Category: Talent Ecosystem

Wipro announces raise in fresher’s annual salary by Rs 30,000.

Wipro Limited, the India-based information technology, consulting and business process services company headquartered in Bengaluru, India has increased fresher salaries to Rs 3.5 lakh per annum, from about 3.2 lakh per annum. “We are also introducing a coding test to improve the quality of hires. We are looking to roll out a broad-based national talent test…

ZipRecruiter launches Job Seeker Profile for Smarter Job Matches

ZipRecruiter a leading online employment marketplace announced Job Seeker Profiles, a new guided feature available on the company’s #1 rated mobile app that prompts job seekers to enter data about their experience and career objectives. ZipRecruiter’s AI-driven matching technology will analyze data from Profiles and resumes to quickly and accurately connect employers and job seekers.…

New Hiring and Recruitment Platform launched by InVista

InVista announced a new talent assessment platform designed to improve and streamline human resources recruiting and management.  The platform uses science and technology to bring the latest and best practices of Industrial-Organizational Psychology to the hiring market. “Recruiting is too important to leave to chance,” said Craig Dawson, Ph.D., Director of HR assessments for InVista. “Hiring…

TCS doubles pay for freshers with new-age skills.

Tata Consultancy Services has offered to double the pay for freshers with new-age skills than it normally pays those coming out of campuses. The firm had earlier announced that it will be conducting a new online test known as National Qualifier Test (NQT) to hire engineers, quitting the usual way of campus placements. The entry-level salary…

With its online hiring platform TCS can tap over 2000 colleges for engineering graduates.

Tata Consultancy Services Limited, one of India’s biggest employers for fresh engineering talent is changing its orthodox way of hiring engineering graduates. The firm will henceforth be conducting an online test called the National Qualifier Test (NQT) on its digital platform TCS iON.  In the usual recruitment process, TCS visits engineering colleges and  conducts recruitment…

Non-IT sectors – Auto, Auto Ancillary, Real estate, Construction, BFSI show increased hiring.

Increased online hiring activity has been observed in non it sectors – Auto, Auto Ancillary, Real estate, Construction, BFSI as per the recent, July 2018 report by Naukri.com (Naukri Job Speak Index). The report is based on analysis of online hiring activity by leading job portal Naukri.com. The report’s – Naukri JobSpeak Index for July 2018,…

Increased hiring activity at India Inc., in August 2018

The hiring sentiments gained momentum for freshers, posting a demand of 15% during the month. Professionals with experience of 10-20 years were also in demand. Hiring activities at India Inc. continued an upswing after July 2018. As per monthly report from Timesjobs, August 2018 reported an overall 4% growth on month-on-month analysis of recruitment activities. Hiring Grew…

HP’s realignment may lead to up to 30,000 job cuts

HP, in its release on 21st March 2012, had announced a realignment exercise where in HP’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) and its Personal Systems Group (PSG) were to converge as the Printing and Personal Systems Group.  As per the earlier announcement – “ Combining these two entities will rationalize HP’s go-to-market strategy, branding, supply…

Coal India on a recruitment drive

Coal India, seems to be on a massive hiring spree. The company had since long had an embargo on recruitment and promotions in the executive cadre. Since 2010, the company had been witnessing depletion in its manpower following retirement. Alarmed by the loss of executives, the coal major entered the employment market in mid-2011. This…