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Updated on: Mar 2020

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Capgemini to hire up to , employees in India

Mar 2, 2020

Getting your workplace ready for coronavirus Official updates by WHO

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Feb 29, 2020

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Retirement age of Govt. employees reduced to years in Punjab

In a major decision to boost job opportunities for the youth, the Punjab government has decided to r...

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Feb 28, 2020

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PepsiCo to set up a new manufacturing unit in Assam

Food and beverage company PepsiCo India has proposed to set up a Rs -crore greenfield project for...

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Feb 27, 2020

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Expedia cuts 3,000 jobs

Expedia has announced that it would be laying off almost 3,000 employees globally, including 500 from its brand new Seattle headquarters. Online travel giant Expedia has committed to a restructuring effort designed to simplify the company’s businesses and improve operational efficiencies and it will eliminate 12% of its workforce or around 3,000 jobs. In an […]

Feb 27, 2020

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Amazon India has set no retirement age for its employees

Joining the Amazon India is certainly not easy, candidates go through up to 12 rounds of screening. However, the silver lining is that, once in, the candidate can stay on for as long as he/she likes, or so it seems, because unlike most organizations, which retire their employees at 58 or 60 years of age, […]

Feb 22, 2020

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Capgemini to hire up to 15,000 freshers, Rs 6.5 lakh salary for Top Graduates

The French company, Capgemini is all set to hire 12,000 to 15,000 students from Indian campuses in 2020. The company had recruited similar numbers of students last year. Capgemini offers an average salary of Rs 3.8 lakh/annum to the freshers. However, the annual package for IITs and NITs students go up to Rs 6.5 lakh. […]

Feb 18, 2020

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India Inc. back in hiring mode, talent demand up by 12%

RecruiteX – TimesJobs’ recruitment index – registered 12% M-o-M and 4% Y-o-Y growth in talent demand in January 2020. This trend marks the starting of the New Year on an optimistic note and brings the much-awaited cheer in the Indian job market. The RecruiteX January 2020 edition saw FMCG and Healthcare sectors posting the maximum […]

Feb 17, 2020

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Deloitte to create 75,000 jobs in 3 years in India

Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen on 10th Feb, Monday said the company is committed to creating 75,000 jobs in the country in three years. He is happy with the current progress of the company in India and is anticipating a bright future. Tweeting a photograph of his meeting last week with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Renjen […]

Feb 12, 2020

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Cognizant to hire more than 20,000 students from campuses in India this year

Cognizant Technology aims to hire more than 20,000 technical graduate students, equipped with digital skills from campuses in India this year, said, Brian Humphries, chief executive officer (CEO), Cognizant. “With more and more university students becoming digitally ready, we have decided on a 30% increase in our hiring of engineering and science graduates for 2020,” Humphries […]

Feb 11, 2020

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Government to create over Rs 2.6 lakh jobs by 2021

According to Budget 2020-21 and a report published in Business Today, more than 2.62 lakh jobs are likely to be created between March 2019 and March 2021 in various organizations. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, Saturday estimated that more than 2.62 lakh jobs are likely to be created between March […]

Feb 5, 2020

Industry

Fujifilm India opens a new office in Bengaluru, plans to increase its workforce by 30%

Fujifilm India, one of the global pioneers in imaging technologies opened its new office in Bengaluru. This new set-up will help the company further expand its presence in southern India, better serve its existing customers, and also provide an exciting working environment to its workforce. “With the new workplace, Fujifilm plans to increase its workforce […]

Feb 4, 2020

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HCL Tech to add workforce in Lucknow by 50% to 6,000 by March 2021

According to a Business Standard report, HCL Technologies is looking to increase its workforce at Lucknow facility from the current headcount of 4,000 to 6, 000 by the end of the next financial year 2020-21. HCL Lucknow is the largest HCL campus in North India and spread over 100 acres of land. It offers a spectrum […]

Feb 3, 2020

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Fraud: EPFO blocks accounts of over 9 lakh employees

The government has found 9 lakh beneficiaries in as many as 80,000 companies took benefit of the Centre’s job formalization scheme, Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY), even though they were not eligible, leading to around Rs 300 crore loss to the exchequer. According to a report published in the Business Standard, These companies allegedly […]

Jan 31, 2020

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Samsung to set up India’s 1st mobile display manufacturing plant in Noida

Samsung is investing $500 million to set up a new plant in Delhi/NCR for manufacturing smartphone displays. The company finally got the green light from the Indian government and will proceed with the investment in April 2020. The new plant will be worth $500 million and will be located in Noida – close to Samsung’s […]

Jan 22, 2020

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Data science jobs in India to increase to 1.5 lakhs in 2020

India is set to witness 1.5 lakh new openings for data science this year, which is an increase of about 62% from last year, according to a report prepared by Great Learning, ed-tech company. The majority of these jobs, 70% of total postings in this sector are for Data Scientists with less than five years […]

Jan 21, 2020