Indian Jobs

Unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.2% from July 2023 to June 2024

Unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above has remained unchanged at 3.2 per cent in July 2023 to June 2024, according to the labour force survey annual report released on Monday. The unemployment rate (UR) is defined as the percentage of persons unemployed among the persons in the labour force. The report stated that while the UR for male has shown a marginal decline from 3.3 per cent during July 2022 June 2023 to 3.2 per per cent during July 2023 June 2024, among female it has increased from 2.9 per cent to 3.2 per cent during the same time span. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in usual status for persons of age 15 years and above was 60.1 per cent during July 2023 - June 2024 higher than 57.9 per cent in the previous year. The same for male and female was 78.8 per cent and 41.7 per cent, respectively. LFPR is defined as the percentage of persons in labour force (i.e. working or seeking or available for work) in the population. LFPR for female of age 15 year

After 2-year delay, Infosys finally sends joining dates to 1,000 graduates

If Infosys fails to honour commitment and breaches joining date, NITES will organise a protest right in front of its office, said Harpreet Singh Saluja, president of the IT employee union

Tech, AI to drive demand for specialists, decline of clerical work: WEF

Over the next five years, nearly a quarter of all jobs will change as a result of AI, digitization and other economic developments like the green energy transition and supply chain re-shoring

Facing deportation, sacked workers on US visas say Meta abandoned them

The affected workers have now created a WhatsApp group to share their concerns. A majority of the about 300 people in the group are from India, the report said

US intends to issue 100,000 visas every month to Indian applicants

According to a senior official of the US embassy, India is America's top priority for issuance of visas

Temp staff hiring to rise as consumers return to stores in festive season

During the festive season, more than 500,000 short-term jobs are expected to be created

81% Indians believe their jobs can be done remotely, says survey

A whopping 81 per cent of employees in India believe that their jobs can be done remotely, according to a survey

Millions of Indians exiting labour force no longer looking for jobs: CMIE

Now, more than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age -- roughly the population of the US and Russia combined -- don't want a job, according to the CMIE

Indian job market shows 6% YoY growth post Covid slump: Report

The Monster Employment Index (MEI) showed online recruitment activity exceeded the year-ago level in 11 out of the 13 cities monitored by the index

Job postings in Travel & Tourism sector sees 4% rise in Dec: Report

The travel and tourism industry, one of the hardest hit by the pandemic in the country, is on the path of recovery and registered a 4 per cent year-on-year growth in job postings during December 2021

Atos plans to hire 15,000 people in the next 12-18 months in India

Atos has around 40,000 employees in India. The company had a total revenue of Euro 11 billion for the 2020 calendar year

Effective measures needed to support demand creation, maintain jobs: PHDCCI

The government has to step up with effective policy measures are needed to support demand creation and maintain employment, industry chamber PHDCCI said on Monday.

Job postings in various sectors rise in February, says report

Monster Employment Index showed that job postings witnessed a 6% sequential growth in February

India's graduating students will find less jobs in 2021, says survey

Hiring by various sectors is likely to resume in 2021 after taking a beating in 2020

Covid-19: Accenture to lay off 25,000 employees, Indians set to lose jobs

Global professional services company Accenture which has over 5 lakh employees worldwide is to cut at least 5 per cent of its 'low-performing workforce and thousands of Indians are set to lose jobs

OPSC recruitment 2019: Know dates, fees and other details on opsc.gov.in

The application fee for all the posts under OPSC recruitment 2019 is Rs 500

Jobs grew at medium and large companies, but at a slow pace: Study

The study, carried out by CARE Ratings, is based on annual reports of 969 medium and large companies

Delhi Postal Circle Recruitment 2019: 174 Gramin Dak Sevak vacancies

The candidate needs to submit their Class 10 certificates with passing marks in Mathematics and English

No major agitation in last 5 yrs show govt scheme has created jobs: Jaitley

'If there is no job creation, there will be discontent. Where is that visible?' asked the Union Minister

Lack of jobs to be one of the key issues in upcoming general elections

The biggest criticism of NDA govt has been poor pace of job creation in the country, despite flagship programmes