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Aequs to set up India’s first toy cluster; aims to create over 1,00,000 jobs

Foxconn of the toy world, a manufacturer of superhero figures and toy dart guns for companies in the global toy industry, is now aiming to set up India’s first toy manufacturing cluster in Karnataka. Aequs Private Limited is developing a 400-acre toy manufacturing cluster at Koppal in Karnataka at an investment of USD 500 million, […]

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LinkedIn rolls out ‘Career Explorer’ tool to help professionals pivot their careers

LinkedIn, a global professional networking platform launched new tools and resources to help unemployed professionals get back to work. These new additions come at a time when hiring in India continues to recover at a 12% year-on-year growth rate in August 2020, as per LinkedIn’s labour market data, but competition for jobs is 30% higher […]

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NIT Warangal records 80% placement amid slowdown

Giving a relief to students fearing an unemployment crisis due to coronavirus pandemic, NIT Warangal recently announced that its students have received plum job offers with 732 of them securing placements. According to a statement released by the institute, the students received a salary package as high as ₹43lk in the recently concluded placement drive. […]

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Are we heading towards an unemployment crisis?

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has forced the world to a standstill. Markets are closed, roads are empty, people are locked inside their houses and business is not as usual. The novel virus which first originated in China has now become a global headache. So far the virus has infected more than 470,000 cases and claimed […]

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Uber to assist 245 stranded UberEats employees

Adding to the long list of layoffs by major startups, 245 employees of UberEats India are now on the verge of getting the pink slip after the company’s acquisition by Zomato.  According to a report by The News Minute, these employees have been asked to leave the company by March this year. While 163 of […]

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Indian social media startup, ShareChat to hire 100-150 people.

ShareChat, a regional language social media platform, plans to hire about 100-150 people over the next few months, and will continue to invest in strengthening its infrastructure and presence in Tier II cities and beyond the country. It was founded in 2015 by IIT-Kanpur graduates Ankush Sachdeva, Farid Ahsan and Bhanu Pratap Singh.  Sharechat allows […]