Workforce

Goldman pushes ahead with 1,460 India hires, internships; proceeds with expansion plan despite uncertainties

A spokesman for Goldman stressed that the Indian graduates were existing offers the bank was honoring and not new hires. He said the bank was still recruiting globally, but proceeding more cautiously in light of the crisis.

Ford India starts production of face shields at plants in Sanand, Chennai; to be distributed to healthcare workers, emergency staff

The protective face shield is designed and developed by Ford engineers and will be distributed to frontline workers.

Job postings in STEM-related fields rise 44 percent in India in past 3 years: Report

Fed into the report are data from job postings and searches on 'Indeed' between November 2016 to 2019.

DGT's new public registry with skilling info to enable better-quality blue-collar workforce

This will make it cheaper for companies to onboard blue collar workers rapidly and in a cost-effective manner.

Just 19% employers in India bullish on hiring in October-December quarter; softer job outlook prevails in several markets: Survey

Chinese employers reported a cautious hiring climate in the coming quarter, as a net four percent employers anticipate a rise in their staff numbers -- their weakest outlook in two years.

Demographic danger: India's population is not just exploding, it's happening in a way that threatens the nation's productivity

Kerala’s working-age population will experience a sharp fall from 56.2% in 2021 to 52.8% in 2041, while Tamil Nadu’s workforce size would shrink by 2.8% during the two decades starting from 2021.

TIFF 2019 Platform line-up unveiled; Julie Delpy's My Zoe, Alice Winocour's Proxima among films set for world premiere

Sarah Gavron’s Rocks is scheduled to open this section in TIFF 2019

#MeToo in India: Speaking up against non-sexual harassment should be the next logical step for the movement

Are women in India dropping off the workforce because of bullying and bias? Speaking up about non-sexual harassment at work should be the most logical next step for the MeToo movement in India, and all over the world.

Poor investment in upskilling employees makes automation futile, big companies lagging in developing training programmes: Report

In the majority of companies (58 percent), automation is not yet meeting executives' desired goals of increased productivity, said the report

UAE's 90-day amnesty programme gets robust response on first day with debt-laden foreign workers lining up

Over 15,000 illegal Indians in the United Arab Emirates will hopefully take advantage of the 90-day amnesty window as of 1 August