Page 2 - Skilled Workers

Why is India running short of skilled workers?

30 SIICs to create industry-ready workforce: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The minister also highlighted how technology in India has served as a unifier, being inclusive in connecting the people with the government and its welfare measures

Cabinet nod to Rs 1 lakh loan at 5% rate to Craftsmen under PM Vishwakarma

Under the scheme, common service centres will be set up in rural areas for registrations, and beneficiaries will be finalised at the district level by state governments

Govt to launch Vishwakarma Yojana for skilled traditional craftsmen

Besides, the prime minister in his speech also stressed upon the need for harnessing the demographic dividend and for creating a future ready skilled workforce

Rajasthan govt approves proposal to upgrade skills of weavers, spinners

A state government official said: "This will help them become self-reliant and boost sales of khadi products"

Indian nationals bag top spot on UK's skilled worker, student visa tally

According to the data released, net migration in 2022 reached a record high of 606,000, adding pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who vowed to bring the numbers down

More than 2 mn digital jobs to remain unfilled in 2023: Teamlease report

The proposed recommendation also includes having an effective outcome focused learning approach with structured impact evaluation metrics

Budget 2023: Govt should focus on broadening domestic economy, say experts

Clean energy is a key today and expanding use of Natural Gas via City Gas Distribution (CGD) will contribute to the efforts

Contractual workforce in CPSEs crosses pre-pandemic level in FY22

But headcount of regular employees has continued to decline in FY22

9 Mizo nurses selected to work as specified skilled workers in Japan

Nine Mizo nurses, who are known for their caring and nursing skills and approach, have been selected to work as specified skilled workers in Japan, officials said here on Friday

Germany seeks to boost immigration of skilled workers from outside EU

The German government said on Wednesday that it plans to ease entry rules for immigrants from outside the European Union to help meet Germany's demand for skilled workers. Experts say Europe's biggest economy needs about 400,000 skilled immigrants each year as the country's ageing workforce shrinks, particularly to fill vacancies in the health care, IT and construction sectors. Lack of workers endangers Germany's ambitious plans to boost the roll-out of renewable energy, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said. We've known for years that we're going to have a demographic problem but nothing was done about it, he told reporters in Berlin. Cabinet agreed on a draft proposal that would help would-be immigrants from outside the EU get their skills and qualifications recognised and lower bureaucratic hurdles such as language requirements for some sectors such as IT. Labor Minister Hubertus Heil said that apart from providing more language training abroad, Germany would also have to do mo

AI to eliminate hiring bias, find skilled workers for Indian firms

Whopping 96.5% of recruiters at Indian startups and SMEs in India believe that the use of AI is one of the best ways to improve recruitment process, eliminate bias from hiring process, report showed

India, France discuss ways to increase mobility of students, professionals

Both sides will also continue to work jointly to increase the mobility of students, graduates, professionals and skilled workers while strengthening their efforts to combat irregular migration

HR tech start-up Skillr raises $1.2 mn from Binny Bansal, Kunal Shah

The funds will be used to build a strong team, boost product development, and co-build powerful hiring solutions with early customers in India and the United States~

Only way was to compare job survey with 7-year-old census: S P Mukherjee

In a Q&A, the chairman of an expert group advising the govt, says data in the enterprise-based that which showed a 22% rise in factory jobs in April-June, was misrepresented

Almost 200K jobs vacant in 9 sectors in first quarter, says survey

Vacancies were caused by resignation, retirement and lack of available skilled workers

US court turns down H-1B restrictions on visas for skilled foreign workers

A US federal judge on Wednesday turned down Trump-era changes to H-1B visa rules that were to deter US companies from replacing American workers with cheaper foreign labour.

Deals back for IT firms but shortage of skilled workforce a concern

According to an industry executive, attrition is likely to reach pre-Covid levels of 17-20 per cent as employees switch jobs.

Indian skilled workers to get job opportunities in 14 sectors in Japan

A joint working group will be set up to follow up the implementation of this MOC

UK firms say India has become easier for business, want solution to tax row

Annual report on UK companies says retrospective amendment to India's Income Tax Act is a dampener.