TCS offers jobs to 43,600 engineering graduates
19 January, 2012
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest information technology (IT) services provider, said it had so far made campus offers to 43,600 engineering freshers for 2012-13, higher than the 37,800 offers made this year. The company said these numbers represented the offers made to only engineering students at Indian campuses and the final hiring target for 2012-13 would be announced by the end of March. The target will include hiring from foreign campuses and lateral (experienced) o... Corruption top threat to jobs: World Bank
18 January, 2012
Corruption is the most severe constraint in job creation in India, a World Bank report on More and Better Jobs in South Asia has said.The report, which studies the creation and growth of jobs and wages across the eight South Asian countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — said that between 2000 and 2010, these countries created an average of 800,000 jobs a month, which is now expected to rise to 1.2 million a month for the next few decades.T... Andhra Pradesh government hopes for 4.7 lakh jobs
13 January, 2012
 HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh, the pharma and bulk drugs capital of India, is in for nothing less than an industrial transformation with more than 233 companies domestic and global evincing interest in setting up new projects with an aggregate investment of Rs 5.55 lakh crore in the next few years, according to major industries minister J Geeta Reddy. "The fruition of these 233 proposals will generate 4.7 lakh jobs in the state. We have placed a special emphasis on higher education, food processin... CAT 2011 results declared
11 January, 2012
 NEW DELHI: The much-awaited results of theCommon Admission Test (CAT) 2011 for admissions in Indian Institutes of Management(IIMs) and 150 other management institutes were declared on Wednesday.  Candidates can check their results at the IIM portal www.catiim.in, by entering their registration number and e-mail.  For the successful candidates, the IIMs have done away with group discussion and replaced it with a written essay test this year; followed by personal interview round... VLSI sector to generate 75K jobs by 2015
10 January, 2012
The very large-scale integration (VLSI) chip designing segment will generate 75,000 job opportunities in India by 2015, according to JA Chowdary, president, Hyderabad chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).“About 25,000 people are currently employed in the VLSI designing industry in the country. With rapid growth expected in the coming few years, the segment will employ 75,000 people by 2015,” Chowdary told mediapersons at the three-day 25th International Conference on VLSI Design and the ... Job hiring was sluggish in December
10 January, 2012
 The end-of-year holiday season and December traditionally being a slow month, has impacted month-on-month hiring activity in the IT-software, ITeS, telecom and oil and gas sectors. However year-on-year hiring activity has picked up across all industry sectors and functional areas  An analysis of the index shows that hiring in the auto sector has been upbeat with the index moving up by 6% in December 2011 compared to November 2011. The index for ITeS sector dipped to an all-time low in Decembe... It's happy new year for hiring; over 5 lakh new jobs in 2012
02 January, 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 than 5 lakh jobs will be created across all segments," executive searc... On its maiden recruitment drive, Ford India offers job to 15 students
29 December, 2011
 In its first-ever campus recruitment drive in Gujarat, Ford India, a subsidiary of US auto major Ford Motor Company, on Tuesday offered jobs to 15 students from various colleges of the state. The recruitments are believed to have been done in view of the company’s plan to set up a manufacturing plant in Sanand near Ahmedabad. The jobs were offered at a first-of-its-kind one-day joint campus placement at Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE) of M S University, Vadodara. Students from F... Indian IT beats manufacturing in job creation
27 December, 2011
The information technology sector led by the top three listed companies, TCS, Infosys and Wipro, created the most jobs in the five years to FY11 compared with other sectors, boosted by an over two-fold jump in aggregate revenue. The analysis by ET Intelligence Group of the trend in job creation by the organised sector reflects the rising clout of services companies. Of the 14.3 lakh jobs created between FY06 and FY11, over 8 lakh (56%) were added by companies in the services sectors, which inclu... Indian employees likely to get 12% salary hike in New Year
22 December, 2011
 NEW DELHI: Amid economic sluggishness, employees in the country have a reason to smile as a survey has predicted up to 12 per cent pay hikes in the New Year. "India has witnessed actual average salary increase of 11 per cent in 2011 and is optimistic to see a double digit growth yet another year in 2012 at an average of 12 per cent across levels," global management consultancy Hay Group said. The increments have been promising not only at junior or middle level but also at senior management ...