BUSINESS
Pipped to the post: How to approach performance improvement plan and layoffs
Though a performance improvement plan or PIP is designed to help employees improve their performance, there are instances where it can backfire and have unintended consequences.
BUSINESS
Carpooling, renting apartments, or marriages: Internal portal solves it all for ONGC employees
The Facilitation Centre was designed to provide a single platform for employee-to-employee services like carpooling, renting or selling flats and houses, and even matrimonial alliances. It has also helped the company to arrest attrition.
BUSINESS
SEO skills earn the most in freelance projects: Report
Internet marketing, structural engineering, Swift, and mobile app development are also among the top five highest-paying skills in freelance projects
BUSINESS
Rs 1 lakh for an MNC job: How 'helpers’ game corporates
Shady placement services use code embedded in the CV to signal to unscrupulous HR folk they’re in cahoots with inside the recruiting company that a certain candidate has been sent by them.
BUSINESS
Employees turning social media influencers is the next India Inc challenge after moonlighting
Earning money outside full-time employment needs disclosures as it may lead to a conflict of interest. For instance, an influencer working for an apparel company might get approached by its competitor for product promotion due to a large number of followers.
BUSINESS
HR managers find more power in employee feedback
Major companies, such as Mashreq, Grant Thornton Bharat, and Amdocs, are implementing interventions, ranging from flexible work culture to recruitment of spouses and siblings, based on feedback from employees.
BUSINESS
What does Goldman Sachs look for in candidates when hiring?
Given a complex and evolving regulatory landscape, Goldman Sachs sees potential demand from control functions such as finance, accounting and business operations.
BUSINESS
Campus hiring unchanged despite slowdown
Talent solutions firm NLB Services observed that startups and IT companies are still active in campus hiring and expects that fresh graduates via campus hiring will lie somewhere between 20,000 and 60,000 this year, similar to last year.
BUSINESS
Will SVB collapse impact the Indian talent market?
Though a slowdown may cause an imbalance in the Indian talent market, HR experts said the SVB crisis alone will not affect it.
BUSINESS
ICSE, CBSE, IB curricula: Difference in subjects, focus and pros
Each curriculum has different subjects, specific focus and pros. Experts say anyone choosing between the three must look at these aspects to determine what’s best for him/her
BUSINESS
Is a PhD still relevant when companies prefer a skill-first approach?
In today's skill-first culture where some companies are removing graduate degrees requirements for job candidates, the question that arises is: Are PhD degrees relevant anymore?
BUSINESS
What Mastercard looks for in candidates when hiring?
Close to 400 freshers and interns from various leading colleges across India joined the multinational financial services company in 2022 alone, with an average gender diversity of over 46 percent.
BUSINESS
Teaching as a career: What to look for before taking the plunge
Teaching may not be very well paid, but it is a profession that involves playing roles such as educator, friend, counsellor and mentor.
BUSINESS
Love is still in the air at India Inc workplaces despite work-from-home driving wedge
In a post-pandemic effect, experts say many employees are not really looking for “romance at the workplace” but intellectual and cognitive support. And it doesn't matter in what work models employees work.
BUSINESS
International Women’s Day: How India Inc is bringing about greater diversity in workforce
Moneycontrol interacted with HR leaders and experts of various major companies from Capgemini to Westlife Foodworld to list the industry’s most effective programmes in making the workspace diverse and inclusive.
BUSINESS
How Corporate India is trying to reverse the gender stereotype
As International Women’s Day approaches, Moneycontrol explores how major companies in India Inc are approaching the equality question keeping in mind the unique challenges of Indian women.
BUSINESS
Campus hiring becomes a hotspot for companies meeting their diversity goals
Avtar Group said there are over 1,000 campuses that are women-only. This gives an advantage to companies in finding and recruiting female talent. “Campus hiring is the traditional and effective method for companies to recruit fresh talent from universities and colleges,” said Saundarya Rajesh, founder and president of the HR consultancy.
BUSINESS
Cambridge University Press & Assessment plans expansion to over 4,000 schools by 2025
Cambridge University Press & Assessment has the ambition of doubling growth by 2025, Managing Director, South Asia, Arun Rajamani says.
BUSINESS
Companies invest heavily in talent retention amid slowdown
Companies across sectors are focusing on keeping their employees happy with initiatives beyond monetary benefits.
BUSINESS
India Inc to roll out salary hike of 9%; CEOs’ pay three times that of other CXOs: Report
The study was conducted between May 2022 and November 2022 involving 1,300 companies covering more than 6,000 jobs and over 17 lakh cumulative employee strength.
BUSINESS
Onboarding delay: How long should you wait and what is your recourse if the company declines?
There are instances where candidates were made to wait for more than a year to be onboarded by Wipro.
BUSINESS
Appraisals amidst layoffs: How to tread the crucial path of justifying expectations
Moneycontrol interacted with a few experts to understand if it would be wise to demand an appraisal, the expectation a candidate should have from the managers, and how to justify self-assessments.
BUSINESS
Mix of fun and flinty: The daunting journey of UPSC aspirants
The civil services examination is conducted annually in three stages -- preliminary or prelims, main and interview -- to select officers to the IAS, IFS, IPS and other cadres. In 2022, more than 11 lakh candidates applied for the UPSC examination. Only 13,090 cleared the prelims and qualified for mains.
BUSINESS
ETS: Nearly 100 Indian institutes recognise Graduate Record Examination
Prominent among these are IIM (ABC), ISB, NALSAR, SP Jain, etc. About 150 Indian institutes may accept GRE scores by the end of this fiscal.
