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LinkedIn India launches new Instagram channel to help young professionals

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with over 850 million members worldwide, and over 92 million members in India

78% professionals find maintaining integrity difficult amid rapid change:EY

It is difficult to maintain corporate integrity for 78 per cent professionals in India, compared to 60 per cent in emerging markets, amidst volatile market conditions, an EY report said on Tuesday. The EY report comprises the views of over 2,750 board members, managers, and employees from 34 emerging markets which includes 100 professionals surveyed across India. "Organisations continue to remain vulnerable in volatile market conditions, with 78 per cent of respondents in India admitting that it is challenging to maintain their standards of integrity in periods of rapid change or difficult market conditions," the report said. According to the survey, entities in India have faced more action from regulators compared to other emerging markets covered in the survey. "Amidst shifts in regulatory expectations and economic stress, 60 per cent of respondents from India said that regulators have taken action against their organisation for breaching integrity standards or regulations, compa

Indian industry welcomes UK's timely Scale-up Visa to attract professionals

Indian industry on Thursday welcomed the UK's new Scale-up Visa, which is aimed at attracting more skilled professionals from around the world, including India. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said the UK Home Office announcement directed at high-growth businesses to access a worldwide talent pool to boost their scale-up ambitions are well timed and likely to benefit many Indian businesses and also help UK companies tap into the vast Indian talent pool. Companies, including small businesses and those in the tech and financial services sectors that have achieved growth of 20 per cent or more in either employment or turnover year-on-year for at least three years and employed a minimum of 10 people at the start of those three years are eligible to sponsor workers under the new route. In the last few years, India has seen a large number of rapidly growing businesses from tech and financial services expand into the UK, said FICCI Director General Arun .

India at 75: Nooyi to Pichai - 4 Indians who made it big on global stage

They've got the world to sit up and take notice. Starting from humble beginnings, they have come to lead global companies. A look at 4 professionals whose story is as much India's as the world's

Govt to bear expenses of students joining professional courses, says TN CM

The Tamil Nadu government will bear the tuition fees among others of students enrolling in professional courses in the State under the 7.5% quota in professional courses, CM M K Stalin said

Amid WFH burnout, Indian professionals want to return to office: Survey

LinkedIn launched findings of the 'Future of Work' study by Censuswide that focuses on the insights of 1,108 respondents in the age group of 16 to 68, who have worked from home during Covid

Almost 60% Indian professionals looking for new jobs due to Covid: Survey

At least two of three jobseekers are looking to switch industries as a result of the pandemic: Amazon Job Seeker Insight.

About 70% professionals say skill gaps impeding productivity at work: Study

About 70 per cent of employees feel there is a gap between the skills they have and the skills they actually need to best perform their job, according to a study by job site SCIKEY Market Network.

US completes H-1B initial electronic registration selection process

The US has received enough electronic applications during the initial registration period to reach the 2022 fiscal year cap for the H-1B foreign workers visa

Facebook-backed Unacademy buys professional networking platform TapChief

Post acquisition, TapChief will join the Unacademy Group with a valuation of Rs 100 crore

A home on rent for your furniture storage amid Covid-19 pandemic

Self-storages spaces have seen a spurt in demand from professionals in big cities who have chosen to leave for their hometowns following the lockdown

Hope Indian professionals are continued to be welcomed in US: Indian envoy

In June, President Donald Trump banned the entry into the US of workers in several key non-immigrant visa categories, including the H-1B until the end of the year

Given four-day work week, Indians would learn new skill, says survey

Employees in France, Germany, the US and the UK listed 'sleep more' as a top priority

Learning new skill is Indians' priority if they get 4-day work week: Survey

Employees in France, Germany, the US and the UK listed 'sleep more' as a top priority, while in UK workers wished they had time to learn a new skill or hobby

60% professionals rate work-life-balance average to terrible: Monster.com

The survey further revealed that 45 percent of the respondents were from non-metros cities where work life balance (WLB) is supposedly a lesser issue

Seven of 10 Indian professionals prefer flexi-work, Microsoft study finds

Another key finding of the study is the digital transformation gap