Page 4 - Employment

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Employment surveys should be made more relevant

Top headlines: Organised sector employment up in Q1; RIL eyes Glance

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Monday

Employment in 9 sectors at 30.8 million in Apr-Jun, finds labour survey

These sectors altogether account for a majority of the total employment in the non-farm establishments

Employment recovery for salaried class excruciatingly slow: CMIE

The recovery in employment after the pandemic-induced disruptions has been uneven, with job losses being concentrated among salaried employees and entrepreneurs

Statsguru: Five charts explain India's household balance sheet

Debt grew fastest for the urban households that sustain on self-employment

Flipkart strengthens supply chain network, aims to create over 100,000 jobs

This year, Flipkart is creating direct seasonal employment for more than 1,15,000 people of which 15 per cent are women and people with disabilities

Amazon hopes to hire 125,000 more workers, $18+ per hour average salary

Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online.

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.

Jharkhand House nod to bill for 75% quota in private sector jobs for locals

The Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that provides for 75 per cent reservation to locals in jobs with salaries up to Rs 40,000 a month in the private sector amid uproarious scenes.

Fraudulent practice to gain employment can't be permitted by court: SC

Fraudulent practice to gain public employment cannot be permitted by a court of law as the abuse of legitimate process would mean deprivation of job benefits to rightful beneficiaries

Hiring activity in India on steady recovery: LinkedIn India report

Hiring activity in India has been on a steady recovery and the hiring rate in July this year was around 65 per cent above the pre-COVID level, a report said. According to the LinkedIn India Labour Market Update (July 2021), there was a deepening hiring dip in April 2021, corresponding to the second wave of COVID-19 cases in India. Since then, it has been recovering steadily. Compared to the pre-COVID levels in 2019, the hiring rate was 35 per cent higher at the end of May 2021, 42 per cent higher at the end of June 2021, and now 65 per cent higher at the end of July 2021, it said. Hiring rate is a measure of hires divided by LinkedIn membership. This analysis looks at the changes in hiring rate between the month under review and the same month in 2019. "As large sectors such as IT, manufacturing, and hardware begin to ramp up hiring after a year of hiring freezes, we are hopeful that hiring will continue to grow," the report said. It said hiring has been on a steady recovery, lar

Amazon to host first-ever Career Day in India, over 8,000 direct jobs ready

140 Amazon recruiters will offer over 2,000 one-on-one career coaching sessions for interested participants to help grow in their careers at the company or elsewhere

MGNREGA work demand up: 77% of budget used up in five months

Of the budgeted Rs 73,000 crore for the Centre's flagship scheme, around Rs 55,915.31 crore has already been exhausted in the first five months of FY22

Gujarat job claims: It is Vijay Rupani's data vs Legislative Assembly data

Gujarat CM said the state government had provided more than 200,000 government jobs but responses given in the Legislative Assembly for the period of 2016-2020 say otherwise

'Modi govt in process of selling India's crown jewels,' says Rahul on NMP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned the move of the government to monetise its assets across key sectors, saying all assets created in the last 70 years are being sold

Gati Shakti: Govt intends to power up economic recovery via infra building

Infra investment acts as a bulwark for further investment in the economy

Modi promises infra boost, jobs, reforms in Independence Day speech

In a speech marking a break from his usual practice, Modi speaks about how future PMs would judge him and his place in history.

Story in numbers: From agriculture to construction, where do Indians work?

Currently, 43% of India's total workforce is employed in agriculture

UST to hire 10,000 people globally in 2021 to meet digital skills demand

California-based company has more than 26,000 employees and 35 offices in 25 countries.

Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Savitri Devi has been searching for work since she lost her job at a garment factory in New Delhi, along with half her co-workers, when sales plummeted at the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year.