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India / Just 20% of the class of 2013 have got jobs
The following set of numbers shows the young have read the grim job market right. Andhra Pradesh has over 700 engineering colleges and 3.5 lakh seats – the highest in any Indian state. But just 2 lakh seats were filled up this year. Why? Because just 20% of the class of 2013 have got jobs. … Continue reading
India / Free Online employability test from Oct. 3
TalentSprint, a partner of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), is conducting the TalentSprint Aptitude Test (TSAT) online from October 3 to 8. The free test will evaluate students on their skills and the employability score will reflect their prospects in comparison with peers. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at via Online … Continue reading
India / 100,000 public sector jobs available
Over 100,000 public sector jobs — in banks, Railways, Food Corporation of India, Indian Ordinance Factories, Bharat Coking Coal and many other PSUs — are up for grabs Continue reading
India / Millions of young people are unable to find a job
Once touted as an economic miracle, faltering India cannot provide jobs for millions of university graduates. Meanwhile, employers complain they don’t have the skills anyway Continue reading
India / Educomp cuts 3,500 jobs
Education solutions provider Educomp Solutions on Friday said it has cut 3,500 jobs in the last three months and has also initiated measures to spur growth Continue reading
Job Search in India / The current slowdown may be the worst ever
India, the world’s second-most populous country and home to the world’s second largest workforce has a problem. That this is the worst job market since liberalisation in terms of severity, duration, sweep and scale Continue reading
India / 79% believed young workers accept a job below their education level
Experienced and inexperienced workers across India struggle to find suitable jobs and most end up in positions not commensurate with their education, Randstad India’s Workmonitor study said Continue reading
India / Large-scale layoffs are underway
India has for the first time acknowledged that large-scale layoffs are already underway and the job market is likely to get much worse if growth isn’t revived fast Continue reading
India / Working in Archaeology
India – Working in Archaeology – There are increasing opportunities both in the public and private sectors in heritage management, curation and academics , regional archaeological services and development work both in India and overseas. Continue reading
India / Vocational courses pay off , mindset must change
India – The higher education set-up can never absorb all school-leaving students and there is no point pushing them all for a “useless BA and BSc degree. Better focus on vocational education Continue reading
India / Engineering postgraduates: a glut in applications
There are few takers for engineering postgraduates these days. The slowdown in the economy has dampened prospects in manufacturing so much so that the industry is shy about hiring them. Another major attraction was academics. In fact, many engineering graduates did master’s with an eye on teaching jobs. There was indeed a time when a … Continue reading
India / Food Corporation hiring 7,000
Food Corporation of India (FCI) is on a hiring spree as it plans to recruit 7,000 in order to gear up for implementation of proposed Food Security Act, after hiring about 3,800 employees. “This is a massive recruitment drive undertaken by the FCI,” state-run FCI Executive Director (Personnel) D V Devinder Kumar Bhalla today said … Continue reading
Offshoring / Bank of America Moving Home Mortgage Jobs To India
Bank of America (BAC) opened a unit in India to review home-valuation reports as it seeks to rebuild share in U.S. mortgages at a lower cost Continue reading
India / Providing Skills to 500M in Ten Years
The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram presents an ambitious target of providing skills to 500 million people in ten years meaning thereby that 50 million people are to be skilled every year, which is a huge challenge in itself Continue reading
India / Google voted best workplace
Google once again took the top honour of being the best workplace in India Continue reading
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