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Move over Google, Oracle; start-ups pick up most IIT grads this time

A new pecking order appears to have emerged at engineering colleges with several new startups finding way into the top of the placements queue.

Christ to SRCC: Zomato bets on top undergrad colleges for right talent

India's first online food guide Zomato, which is planning on going global, is on a massive recruitment drive. The restaurant listings startup has already made 115 offers this years and prefers freshers from top undergrad colleges rather than India's premier engineering and MBA schools.<br /><br />

IT will lead hiring revival in 2014, says new survey

Since 2014 is an election year, naukri.com expects companies to go into expansion mode, either ahead of the results or after the polls and concomitantly there will be an uptick in hiring activities of companies

'Cool' Facebook recruits 7 Indian interns for $100,000 salary

Seven Indian graduates who had interned at Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters have been offered jobs at the company, an employer would die to work with.

IIM-Lucknow achieves 100% placement within 6 days

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L), India's premiere business school, has achieved 100 percent summer placements for its largest batch of 475 students in a record time of five-and-a-half days.

Worst over for job market? HR experts expect double-digit hikes in 2014

The sectors that are likely to drive the job market include IT, healthcare, education, development sector moreover the new retail banking licences are also expected to give a decent hiring trend in year 2014.

Expect 50,000 new jobs thanks to compulsory CSR

According to experts, the social sector is already a popular option and has low entry barriers and going forward, a lot of people could explore CSR as a career option.

Wipro plans to hire 500 IT professionals in Kolkata

Wipro has plans to hire 500 IT professionals in the next 2-3 years as part of expansion in the company's existing facility in the city.

No jobs for young India: Economy worse than during 2008 crisis?

A CII survey of young Indian professionals and entrepreneurs in 28 cities, conducted for ET shows that the confidence levels of Indians are probable the lowest in the 20-odd years since 1991.

Now, getting jobs in Singapore may not be easy for foreigners

Singapore is introducing tougher procedures for hiring foreigners in professional, manager and executive (PME) posts, addressing concerns that they undercut the skills of the local workforce.