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  • Indian woman asked for height, weight, full length photo by HR during recruitment process. See post

    Indian woman asked for height, weight, full length photo by HR during recruitment process. See post

    The form requested details including her height, weight, and bank statements, as well as a full-length photograph. Vaishnavi shared screenshots of the form on X, formerly Twitter, expressing disbelief at the request since the role was not customer-facing.

  • Pvt firm employee who 'fraudulently' kept wife on payroll for over 10 years under police scanner

    Pvt firm employee who 'fraudulently' kept wife on payroll for over 10 years under police scanner

    On being confronted with documents, Nath admitted that he had illegally transferred Rs 3.6 crore to his wife’s bank account from 2012 onwards.

  • Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs as layoffs expand in tech sector

    Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs as layoffs expand in tech sector

    The cuts amount to 6 percent of Amazon's roughly 300,000-person corporate workforce and represent a swift turn for a retailer that recently doubled its base pay ceiling to compete more aggressively for talent

  • Redington India discontinues attendance system for its employees

    Redington India discontinues attendance system for its employees

    The company said that this will be applicable for all Redington employees in India whether they are working from office, home, or any other remote location

  • Work from office: Companies need to come up with a sustainable solution, says Nimisha Pathak of Alvarez & Marsal

    Work from office: Companies need to come up with a sustainable solution, says Nimisha Pathak of Alvarez & Marsal

    Current work environment offers an exciting time for human resource professionals, who are constantly challenged to push boundaries and come up with innovative ways of employee strategy and retention.

  • Women’s Day: 15 signs that your workplace has a boys’ club

    Women’s Day: 15 signs that your workplace has a boys’ club

    Workplace boys’ clubs are hard to spot. Offices often believe that they are free of these clubs but their women employees experience their presence every day. So, here is a list of a few telling signs.

  • Video resume are the next big trend, here's how to make it work

    Video resume are the next big trend, here's how to make it work

    After video interviews dominated the human resource space in 2020, the buzzword in 2021 is 'video resumes'

  • India Skills Report: Hiring sentiment to improve in 2019

    India Skills Report: Hiring sentiment to improve in 2019

    The positive outlook in hiring was attributed to stronger employment opportunities in software and hardware, automotive and travel and hospitality sectors.

  • Automation: Driving the desire for intense learning in a future-ready environment

    Automation: Driving the desire for intense learning in a future-ready environment

    Human workers rarely find repetitive work fulfilling, while their inconsistency is a significant factor driving up their employers’ operational costs

  • Prashant Kumar takes charge as CFO of SBI

    Prashant Kumar takes charge as CFO of SBI

    In his long service in the bank, he has worked in areas such as retail operations, human resources and strategic training

  • Quess Corp's associate Simpliance eyes international expansion

    Quess Corp's associate Simpliance eyes international expansion

    In October 2016, Quess Corp had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 45 percent stake in Simpliance.

  • RBI reduces staff by half in 20 years thanks to technology

    RBI reduces staff by half in 20 years thanks to technology

    Reserve Bank recruited 666 employees in 2016 with total number of full-time employees at 15,461 as on December 31, 2016.

  • No resume, no interview, no biases: Will this new hiring concept catch on?

    No resume, no interview, no biases: Will this new hiring concept catch on?

    Blind hiring is slowly making its way into the Indian recruitment market, where an applicant will be hired solely on the basis of analytical tests online.

  • Merged SBI entity may reduce job hirings by 30,000

    Merged SBI entity may reduce job hirings by 30,000

    The State Bank of India (SBI) merger with its five associate banks is likely to close the door to future job recruitments at the merged entity.

  • Sweat equity: Another way of rewarding your employees

    Sweat equity: Another way of rewarding your employees

    The management of the newly incorporated companies or the companies opting for diversification generally believe in the practice of inducing the best executives and employees who bring in their know-how, skill and technical expertise that ultimately results in augmenting the business value of the enterprise.

  • Govt asks India Inc to focus on skilling

    Govt asks India Inc to focus on skilling

    "We have the inherent strength (manpower) but we need to upgrade it. Today there is a huge shortage of manpower across the globe. Our biggest asset is our human resource. If we train our manpower, we will be able to provide the workforce to the world," the Urban Development Minister told reporters.

  • Big corporates see churn at the top

    Big corporates see churn at the top

    While tech major Infosys has decided to bring in a new person to head its human resource development department, Dr Reddy's has been forced to rejig its top deck after its rival Cipla poached the pharma major's North America business head.

  • NIIT Ranks Among Top 20 Workforce Development Companies by TrainingIndustry.com

    NIIT Ranks Among Top 20 Workforce Development Companies by TrainingIndustry.com

    NIIT Limited, a global leader in skills and talent development has been listed on the prestigious Top 20 ...

  • Attrition down on absolute basis over last 3 mnths: Infosys

    Attrition down on absolute basis over last 3 mnths: Infosys

    Srikantan Moorthy, Senior VP & Group Head-Human Resource says on the issue of attrition, while on the last twelve months, or LTM, basis the attrition numbers are higher, on an absolute basis the numbers have come down over the last three quarters.

  • Pitney Bowes pbSecure To Create Tamper-Proof Documents For Wipro

    Pitney Bowes pbSecure To Create Tamper-Proof Documents For Wipro

    Wipro has adopted the pbSecure platform to create, process and secure important employee data.

  • Modified Aakash tablet to be launched in May

    Modified Aakash tablet to be launched in May

    A faster and enhanced version of low-cost tablet PC, Aakash, would be launched on trial basis in May, Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal said here today.

  • Resumes that lie

    Resumes that lie

    More and more employees are resorting to lying on their resumes pushing companies to run background checks.

  • Infosys unveils talent management platform TalentEdge

    Infosys unveils talent management platform TalentEdge

    IT major Infosys Technologies today unveiled TalentEdge, a comprehensive talent management platform that helps to reduce the operational costs of companies.

  • Tatas keen on acquiring young blood: Satish Pradhan

    Tatas keen on acquiring young blood: Satish Pradhan

    The Tata Group is not only undergoing transition at the top, it is also focusing on building a pool of younger leadership to keep up with changing times and trends. With majority of the company's managerial staff aged within 50 to 60 yrs, the group now wants to ensure its future leadership is younger.

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