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India | Will it be able to create enough jobs?
550 million Indians are 25 years and below, all ready or getting ready to join the workforce. But is India creating enough jobs? Is our education system and industry geared for the demographic explosion, which if not channeled right, could become a demographic disaster. Experts Sudhakar Balakrishnan, MD and CEO at Adecco India, Sanjay Pandit, … Continue reading
India – Training – Infosys Trains 100,000 students on skill enhancement
Infosys BPO Ltd., the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys, on Thursday announced that Project Genesis, its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, has trained more than 100,000 students across India to enhance their level of employability in the ITeS industry. Project Genesis is an industry-academia partnership initiative that was launched in Karnataka by Infosys … Continue reading
India – New HRD Minister – What to expect
Different people expect different things to happen after the change of guard at the human resources development ministry in New Delhi. For AK Gosain, professor of civil engineering, IIT Delhi, the HRD ministry under the leadership of Pallam Raju “has a pronounced focus on linking jobs to education. This will essentially translate to two things … Continue reading
India – Muslims pose as Hindus to get jobs
Muslims who make 13% of country’s population regularly complain of facing an anti-Muslim bias in various walks of life. Shaikh Azizur Rahman reports on those who secretly adopt Hindu names and dress styles to improve their lot in a Hindu-dominated … . Indian Muslims pose as Hindus to get jobs . http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-10-31/indian-muslims-pose-as-hindus-to-get-jobs/1038846
India – Attrition – Mere 51% employers plan to hire
Employers seem to be wary abouthiring for new positions and would rather concentrate only on filling up chairs that are empty because of attrition. A report by online job portalHeadHonchos.com called ‘Management Hiring Perspective Report 2012’ stated that only 51% of employers surveyed wanted to increase their headcount. ‘The hiring outlook is even more subdued … Continue reading
India – TCS Indore campus – To create 10,000 jobs
IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said it will set up an integrated campus in Indore for IT and BPO with an initial investment of Rs 550 crore in the first phase. An agreement to this effect was signed by TCS and officials of the state government in Indore at a function presided over by … Continue reading
India – Hiring stronger than elsewhere according to LinkedIn
Hiring trends in India is relatively strong than other markets around the world as nearly half of employers believe the recruitment volume this year is up from 2011, a survey says. According to the LinkedIn Recruiting Trends survey with over 3,000 professionals/recruiters from the HR/Talent Acquisition department, of which 255 were from India, hiring in … Continue reading
India – Reliance Life Insurance Company – To hire 1,000
Leading private sector insurer Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC) plans to hire about 1,000 employees for its new distribution channel Life Plaza by March, 2013. RLIC, part of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group’s financial services arm Reliance Capital, is also setting up close to 200 branches across the country under the newly-launched distribution model, Life Plaza, … Continue reading
Reverse Brain Drain – IT – India / US: Over half of Indian IT professionals returning
“Early April, Corp-Corp conducted a survey among Indian IT professionals. More than 1000 professionals responded to this survey. The results show more than half of the Indian IT professionals are planning to return to India.” writes corp-corp.com on its Blog. Survey Highlights (adapted excerpts) 50.1% of the people said that they will be returning to … Continue reading
ManpowerGroup’s Talent Shortage Survey : Talent is becoming the key competitive differentiator
“ManpowerGroup surveyed nearly 40,000 employers across 39 countries and territories during the first quarter of 2011 to gauge the impact of talent shortages on the global labor market. The results of the sixth annual Talent Shortage Survey reveal a modest upward trend in the percentage of employers having difficulty filling positions due to lack of … Continue reading
India – Job portal for disabled people launched
In an effort to help the millions of disabled in India earn a livelihood with dignity, Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD), an International NGO that supports disabled people 52 countries has designed a unique portal dedicated to facilitate recruitment for persons with disability. The portal named Jobability.org will cater to people with visual, hearing, speech, loco … Continue reading
Australia – India: SkillsDMC to train 500 million people for NSDC
Australia’s industry skills council SkillsDMC has signed an agreement with India’s NSDC to impart training to 500 million people in key industry areas by 2022. SkillsDMC has signed an MoU with Indian counterpart National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) to support the establishment of the Indian Sector Skills Council for mining. It will also provide for … Continue reading
India – Literacy : TARA Akshar+, the fastest literacy programs in the world
“An India-focused adult literacy program has been short-listed for an international humanitarian prize for having taught nearly 60,000 women to read and write in 35 days, making it one of the fastest literacy programs in the world.” reports Margherita Stancati in India Literacy Program May Be World’s Fastest on blogs.wsj.com. And,“Although men can enroll, too, … Continue reading
India – Business Scholls: Apart from the top, most are struggling to survive
“Apart from the top few, most business schools are struggling to survive.” writes Kalpana Pathak in Out of business on business-standard.com “The scary truth of business education, which not so long ago was a passport to a cushy corporate job, is finally out — there just aren’t enough takers. There are, at last count, over … Continue reading
India – Education: A necessary but not a sufficient basis for social mobility
“ Has wider access to education increased social mobility in India? writes Hasan Suroor in Education is a necessary but not a sufficient basis for social mobility on thehindu.com. She interviews Oxford academic Craig Jeffrey, ‘a fellow and tutor in Geography at St. John’s College, who speaks fluent Hindi and Urdu’ and ‘who spent several … Continue reading
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