Category: India

skilled labour: Short of skilled hands, companies turn to apprentices

skilled labour: Short of skilled hands, companies turn to apprentices

An acute shortage of skilled labour in the frontline or blue-collar workforce has prompted companies across sectors such as industrial/manufacturing,…

Data Sovereignty Facts Every CXO Should Know

Data Sovereignty Facts Every CXO Should Know

Getting new value from data requires exploiting data in the cloud—and at scale. This indicates that a limited number of…

Apprenticeship training sees twenty-fold jump in five years

Apprenticeship training sees twenty-fold jump in five years

India has witnessed a twentyfold jump in the past five years in the number of apprentices engaged in a year,…

gen ai: Generative AI a bigger threat to select white-collar jobs

gen ai: Generative AI a bigger threat to select white-collar jobs

Generative AI is poised to have a more profound impact on certain white-collar jobs than blue-collar ones in the next…

Leaders are preparing for strategic planning in the age of uncertainty

Leaders are preparing for strategic planning in the age of uncertainty

As the end of a year approaches, leaders in several companies start thinking about setting a strategy for the next…

IT’s not all: MNCs make engineer shift in offshore hiring

IT’s not all: MNCs make engineer shift in offshore hiring

Mumbai: The growing number of manufacturing-led global capability centres (GCCs) being set up by multinational companies in India will likely…

lawyers start courting cases: Legally binding: Lawyers start courting cases on their own

lawyers start courting cases: Legally binding: Lawyers start courting cases on their own

Several mid-to-senior lawyers in litigation and dispute resolution practices at top law firms have moved out from their cushy jobs…

PGCIL Recruitment 2023: Powergrid India is looking to hire Junior Technicians. Everything you need to know

PGCIL Recruitment 2023: Powergrid India is looking to hire Junior Technicians. Everything you need to know

POWERGRID Corporation of India Limited on its website announced that it is looking to hire 203 Junior Technician Trainees. The…

New skills that make today’s chief marketing officer armed and formidable

New skills that make today’s chief marketing officer armed and formidable

The chief marketing officer (CMO) is one critical role in the C-suite that not just shapes the brand, but is…

formal job market: New enrolments in the formal job market fall further in September

formal job market: New enrolments in the formal job market fall further in September

The number of first-time workers entering the formal job market declined yet again in September, as both the Employees’ Provident…