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The IT sector, which is on the path of recovery, is expected to witness 15-20 per cent growth in job opportunities across various industries in 2025, talent solutions company NLB Services said on Monday. The IT industry has gained back momentum in H2 2024 and is gearing up for a promising 2025 on multiple fronts, said NLB Services. In the coming year, fresher hiring in the Indian IT sector is poised for significant growth, with an anticipated increase of 15-20 per cent in job opportunities across various industries, it added. At the same time, the demand for highly specialised tech roles, including artificial intelligence, machine learning (ML), data analytics, and cloud technologies, is expected to surge by 30-35 per cent, driven by the increasing reliance on emerging technologies, it said. This surge in demand is not limited to hiring but extends to a strategic focus on tech upskilling, with companies investing heavily in training initiatives to equip their workforce with the ...

Updated On: 09 Dec 2024 | 5:56 PM IST

Infosys CFO said that the company intended to hire 15,000 to 20,000 employees in FY25

Updated On: 17 Oct 2024 | 5:44 PM IST

Wipro's salary this year improves upon the average 6% hike given to top performers at the IT firm last year

Updated On: 17 Sep 2024 | 1:48 PM IST

According to the consultancy's '2024 Hopes and Fears' survey, 28 per cent of workers said they are 'extremely or very likely' to change their employers

Updated On: 25 Jun 2024 | 2:23 PM IST

Policymakers in New Delhi have their sight on China's factory-to-the-world crown. They are spending $24 billion over five years on production-linked incentives

Updated On: 24 Jun 2024 | 7:28 AM IST

HR analysts and college placements offices that Business Standard spoke to said fresher hiring by the top five IT firms has been the lowest in this financial year so far

Updated On: 16 Jun 2024 | 10:32 PM IST

It help firms cut costs by avoiding severance packages for resigning employees. Some 20,000 tech professionals in India may have lost jobs through 'silent' layoffs in 2023

Updated On: 30 May 2024 | 8:08 PM IST

Cognizant and Capgemini collectively employ around 400,000 people in India

Updated On: 06 May 2024 | 2:33 PM IST

5-year partnership also involves Indian company providing engineering services to Forvia

Updated On: 02 May 2024 | 2:52 PM IST

Indian white-collar job market is expected to witness optimistic hiring sentiments during the first half of this year, with 92 per cent of recruiters expecting either new or replacement hiring in the first six months of 2024, a survey said on Friday. Naukri's Hiring Outlook Survey is a bi-annual survey conducted amongst 1,200 recruiters and recruitment consultants across sectors pan-India. "Reflecting on our recent Hiring Outlook findings, it's encouraging to see that 92 per cent of recruiters remain optimistic about new and replacement hiring in the first half of 2024. Coupled with anticipation around hiring trends returning to normalcy, the overall hiring outlook, while calibrated, seems to be stable and balanced," Naukri.com Chief Business Officer Pawan Goyal said. The survey further showed that despite challenges in the IT sector, a majority of recruiters still anticipate that IT roles will dominate hiring activities. This is attributed to significant IT recruitment taking plac

Updated On: 15 Mar 2024 | 6:51 PM IST

Vanshiv Technologies CEO's tweet went viral when a woman with four years of experience asked for 45 LPA. CEO says we'll have to apply for a loan to hire her

Updated On: 14 Mar 2024 | 3:28 PM IST

Job portal Indeed shared the list of top jobs of 2024. From mental health technician to human resources manager check the full list here

Updated On: 07 Feb 2024 | 5:40 PM IST

The recruiters span different sectors including consultancy, information technology (IT), software, infrastructure, electronics, and manufacturing among others

Updated On: 11 Dec 2023 | 8:28 PM IST

More and more candidates are registering to learn these skills in hopes of finding better employment opportunities in an increasingly competitive job market

Updated On: 29 Nov 2023 | 11:37 AM IST

India's largest IT services company TCS on Sunday said it has fired 16 employees and barred six vendors in connection with a recruitment scam. Our investigation found 19 employees to be involved16 employees have been separated from the company for code of conduct violations, and three employees have been removed from the resource management function, the company said in a late evening statement. It also added that six vendors, their owners and affiliates have been debarred from doing any business with TCS. In late June, reports had surfaced of a recruitment scam at the largest software exporter, wherein vendors tasked with some functions were alleged to have indulged in malpractices in collusion with TCS staffers. The allegation came to light within weeks of K Krithivasan taking charge as the company's chief executive and was the first major challenge faced by him. The issue relates to breach of the company's code of conduct by certain employees and vendors supplying contractors,

Updated On: 15 Oct 2023 | 11:36 PM IST

White-collar hiring witnessed an 8.6 per cent annual decline in September, following a negative trend in sectors including IT, BPO or ITES and FMCG, a report said on Monday. On a month-on-month basis, however, there has been a growth of almost 6 per cent in job postings. In September, there were 2,835 white-collar job postings, down by 8.6 per cent compared to the same month last year when 3,103 jobs were posted, according to Naukri.com's monthly 'Naukri JobSpeak Index'. The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly Index representing the state of the Indian job market and hiring activity based on new job listings and job-related searches by recruiters on the resume database of Naukri.com. The IT sector continued to face global headwinds and saw the hiring numbers dwindle in the last few months, the survey said, adding that BPO/ITES and FMCG also registered negative growth of 25 per cent and 23 per cent, respectively, in the period under review. "While the IT sector continues to stay impacted,

Updated On: 09 Oct 2023 | 12:15 PM IST

We focused on electric autonomous connected vehicles during the pandemic and within this, EV was the first area of focus where we invested in a set of labs, CEO of LTTS Amit Chadha added

Updated On: 14 Sep 2023 | 11:06 AM IST

Digital marketing, data analytics, finance, management and artificial intelligence (AI) are among the most sought-after topics for the professionals

Updated On: 07 Aug 2023 | 10:20 PM IST

A new survey, however, showed that the net employment outlook in the upcoming quarter is lower than the same quarter in FY23

Updated On: 13 Jun 2023 | 1:31 PM IST

Some of the IT operations management (ITOM) trends that are currently making headlines include observability, AIOps, and cloud migration

Updated On: 14 May 2023 | 10:53 PM IST