The Class of 2024 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has bagged 1,340 offers in the first phase of the placement season, with 1,188 students getting placed. The average pay…
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How to get a job in the age of AI: Tips from a top LinkedIn executive
Daniel Shapero has been at LinkedIn since 2008, when the Great Recession rocked the labor market. He’s since risen through the ranks to become the company’s chief operating officer, guiding the platform…
employment contracts: Companies tightening contracts to make exit tough for senior executives
Indian companies are aggressively tightening employment contracts for top executives — to make them more binding — by incorporating stricter non-compete and non-solicitation clauses, at a time when there is a cut-throat…
How hiring and firing changed in the corner office in 2023 and what to expect in 2024
The year 2023 has seen quite a few learnings for the world of jobs and careers. Even as people got ready for the shift from remote work to back to office and…
Girls Sainik School, India’s first, opens in Vrindavan. Admission process explained
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday dedicated the first Sainik school for girls at Vrindavan. Along with a CBSE curriculum, military training will also be…
CUET PG 2024: Registration on, link now active on official site; here are some key details
The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) PG 2024 notification has been released by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The registration link has been activated as well. Registration for the CUET PG 2024…
TeamLease EdTech, IIT Patna and NSDC ink MOU to strengthen graduate employability
TeamLease EdTech, IIT Patna and NSDC have signed a MoU to mark their partnership and accelerate the development of employability-focused large-scale innovative learning programs. This collaboration intends to provide the option of…
Both men and women seek white-collar gig jobs, but for different reasons
New Delhi: It is an unequal world when it comes to white-collar gig jobs. While women take up white-collar freelance roles primarily to enable them to stay in the workforce, men choose…
SSC GD Recruitment 2024 application last date today; here’s how to apply
SSC GD Recruitment registration for 2024 is scheduled to end today (December 31). The registration is for these posts: Constable (GD) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), SSF, and Rifleman (GD) in…
UPSSSC Lekhpal Result 2023: How to check & other key details
UPSSSC (Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission) announced the results of UPSSC Lekhpal 2023 this week. The UPSSSC Lekhpal Mains exam was conducted on July 31, 2022. The recently announced results are…
LSR: Class of 2024: LSR tops DU as undergrad lands record Rs 49 lakh offer
Mumbai | New Delhi: A final year economics student from the Class of 2024 at Delhi University’s Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) has landed a job with an annual salary…
IT executive exodus: Explainer: A primer on breach of contract, lawsuits
Senior C-suite executives moving to rival companies is common. As are non-compete clauses as part of employment contracts by employers while making top management employee appointments. Yet lawsuits against employees for contract…
National Insurance Company: NIACL AO recruitment 2024 notification released for 274 posts: Last date, eligibility, exam pattern, salary
NIACL AO recruitment 2024: PSU general insurance major, the National Insurance Company, announced NIACL AO Recruitment 2024. The insurance company has invited applications for 274 vacancies for Administrative Officers (Generalists & Specialists,…
AI, diversity, inclusion will take centre stage in 2024: Indeed survey
Employees and employers geared up to adopt artificial intelligence at the workplace, with 59 per cent of employees are very confident in their ability to adapt and utilise AI tools, says a…
Assam puts up advertisement for 14,223 school teacher posts
Assam has issued an advertisement for recruitment of 14,223 school teachers across the state, Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said on Wednesday. In a series of posts on X, Pegu said the Directorate…
India attrition rate: India Inc sees a dip in attrition to 17% in 2023 amidst global tech downturn: Deloitte survey
Attrition levels across India Inc dropped to 17% in 2023 from 19.7% in 2022 on the back of a subdued job market, macroeconomic headwinds, layoffs across sectors, and an uncertain future environment….
Career Wrap: Terms that defined Work and the workplace in 2023
Back in 2022, we heard about the Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting as people got ready for back to office norms post COVID. 2023, with its return to office and hybrid work…
XAT 2024: Admit Card released at xatonline.in, direct link and key dates here
The Xavier School of Management (XLRI) has released the admit card for the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2024. Aspirants can download the admit card from the official website www.xatonline.in, using their XAT…
Career Wrap: The evolution of hiring and firing in 2023 and beyond
In the spirit of Albert Einstein, who once remarked, ‘Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving,’ HR Heads and Job Seekers are finding new grooves…
UPSC Civil Services Exam: Free coaching admission dates announced by BHU
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has announced the admission date for its free coaching program for the Civil Services Examination 2023-24. The admission process for the free UPSC coaching is scheduled for December…
Eyeing a career in the booming EV sector? Check out the pay, roles & skills in demand
As the world makes a deliberate shift towards a sustainable environment, the Indian electric vehicle (EV) sector is an area many individuals are betting on for a successful career. However, it’s important…
IIT-Kanpur Class of 2024 secures 989 offers in first phase of placement; with average pay of Rs 26.27 lakh per annum
The Class of 2024 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has secured 989 job offers, including 22 international offers, in the first phase of the placement season. The average pay…
CEO searches: Stretched timelines: What’s extending the duration of CEO & CXO searches?
Mumbai: CEO and CXO searches have gotten unusually longer – sometimes extending up to 6-9 months or more from 3-4 months earlier – as many seasoned pros are dropping off at the…
CXOs much wanted; demand likely to exceed supply in 2024
New Delhi: Corporate India has intensified hiring for leadership roles despite a slowdown in entry-level recruitment, according to search firms, which expect a possible shortage of senior executives to meet the demand…
White-collar hiring down 6 per cent in 2023
MUMBAI: White-collar hiring in the country declined 6% on year in 2023, pulled down by sectors such as IT services, BPO/ITeS, retail, FMCG, education, and healthcare, show data put together by online…
New job additions to the formal sector decline in October
New subscribers to the government’s three social security schemes declined in October, showing further stress in the formal job market, data released Friday showed. The number of new subscribers to the Employees’…
IIT Delhi placements: 1,000 IIT Delhi class of 2024 students have job offers in hand after phase 1 of placement
Class of 2024 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has bagged around 1,050 job offers, including pre-placement offers (PPOs), after conclusion of phase 1 of campus placement for the academic…
CAT 2023 results announced. 14 candidates score 100 percentile. How it is calculated?
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow today announced the release of the CAT 2023 scorecard. Candidates who have appeared for the Common Admission Test can now access their scorecards on the official…
Non-metro Cities and Towns Outpace Metros
Non-metro cities and towns were ahead of metros in the race to add white-collar jobs in 2023, driven mostly by the manufacturing and financial services sectors, according to a study by a…
sustainability: Majority of working professionals concerned about job redundancy due to emerging tech: Report
A majority of working professionals are concerned about job redundancy due to emerging technologies and believe that upskilling could help them navigate in the rapidly changing work landscape, says a report. The…
industry: Fresher hiring by IT cos likely to decline in FY24: Report
Hiring of freshers is likely to decline in the current fiscal as major IT companies look to freeze intake of freshers, according to a report. In its hiring outlook for fresh IT/engineering…
Just 1 in 10 engineering grads may land a job this fiscal
Hiring of fresh engineering graduates is likely to fall by over 30% this fiscal amid a freeze on fresher intake at major IT and technology companies, according to a report by tech…
Class of 2024: AI to agriculture, job aspirants have a wide menu to choose from
The next few months are crucial for final-year college students. It involves selecting a line of work, going through placement processes and interviews, and generally taking the first steps towards the rest…
AI will not take away jobs, will just change the nature of it, says Eric Loeb of Salesforce
While Salesforce’s top leadership recognises the transformative power of generative AI (artificial intelligence), it believes that cannot succeed without trust and ethics at its core. ET Online caught up with the company’s…
Amid continuing global headwinds, many senior execs from tech companies join ‘big four’ as partners
Mumbai: Nearly two dozen senior executives from technology firms have joined the ‘big four’ professional services firms – Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG – as partners in the past year, amid continuing…
IIT-Roorkee sees 802 job offers in first 15 days of final placements
The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R) saw 802 offers from 172 companies in the first 15 days of final placements for the Class of 2024, the institute said on Sunday. This…
AI talent: Wanted: Human resources to steer Artificial Intelligence
India Inc is facing a fierce battle for AI talent, with companies from diverse sectors scrambling for mid- and senior-level professionals who can spearhead their artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. Demand stems from…
A large number of employees feel short nap breaks essential in today’s work culture: Survey
A large number of employees believe that short nap breaks during office hours help battle fatigue and also increase efficiency and well-being of workers, according to a survey. The practice of ‘inemuri’,…
Youths skilled under ‘Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana’ are not preferred for railway jobs: Vaishnaw
Over 26,000 candidates, who have been skilled till November 2023 under the “Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana”, will not have any preference in jobs in the Indian Railways, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed…
AI/ML skills, talent gaps widen with accelerating innovation: Skillsoft
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are the biggest areas of focus for IT leaders, though 43% rate their teams’ AI and ML skillsets as low, according to Skillsoft’s 2023 IT…
Demand for facility management personnel seen increasing in New Year
Demand for facility management personnel is seen increasing in the New Year as more companies, especially in manpower-heavy sectors such as IT and IT services, switch from the remote and hybrid work…
Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination: Delhi HC dismisses plea to postpone Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary examination
The Delhi High Court recently declined a plea seeking the postponement of the Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination slated for December 17. The plea cited a clash with a recruitment test by…
Most Indian companies using tech for recruitment: Foundit
Technology is playing an increasingly vital role in recruitment, with 56% of companies adopting a geocentric approach to hiring by leveraging technology to source and recruit candidates, a foundit (formerly Monster APAC…
Bombay High Court is recruiting for more than 4000 posts
Bombay High Court is looking to hire for Stenographer (Grade-3), Junior Clerk, and Peon/Hamal posts. It is looking to hire for a total of 4629 posts. The last date to apply is…
Navigating excellence: Executive programme in strategic operations management & supply chain analytics
In the realm of contemporary business, effective operations management and supply chain analytics play pivotal roles in ensuring organizational success. The Executive Programme in Strategic Operations Management & Supply Chain Analytics (EPSOMSCA)…
Rajasthan Police Constable recruitment: PET/PST dates released at police.rajasthan.gov.in. How to download admit card
Rajasthan Police: For the recruitment of 3,578 posts of Constable Recruitment-2023, Physical Efficiency / Measurement (PET / PST) examination of the candidates will be conducted from 27 December to 30 December. The…
IIT placements dip 15% in phase 1, but pay unchanged amid slump
Mumbai: Despite a market slump and macroeconomic headwinds, compensation packages at the country’s leading Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) remains at the same level as the previous two years, but they are…
818 IIT Kanpur students get 891 full-time offers at end of Day 8 in ongoing first phase of placements
A total of 891 full-time offers, including pre-placement offers (PPOs), were made to 818 students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, at the close of Day 8 of the ongoing final…
The CXO’s toolkit: Essential skills and traits for success
The role of the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) has evolved to become one of the most critical positions in modern businesses. CXOs are responsible for shaping and enhancing the overall customer experience…
CXO roundtable: Insights from top customer experience officers
In today’s business landscape, where competition is fierce, customer expectations are soaring, and the digital revolution is reshaping industries, the role of the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) has become increasingly vital. CXOs…
IIM lucknow collaborates with emeritus for cutting-Edge chief marketing officer programme
The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow) has recently unveiled the commencement of its next batch of the Chief Marketing Officer Programme in collaboration with Emeritus, a global leader in providing…
Are you a fresher looking for job? These are your must-have skills
One thing is absolutely clear in today’s highly competitive employment landscape — a degree is sometimes not enough to be job-ready in certain areas. Skill requirements are witnessing a change at an…
IIT placements: Concerns rise as final placements at IITs show 15-30% decline in job offers for class of 2024
More than a week into the final placements at the Indian Institutes of Technology, students of the Class of 2024 are a worried lot. Placement team members at several old IITs told…
Work from home: Employees believe offices not ready for new way of working: study
Bengaluru: While most employees in India are willing to return to the office at least a few times a week, many of them believe that workplaces are not ready for the new…
Supreme Court: 324 posts of high court judges vacant: Government
There are more than 320 vacancies in various high courts where 790 judges are working as against the sanctioned strength of 1,114, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written…
Unlock your potential as a product manager with kellogg executive education’s post graduate certificate in product management
In the ever-evolving landscape of business, where products serve as the cornerstone for startups and multinational corporations alike, the role of a Product Manager is indispensable. Understanding the nuances of the customer’s…
After Covid, return to office, performance pressure keep Gen Z stressed
Mumbai | Bengaluru: Covid-19 has waned, but mental health concerns mounted in 2023. Nearly half a dozen counsellors and experts ET spoke with said they are getting an alarmingly high anxiety- and…
Factors that create a strong foundation for effective GCC leadership
Hirings by global capability centres or global business services (GCCs/GBSs) have come as positive news this year amid stories of layoffs and slowdowns. The absolute hiring numbers are smaller than, say, IT…
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana: Govt says 45.59 lakh jobs created so far under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
The government on Tuesday informed Parliament that about 45.59 lakh employment opportunities have been created under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala,…
Hiring activity slows by 10% YoY in November
Hiring activity in India declined in November, by 10% from a year earlier and 2% sequentially, the Foundit Insights Tracker by job-listing platform Foundit (formerly Monster APAC & ME) has revealed. The…
AI for Business Mastery: AI for Business Mastery: Elevate Leadership with Our Exclusive Workshop
In today’s dynamic business landscape, staying ahead requires embracing transformative technologies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands out as a pivotal force driving innovation, reshaping industries, and redefining leadership. For business leaders eager to…
Upskilling trends: Women more willing to upskill in new tech than men, suggests study
Mumbai: A large majority of female professionals in India are seeking to upskill themselves in latest technology skills, with women at the C-suite level willing to spend more than their male counterparts…
PSBs want cap relaxed for management-level hiring
State-run banks have urged the government to relax the cap that stops them from hiring more people for middle- and senior-level management positions, saying it will boost efficiency, people in the know…
IIT Kharagpur, IIT (BHU) together bag close to 1240 offers, including PPOs, by end of Day 1 of final placements
BENGALURU: IIT Kharagpur bagged more than 700 offers, including pre-placement offers (PPOs) at the end of the first day of the final placement drive, while IIT-BHU had 537 offers, including PPOs. More…
IIT Delhi bags 480 full-time job offers on day 1 of 2024 placement season
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi’s Class of 2024 has bagged 480 full-time job offers, including pre-placement offers, with around 450 unique selections by the end of Day 1 of the placement…
HR leaders’ role in performance management needs an update to fit modern workplace needs
As the year comes to a close, a question many people have is how to assess their performance for the quarter or year — depending on how their organisation structures performance cycles…
Day 1 of placements: Databricks offers ₹2cr+ to IIT-Roorkee student
Bengaluru | New Delhi: Top quantitative trading firms as well as global investment managers such as Quantbox Research, Quadeye, Maverick Derivatives, Optiver, Da Vinci, Graviton Research Capital and Squarepoint Capital made lucrative…
University of Lucknow is looking to hire 128 faculty: Eligibility, how to apply and more
University of Lucknow has invited applications for 128 faculty posts. The last day to apply is December 7, 2023. Candidates who are eligible and interested can apply online through the university’s website….
Indian banks set a decadal record with 123,000 hirings in FY23
Mumbai: Indian banks witnessed their highest hiring numbers in a decade in FY23, and the trend is expected to continue in FY24, with top banking sector officials expecting a surge in headcount…
JEE Main 2024 Session 1 registration window to close on November 30: Key details
The registration window for Session 1 of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2024 will close on November 30. Candidates can submit their applications on the official website — jeemain.nta.ac.in. The exam…
Hiring of over 6,500 security, cleaning personnel among 17 proposals get MCD House nod
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House Wednesday gave its approval to 17 proposals including one for hiring of 2,949 security guards and 3,640 sweepers at MCD schools, stadiums, science museums, science…
BPSC 67th Mains: Answer sheets to be available for download from November 29
The answer sheets of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)’s 67th Combined Competitive Mains examination will be available for download starting today (Wednesday, November 29). Candidates will be able to download it from…
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, electrical/electronics, NBFCs, retail, ecommerce and FMCG to hire more hands with class…
How to answer tricky interview question: Are you willing to relocate?
A professional’s search for better job prospects and more career growth is likely to open multiple doors for the person. Such an interviewee is also likely to be asked “are you willing…
Want to build a career in the BFSI sector? These skills will get you higher pay
The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) segment has undergone a massive digital transformation as more financial transactions have moved online. This field offers a wide range of career opportunities in roles…
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, catching up with top apprenticeship providing nations in the world, with the…
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 year. That involves creating a plan that captures multiple aspects of business…
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 give rise to job opportunities for mechanical, electrical and electronics engineers in…
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 last day to apply is on December 12. The exam is expected…
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 also expected to blend creativity and technology, data and narrative, all the…
