers Institute, and Great Place to Work Institute. This year, DHL Express won a total […]
Read More →Learning management systems software will drive smart education and learning market, which will touch 586.04 bn USD by 2021
Pune: Learning management systems software will be a key catalyst for driving the Smart Education and Learning Market. According to a new market research report “Smart Education and Learning Market by Product (Hardware, Software, Service, Educational Content), User (Academic, Corporate), Learning Mode (Collaborative, Virtual Instructor, Simulation, Adaptive, Social, Blended), and Region – Global Forecast to […]
Read More →Technology is a skill and human-machine partnership will reshape future work: National HR-IR Conference 2016
Jamshedpur: XLRI- Xavier School of Management hosted the ‘National HR-IR Conference 2016’ on 3rd – 4th December, 2016. The theme of conference was “Dynamics of HR-IR: Realigning skills, systems and practices in the face of globalization”. Three panel discussions on “Changes in Technology and its effects on HR”, “Skill India: The Road ahead”, and “Socio-political and economic implications of globalization of labor […]
Read More →Annual Experiential Educators Conclave 2016 on 9-11 Dec 2016 in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: FICCI in collaboration with The Heritage School and Center for Experiential Education presents 3rd Annual Experiential Educators Conclave 2016 from 9 to 11 December, 2016 at The Heritage School, Gurgaon. The conclave presents eminent Indian and International experts from the field of experiential learning, with an intention to expose participant to some of the […]
Read More →Chennai- based Ramco Systems expands across South East Asia; Brunei’s largest bank signs deal with Ramco
Brunei Darussalam/ Chennai: After expanding into China and setting up office in the Philippines, Ramco Systems continues its expansion in APAC with Brunei’s largest bank and flagship Islamic financial institution, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) announcing that it will integrate its business processes across HR and enterprise resource planning functions with Ramco Systems’ Enterprise […]
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