New Delhi: Information technology sector in the country witnessed steep decline in hiring activities as most companies embraced cost cutting measures to tide over uncertain economic conditions, say experts. "Hiring activities have seen a dip of 29 per cent in IT and ITeS sectors in May 2012 from the preceding month," MyHiringClub.com CEO Rajesh Kumar said. However, he said that other industries have increased recruitment activities by 13-15 per cent...
04:44 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Toronto: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Tuesday that it has hired two new senior executives, including a marketing chief, as the company looks to regain market share lost to Apple's iPhone. RIM said Frank Boulben will be the new chief marketing officer, a job RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins described as critically important for the struggling company. Boulben, 45, served as executive vice president of strategy and marketing...
11:57 AM, May 09, 2012
Bangalore: India's second largest IT bellwether Infosys Ltd and its subsidiaries would hire 35,000 people (gross addition) in fiscal 2012-13, about 10,000 less than last fiscal (2011-12), a top company official said Friday. "We will hire about 35,000 people during the four quarters of this fiscal (2012-13), including 1,200 for our onsite locations across geographies," Infosys chief executive S.D. Shibulal told reporters here. In line with its lower guidance of...
02:58 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: Indicating a robust uptrend in the job market, a survey on Wednesday said that 84 per cent of companies in India will ramp up their hiring activities in 2012 and employees can look forward to an average pay hike of more than 12 per cent across most of the sectors. According to the survey conducted by staffing consultancy Mercer, organisations are planning to hire aggressively in 2012, when...
04:50 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Indian companies are lining up robust hiring plans for the next quarter, beginning April 1, making India the most optimistic country in terms of job creation, a survey said. A dynamic pace of hiring is expected across all the regions in the country during April to June period of 2012, while services and financial sectors could see the maximum job creation activities, HR consultancy major Manpower said in...
02:38 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: Professional networking site LinkedIn unveiled localised hiring solutions for the Indian market, a move aimed at helping recruiters tap the vast talent pool in the country. LinkedIn, which has more than 135 million members worldwide, has over 13 million users in India. "Specifically for India, LinkedIn India is rolling out localised versions with India pricing for offerings like LinkedIn Recruiter, which will allow Indian recruiters to search and...
04:08 PM, Feb 07, 2012
California: Yahoo Inc is searching for new members for its board of directors, following its hiring of a new chief executive, according to a person familiar with the matter. The struggling Internet company also disclosed on Friday that new CEO Scott Thompson will receive a compensation package that could be worth as much as $27 million. Yahoo announced on Wednesday that Thompson, the president of eBay online payment division PayPal,...
12:30 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: The new year may bring in loads of cheers for job-seekers, as the experts expect the companies to hire more than five lakh new employees during 2012 despite the uncertainties prevailing about the overall economic scenario. Adding to the cheers of the job market, the employees could expect double-digit salary hikes during 2012. "If all goes well, and depending on policies of the government and market situation, more...
01:56 PM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding concerns of an economic slowdown, Indian employers are the most bullish worldwide when it comes to hiring, with robust recruitment plans for the next three months, especially in the services sector, says a survey. "Indian employers report the most optimistic hiring intentions among the 41 countries and territories where the survey is conducted," global HR firm Manpower said in a report released on Tuesday. With a net...
12:03 PM, Dec 13, 2011
New York: Facebook, the social networking giant that is preparing to go public, said it plans to hire thousands of employees over the next year to keep up with what it expects to be rapid growth. "We are growing very quickly and have been through the economy," Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said at a press conference. When asked if she asked that continue, she said: "That's what we...
05:36 AM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: India Inc has witnessed 21 per cent growth in fresher recruitment in the July-September quarter vis-a-vis first quarter of 2010-11, say experts. MyHiringClub.com has conducted the survey among 879 employers and 1,274 institutes across the country. "The campus recruitment market had seen growth in terms of number of hiring and salary as well," MyHiringClub.com CEO Rajesh Kumar said. "We have seen overwhelming response from clients over campus hiring....
07:03 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Growing economic uncertainty may slow down hiring activities in a host of sectors, but the IT space is likely to remain unaffected and NRIs returning home due to the gloom in Western markets might emerge as an attractive talent pool, experts believe. Companies in the telecom, financial services, construction and auto sectors are going slow with their hiring plans, primarily due to spiralling costs, interest rates and inflationary...
05:47 PM, Sep 25, 2011
New York: Prospects for job seekers are gloomier in most major economies than they were three months ago, as weak US and European economies begin to affect employers' confidence in other parts of the world, according to a quarterly hiring survey by ManpowerGroup. Manpower Chief Executive Jeff Joerres describes the global jobs climate as tenuous, comparing it to a ball atop a hill - given a slight nudge, it could...
12:50 PM, Sep 13, 2011
New Delhi: In signs of improved labour market conditions, hiring activities witnessed positive momentum in August as compared to the same period last year, according to two reports released on Wednesday. Job portals Monster.com and Naukri.com saw their job indices record 14 per cent annual growth in August, reflecting better hiring prospects. Monster Employment Index, a monthly gauge of online job demand, for August showed that media and entertainment led...
06:19 PM, Sep 07, 2011
New Delhi: Indian job seekers can look forward to a brighter future. A survey of over 5000 companies finds there will be more hiring in the next three months, than in any quarter since 2005. Manufacturing, finance, insurance and real estate will be among the sectors that do the most recruiting. "The good news for the job seekers and for our economy is that all sectors are showing a robust...
09:58 AM, Mar 09, 2011
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