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Updated on: Jul 2021

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Accenture Offers Free - Weeks Digital Skills Courses

Jul 28, 2021

Locus has allocated million for its ESOP buyback

Locus, a future-ready platform that automates supply chain decisions, today announced that it has al...

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Jul 27, 2021

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Aditya Birla Group to set up new plants in Punjab, will create jobs

Aditya Birla Group is making an investment of around Rs , crore in its recent foray into the pai...

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Jul 26, 2021

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TCS iON offers a -day free digital certification program

TCS iON, a strategic business unit of Tata Consultancy Services offers a -day free digital certifi...

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Jul 24, 2021

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Attrition in IT Industry Won’t Come Down- Apparao V V, CHRO, HCL Tech

According to a Business Standard report, Apparao V V, CHRO, HCL Technologies said in an interview with media that no matter what anyone does but attrition that we’re witnessing in the Indian IT industry will not come down because of demand-supply mismatch is very high. Explaining why are IT companies focusing on high numbers from campus […]

Jul 23, 2021

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has opted for Edge-to-Office work model

On July 19, writing a blog, President & CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Antonio Neri said, “Today for the first time in more than 16 months, HPE team members were able to meet and collaborate at our San Jose campus and nearly all of our U.S. sites. The company’s new Houston headquarters, currently under […]

Jul 23, 2021

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JPMorgan to hire more than 500 wealth management advisers

JPMorgan Chase executives said on Thursday they plan to hire more than 500 financial advisers in the next five to seven years, as the largest U.S. bank aggressively expands its wealth management services for the very wealthy. The plan would more than double the 450 brokers now working for J.P. Morgan Advisors, the bank’s boutique wealth management firm. […]

Jul 23, 2021

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TCS to set up two new centres in Chennai, to create 35,000 jobs

TCS is expanding its presence in Chennai with two new centres be set up in Sipcot, Siruseri Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expanding its presence in Chennai with two new centres in Sipcot, Siruseri, a suburb to the south on the IT corridor. The centres will have the potential to generate nearly 35,000 jobs, according […]

Jul 22, 2021

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Infosys reopens offices to get back on track

Indian outsourcing giant Infosys told employees last week they could resume work from offices, according to a memo seen by Reuters that offers an early sign of the country’s $190 billion technology services sector moving to get back on track. The Bengaluru-based IT services company stopped short of calling all employees back to work, reflecting wider caution […]

Jul 22, 2021

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Apple to delay office returns to October

Apple Inc will delay the return of its employees to office by at least a month to October at the earliest, as COVID-19 cases surge back in the United States and abroad, Bloomberg News reported. The iPhone maker will inform its employees at least a month before their expected return to offices, the report said, citing people familiar […]

Jul 21, 2021

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Laqshya Media announces ESOPs for its employees

The Board of Directors of Laqshya Media Ltd. has decided to reward its employees by way of ESOPs for their hard work, long-term association, and contribution to building the company. The company has announced the Employees’ Stock Option Plan for which covers a wide spectrum of employees from junior to senior managers in the company. With this, Laqshya Media […]

Jul 21, 2021

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HCL Technologies plans to give Mercedes-Benz to top performers

As demands for digital skills rising, employee attrition has come out as a challenge for IT Industry. HCL Technologies is working on a plan to give Mercedes-Benz to Top performers. HCL has reported an Attrition Rate at 11.8% in Q1 FY’22 (down from 14.6% last year and from the previous quarter 9.9%), reflective of the effectiveness of increased employee […]

Jul 21, 2021

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GM India has laid off 1,086 workers who didn’t accept the VSS plan

According to ET report, General Motors India (GM India) has laid off 1,086 workers who didn’t accept a Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) at the automaker’s plant near Pune. Employee union has approached the industrial court against the company. Almost one-third of employees at the Talegaon facility have accepted the voluntary separation scheme by the July 4 deadline. […]

Jul 21, 2021

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HCL Technologies to hire 22,000 freshers in FY22, Attrition 11.8% in Q1

IT major, HCL Technologies has announced its Q1 results for the Financial Year 2021-22 on July 19, The company reported a 9.9 percent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 3,214 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. And 11.7% growth in revenue in constant currency in the first quarter. However, the growth rates […]

Jul 20, 2021

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Cyient announces 12 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave

Engineering, manufacturing, and technology solutions company Cyient announces 12 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave across its offices globally. All the employees of Cyient Limited (formerly known as Infotech Enterprises Limited) can avail up to 12 weeks of leave after birth or adoption of a child. While launching the new gender-neutral parental leave policy, Krishna Bodanapu, the […]

Jul 19, 2021

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Facebook records 38.2% increase in people of colour as leaders

San Francisco, Facebook said that it has achieved a 38.2 per cent increase in Black leaders due to strong recruiting and increased focus on retaining top talent across the company in the last one year. Facebook said that it will continue striving for an overall 30 per cent increase in representation of people of colour in the […]

Jul 19, 2021