EMPLOYER
85% of women in India have missed out on a raise, promotion because of their gender: LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021
The report shows that even though 66% of people in India feel that gender equality has improved compared to their parents’ age, India’s working women still face the strongest gender bias across Asia Pacific countries.
A tale of two methodologies: Which dataset captures the real picture of the labour market?
As the survey methodologies are different for PLFS...
It will be work from home post-pandemic too at many top companies
Beginning this year, Tata Steel has identified roles that would allow emplo...
Assam Skill Development Mission's 'QG Daksha' to help connect service providers and service seekers
Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary hoped that the app will play the role of a job aggregator for employment generation for the local youth of Assam and help them find suitable job opportunities thereby creating a community of skilled resources.
10 years from now, tried and tested methods of finding a job may not work anymore
In a warning for countries like India, the McKinsey report says that the pandemic has already significantly accelerated the loss of low-wage jobs. As workplace and business requirements change in the current decade everywhere including India, the less educated, women, ethnic minorities and young people will be most affected, it warns.
Employability of women in India higher than men, shows Wheebox National Employability Test survey
“Finally gender gap in employability is improving with Indian digital revolution. One great structural change that we found is that women participation is higher than the previous five years. Women consist of 36% of the workforce, while men comprise 64% of all workers,” said Nirmal Singh, Founder & CEO, Wheebox.
Employers keen on hiring freshers across job roles: Report
The 'Career Outlook Report Feb-Apr 21' report noted that business development, sales professionals, graphic designers, digital marketing associates, content writers and web developers are the leading job roles for freshers' recruitment.
Hiring activity remains stable in January amid nationwide vaccine roll out: Monster Employment Index
The index has been stable since November 2020, as hiring activity remained consistent with a neutral trend in the last quarter. However, there has been a year-on-year decline of 18% as of January 2021 compared to the previous year due to the impact of the pandemic.
Growth-oriented budget to fuel optimism in hiring market: Experts
“The focus of the Budget is on the expenditure side rather than the tax part and this in turn will have a multiplier effect on creating more jobs – be it in healthcare, infrastructure, or others. The increase in capital expenditure to Rs 5.5 lakh crore means more impetus for new projects which will lead to more job creation across sectors over a period of time,” said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at Care Ratings.
Higher job losses faced by those below 40 years of age not good for recovery: CMIE
Worst still, job losses were concentrated in urban regions, among women, among the relatively younger workers, the graduates and post graduates and the salaried employees, CMIE said in its weekly analysis.
A Budget poser: Will I be able to keep my job in 2021?
It would be safer to expect that jobs wouldn’t come flooding to a job seeker in the new year.
Positive upward trend continues in job market, shows Monster Employment Index
The data indicates that the employment index has remained consistent in December with no changes in regards to the previous month. However, owing to the pandemic and its impact across various job sectors, the overall index has dropped significantly by 15% as compared to the previous year (December 2019).
18.1 million to be employed by direct selling industry by 2025
This proves that the Direct Selling Industry is flourishing and illustrates its potential with the continued rate of growth -- increasing at an impressive rate of 12.1% Y-o-Y.
