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White-collar gig jobs see a 184% uptick in hiring, says Foundit report

The share of IT software in the gig economy has nearly doubled, jumping from 22 per cent in March 2023 to a dominant 46 per cent in March 2024

Hiring in healthtech sector to grow 15-20% despite funding slowdown: Report

Even as the healthtech sector in the country has been facing an investment downturn, hiring in the segment is expected to grow by 15-20 per cent, a report said on Monday. The healthtech sector in India demonstrates resilience with a 9 per cent increase in employment in 2023, over the previous year despite a 'funding winter' impacting the flow of investments and hiring sentiments, according to HR services company CIEL HR's 'Health Tech Sector Employment Trends' report. The healthtech sector is bound to grow rapidly due to the socio-economic changes in India and the competitive advantages we offer for the world in patient care as well as in manufacturing and research and development (R&D), and there has been an upswing in hiring in the recent times on a consistent basis, CIEL HR CEO Aditya Narayan Mishra said. "Despite the 'funding winter', the hiring numbers have grown and the outlook for the year ahead (2024) is significantly stronger," he added. Hiring outlook for 2024 remains ...

PHF Leasing to hire 200 employees over next 2 quarters across sectors

PHF Leasing Ltd, a deposit accepting NBFC, on Tuesday said the company is targeting to hire another 200 people across sectors over the next two quarters, keeping up with its growth plans and new office openings. The Jalandhar-headquartered NBFC has over 400 employees. PHF Leasing is a category 'A' Deposit taking Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) registered with the Reserve Bank of India since 1998. "In the immediate future, we hope to increase our staff strength substantially and PHF will become a force to reckon with in our areas of operations. We hope to recruit around 200 people across all functions by September/October of this year," said Shalya Gupta, CEO, PHF Leasing Ltd. The company has clocked over 100 per cent growth over the last three years, by opening new segments, like loan against property and new geographies. The NBFC has presence in several states, including, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi NCR, and Uttar Pradesh.

Indian firms report strongest hiring outlook for Jun quarter 2024 globally

Employers in India continue to report bullish hiring outlook for the upcoming June quarter, with 36 per cent of companies planning to add more staff in the next three months, a survey said on Tuesday. According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey of nearly 3,150 employers, India reports the strongest outlook among 42 countries across the globe. For the April-June period, 50 per cent of employers are forecasting an increase in payrolls, 14 per cent anticipating a decrease and 33 per cent expecting no change, while 3 per cent are unsure, the resulting net employment outlook is 38 per cent. "India tops the list of countries across the globe with a Net Employment Outlook of 36 per cent despite organisations struggling to activate their hiring plans with talent shortages at 80 per cent," ManpowerGroup said in a statement. India's net employment outlook has strengthened by 6 per cent since April-June 2023 and is down 1 per cent when compared to the same period ?last ..

Chennai brains to lead Ford's global AI drive; Group on hiring spree

Ford Business Solutions to hire 3,000 more for its city unit, taking total staff strength to 15,000

Hiring spree: US companies added 140,000 jobs in February, shows ADP data

Private payrolls increased by 140,000 last month after a 111,000 gain in January, according to figures published Wednesday by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with Stanford Digital Economy

Tesla Power India planning to hire over 2,000 people across verticals

Tesla Power India on Monday said it is planning to recruit over 2,000 employees across various verticals as part of its expansion plans. The planned recruitment drive will encompass positions across engineering, operations, sales, marketing, and support functions, providing ample job opportunities for the youth, it said in a statement. The sustainable energy storage solutions provider also recently launched its refurbished battery brand ReStore. It plans to open 5,000 ReStore units by 2026 across the country. "As we continue to expand our footprint in India, we recognise the critical role that talented individuals will play in achieving the sustainable goals through innovation. We are excited to welcome the new talent in our team and leverage their contribution to further our mission of Save Cost. Save the Environment. Save Lives," Tesla Power India Managing Director Kavinder Khurana said.

US-based HR tech company Rippling to expand in India: CEO Parker Conrad

Headquartered in San Francisco, Rippling combines all of the workforce systems normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers

Paytm hiring for various positions across products, business divisions

Paytm, whose payments bank venture is facing regulatory action, is hiring for various positions across product and business divisions, according to a blog. The blog posted on Paytm's website said recruitment partners are continuing to see high interest from top talents in the country to join the company. Page Group, a recruitment partner of Paytm, said the company is currently hiring for product and business positions. "We have been recruiting high calibre and premium talent for the Paytm business for a while now, and expect the trend to continue. We are actively seeking individuals for product and business positions at Paytm, and there continues to be strong interest from quality candidates for these roles," PageGroup MD Ankit Agarwala said in the blog. The company is going through a crisis situation due to restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on its associate entity Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL), which houses wallet and UPI services that are provided through the

CBI books TTPL's current, former MD in Rs 120 cr loss in consultant hiring

The CBI has registered an FIR against the managing director of Kerala government PSU Travancore Titanium Products Limited (TTPL) and others in connection with its losses of Rs 120 crore due to alleged irregularities in the hiring of 'MECON, Ranchi, Uttaranchal' as a consultant in 2004. The FIR registered recently also names TTPL former managing director Eapen Joseph. 'MECON, Ranchi, Uttaranchal', was hired as a consultant for the installation of a pollution control plant. The CBI alleged that Joseph abused his official position and committed criminal misconduct to enter into a criminal conspiracy with then officials -- chief manager (marketing) Santosh Kumar and executive director A M Bhaskaran. They allegedly appointed 'MECON, Ranchi, Uttaranchal', a PSU under the steel ministry, as a consultant at a charge of Rs 9 crore instead of the agreed Rs 3.5 crore, the FIR, registered on the directions of the Kerala High Court, said. The FIR lists the MD of TTPL as accused number one but d

NTT DATA to hire 6,000 people in India by year-end to fuel growth plans

India is NTT DATA's second largest employee hub outside of Japan and also the fastest-growing market

Strong hiring in most industries far outpaced high-profile layoffs

Blockbuster job growth in the past several months has coincided with high-profile layoff announcements by a number of large companies. So, how are both occurring at the same time? It's not as contradictory as it might seem. Recent job cuts have been concentrated mainly in just a few sectors: technology, finance and media. Relative to the US labour force of 160 million people, layoffs so far have been dwarfed by consistently vigorous hiring a monthly average of 2,48,000 jobs added over the past six months. The unemployment rate is still just 3.7 per cent, barely above a 50-year low. It turns out that many of the companies that are now shedding jobs had over-hired during the pandemic, when they thought the trends that emerged then especially a surge in online shopping would continue apace. As the economy has normalised, many of these companies have discovered that they no longer need so many employees and have responded with layoffs. In January, American businesses and other ...

Bain Capital plans to invest $7 bn in India, boost hiring in next 3-5 yrs

The Boston-based firm also plans to increase its team of 25 private equity and special situations investment professionals by 15 per cent to 20 per cent over the next two or three years

Persistent Systems aims to expand margins, to hire fewer freshers

Mid-tier IT services company Persistent Systems aims to visit fewer campuses for hiring freshers, a senior official said on Monday. Over the next three years, the company is also targeting to expand its operating profit margin by about 3 percentage points above the levels of about 14.5-15 per cent it aims to exit FY23, its chief financial officer Sunil Sapre told PTI. Speaking two days after the Pune-based company announced its December quarter earnings, Sapre said it is already carrying candidates who have been trained for 18 months in some cases and are yet to be deployed on projects, which is making it circumspect about fresher hiring in the new year. "We will be there at campuses, but we will do it (hire) more judiciously," Sapre said. When asked if he meant that the company will visit fewer campuses when he says judiciously, Sapre replied in the affirmative. He said that for the company, which added about 500 people to take its overall strength to 23,336, all the hiring is do

DealShare elevates Kamaldeep Singh as CEO, third cofounder Medda quits

DealShare emphasized that it remains sufficiently well-capitalized and enjoys strong support from its board and investors

Sebi appoints G Ram Mohan Rao as executive director for a period of 3 years

Rao will be handling the investigation department and the internal inspection department

Tech companies planning to step up hiring in tier-2, tier-3 cities in 2024

Tier-2 and tier-3 cities such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Mohali, Vadodara, Chandigarh, and Indore contribute around 12-15 per cent of the country's tech talent

Assam invites applications for over 10000 vacancies in education sector

The education ministry of Assam releases an advertisement for about 14,223 school teacher posts across the state. Assam CM says state creating over 1 lakh jobs in the sector

Banking scion Vishal Kampani eyes hiring push to meet dealmaking boom

The Mumbai-listed company is seeking to hire at least seven senior investment bankers in the coming year for sectors such as industrials and digital technology

Blue-collar workforce in India saw 7% rise in hiring in 2023: Indeed report

Indeed, a global hiring and matching platform, surveyed 1,223 employers, 2,671 blue-collar jobseekers, and 2637 white-collar jobseekers