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April 8, 2021, New Delhi: Delhi-NCR-based IT professional Anakant Jain credits upskilling on the cloud for his recent promotion and increment. He spent the lockdown time learning about cloud technology, which gave him an edge over his peers while working on critical projects for his employer. Mumbai-based Afreen Bano too pegs her recent job switch to upskilling on cloud technology, which got her quick recognition vis-à-vis other job aspirants. Both Anakant Jain and Afreen Bano are among the 90,000 learners at Cloud DevJam who used the lockdown time to learn cloud technologies to uplift their careers. Cloud DevJam presented by Google Cloud, is an upskilling program at TechGig for enterprise IT professionals to develop skills on Google Cloud technologies and accelerate their careers. Cloud is one...

New Delhi, April 14, 2021: The IT/Telecom sector recorded the highest growth of 42% while the overall talent demand at India Inc. improved by 25% in Mar’20 v/s Mar’21 comparison, found TimesJobs RecruiteX. RecruiteX is a monthly recruitment index that records the demand and supply of talent at India Inc. An in-depth study of the talent demand trends of the review period indicated that all the top 10 industries – except Retail and FMCG sector – improved their talent intake. The top five sectors to gain talent demand in Mar’20 v/s Mar’21 analysis were: IT/Telecom (42%), Petrochemicals (32%), Infrastructure (31%), Construction (31%) and BFSI (23%). Retail and FMCG saw steepest dip in talent demand with (-24%) and (-14%) drop respectively, owing...

New Delhi, April 5, 2021: Women professionals still face absurd queries – about their marriage and family plans – at job interviews and appraisals, as compared to their male peers found a recent TimesJobs survey. While India Inc. celebrated International Women’s Day with much zest in March, the ground realities for most working women haven’t changed on many counts. TimesJobs surveyed 1,564 women professionals, aged 28-40, employed in different sectors to understand how their work life changed in the last decade.  In the survey, most women professionals said that work-life imbalance was their biggest challenge (voted by 48% respondents), followed by gender pay gap. Most respondents also said that while hiring most firms held a bias against mothers, preventing women...

New Delhi, March 11, 2021: As India Inc. is set to mark the first anniversary of the COVID-19 induced lockdown in Mar’21, talent demand seems to be stabilising in the sunrise sectors. The talent demand index gained 7 points in M-o-M analysis (105 in Jan’21 to 112 in Feb’21) and 14 points in Y-o-Y analysis (98 in Feb’20 to 112 in Feb’21), says TimesJobs RecruiteX. These trends were highlighted by TimesJobs RecruiteX – a monthly recruitment index that records the demand and supply of talent at India Inc. The Y-o-Y talent demand trend is largely led by IT/Telecom (44%), BFSI (11%), Petrochemicals/Oil & Gas (10%), Projects/Infrastructure (10%) and ITeS/BPO (7%) sectors. Interestingly, talent demand in Healthcare/ Pharmaceuticals sector remained stable...

Most Indian firms keen on hiring fresh talent v/s hiring from within or re-hiring staff laid off during pandemic Top three in-demand job profiles will be Operations, Sales/Business Development and Marketing Skill fitment topmost priority when hiring a candidate v/s experience or salary range Most firms will work on strengthening the mental and physical wellbeing of their workforce In FY 2021-22, majority of the firms are planning to offer increment between 5-25% New Delhi, March 1, 2021 – It’s time to revamp the skill column on your resume because most Indian recruiters plan to hire basis skill fitment this year, and not the experience or the other factors. In the skill v/s experience v/s salary fitment question posted by TimesJobs...

New Delhi, February 11, 2021: The COVID-19 lockdown forced about 1.6 billion learners* from 190 countries to stay at home as per the United Nations data. However, the year-long lockdown really didn’t put a full stop on teaching or learning as schools, colleges and training institutions quickly turned to online tools for education continuity. To gauge the benefits and challenges of online learning among the Indian schools and assess the tech skills of students, leading end-to-end digital learning and assessment platform – Edufront – launched Edufront CodeFest 2020 – The Bug Stops Here’ in association with TechGig. Edufront was earlier in news for aiding online education of under-served school students in Maharashtra. Edufront CodeFest is a unique contest that helps...

● Sector with highest M-o-M growth in talent demand: IT/Telecom ● Functional area with highest M-o-M growth in talent demand: Quality/Process Control ● City with highest M-o-M growth in talent demand: Indore ● Work experience category with highest M-o-M growth in talent demand: 5-10 years New Delhi, Feb 9, 2021: The IT/Telecom and BFSI sectors claimed most talent demand in Jan 21 as all the other industrial sectors posted negative demand in the first month of 2021. The IT/Telecom sector posted 2% uptick in talent demand, followed by the BFSI sector which noted 1% growth in the Jan 21 study of talent demand. These trends were highlighted by TimesJobs RecruiteX – a monthly recruitment index that records the demand and...

New Delhi, January 29, 2021 – India Inc. proved to be a ‘rider of the storm’ in 2020 as it adopted the digital nuances overnight to ensure work continuity, said most HR managers in a new TimesJobs survey. E-recruitment portal TimesJobs surveyed 1,735 HR managers working in different industrial sectors and startups to understand the HR learnings from 2020 and the skill roadmap for 2021. Here is the data that proves that India Inc. sustained it all: Hiring stalled: Most (63%) HR managers admitted that their hiring plans derailed in 2020, followed by 26% who said they hired, but in fewer numbers Digital roles preferred over mass roles: Roles ensuring digital continuity grew, Digital Marketers (28%) and Customer Relationship Managers...

● The BFSI sector noted the highest growth of 5% in talent demand in Dec 20 ● The Banks/Insurance profile was most sought-after by corporates in the study month ● Ahmedabad recorded the highest M-o-M growth in talent demand in Dec 20, pushing all cities and metros behind ● Professionals with 10-20 years of work experience noted maximum 4% growth in talent demand New Delhi, January 12, 2021: India Inc. noted an improved hiring sentiment in Dec 20, as the high volume sectors – BFSI, IT/Telecom and Retail – posted maximum growth in talent demand in the said period. This M-o-M growth in talent demand hinted that the corporates are vying for an economic revival; and was probably the best...

New Delhi, January 6, 2021: Most Indian firms (42%) would continue working remotely – most as long as one more year – as Coronavirus outbreak still looms large, found a new TimesJobs survey. The survey titled ‘How do corporates envisage year 2021?’ was conducted among 1,376 HR managers working in different industrial domains and startups. Three big findings of this survey are: 1. Most organisations (42%) to stick to remote working in 2021 too 2. Most plan to resume hiring and even roll out appraisals gradually to their workforce 3. Work-life balance biggest concern for most corporates, toppling all other organisational mandates Elaborating on the findings of the TimesJobs survey, Sanjay Goyal, Business Head, TimesJobs and TechGig shared, “Year 2020...

New Delhi: December 16, 2020: She came, she coded, and she won – not once but twice! It’s a classic tale of a small-town girl toppling the tables for all top technologists twice. Hailing from Surat, Kruti Dharaiya – who graduated from National Institute of Technology, Surat this June – clinched the champion’s trophy from 70,097 women technologists at TechGig Geek Goddess 2020 recently. Earlier this year, she won the top woman coder trophy – Code Diva – at the Guinness World Record holder event TechGig Code Gladiators 2020 in August! Kruti – who works in Bengaluru with Amazon – is presently working from home and prepared for the contest along with her office tasks. Not just her, the rest...

● Top sector for talent demand: IT/Telecom ● Top city for talent demand: Bengaluru ● Top work experience category: Senior professionals with 20+ years of work experience New Delhi: December 14, 2020: The talent demand trends for Nov 2020 paint a tech-led story for recruitment activities. Indian economy’s poster boy and high volume sector – IT/Telecom – made a comeback as the top sector with maximum talent demand in Nov 2020. The talent demand in all of 2020 was dominated by the Healthcare sector but IT/Telecom pushed all sectors behind in Nov 2020 to take back its position as the top sector with most talent demand, noted RecruiteX. TimesJobs RecruiteX is a monthly recruitment index that records the demand and...

– About half a dozen ex-Geek Goddess winners are back to compete for the Geek Goddess 2020 champion’s crown – The chance to innovate with unique problem statements is the biggest reason to participate, over shining factors as prizes or networking with industry peers – TechGig Geek Goddess 2020 is nearing its finale and will conclude with a virtual career fair and a virtual grand finale ceremony on Dec 4 and 5, respectively – Participants comprise 55% professionals and 45% of students – Most participants hail from Bengaluru, followed by Mumbai and Delhi New Delhi, Nov 26 2020: “The biggest reason for me to participate in a code competition – again – is to have an opportunity to work on...

New Delhi: November 23, 2020: Festive cheer and Unlock 5.0 kept the talent demand up in Oct 2020, with a significant contribution from high-volume conventional sectors as Construction, Manufacturing and Projects/Infrastructure. Oct 2020 registered 2% M-o-M and 16% Y-o-Y increment in talent demand, stated TimesJobs RecruiteX. TimesJobs RecruiteX is a monthly recruitment index that records the demand and supply of talent at India Inc. Outlining the talent demand trends for Oct 2020, Sanjay Goyal, Business Head TimesJobs and TechGig said, “There’s a substantial uptick in the talent demand posted by high-volume sectors like Construction, Manufacturing, Automobiles and Infrastructure. Other than Healthcare, these were the top five sectors to post maximum M-o-M growth in talent demand in Oct 2020. Talent demand...

Education/Training sector noted 27% M-o-M growth in talent demand, overshadowing the demand posted by all other major sectors like IT/Telecom, Retail, FMCG and BFSI · Teaching/Education profiles witnessed a growth of over 30% in talent demand · Mumbai reclaimed its throne as top job hub with 14% M-o-M growth in talent demand, followed by Pune New Delhi, Oct 27, 2020: A combined push of the online classes and the phenomenal rise of Edu-Tech domain proved to be a blessing for the employment scenario in the Education/Training sector. Historically, education-related jobs and work profiles see seasonal upticks around the time when new sessions start. However, COVID-19’s lockdown has pushed the talent demand for these profiles into a continuous upward rally ever...