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Updated on: Aug 2021
Philips to invest Rs. 300 crore, hire 1,500 people in India
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Philips to invest Rs. 300 crore, hire 1,500 people in India

Health technology and consumer durables company, Philips plans to invest more than Rs.300 crore and hire 1,500 people in India over the next one or two years. Philips global CEO Frans Van Houten said in a statement, “The company will invest as much as Rs 300 crore in India. It also plans to hire 1,500 […]

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Pokarna sets up Rs. 500 crore plant in Hyderabad, to create 3,000 jobs
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Pokarna sets up Rs. 500 crore plant in Hyderabad, to create 3,000 jobs

Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited, a subsidiary of Pokarna Ltd on Friday said it has established a state-of-the-art quartz surfaces manufacturing facility, one of the largest in the world, with an investment of Rs 500 crore in Telangana. K T Rama Rao, Minister for Industries and Information Technology, is scheduled to inaugurate the new plant on Saturday, a […]

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Over 23,000 Cognizant employees have left in the first quarter of this year
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Over 23,000 Cognizant employees have left in the first quarter of this year

The US-based information technology (IT) consulting company Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies has announced its first-quarter 2021 financial results on July 28, 2021. Cognizant’s attrition for the first quarter escalated to a record high of 31%, of which 29% was voluntary attrition. The company has a total headcount of 301,200. A rough calculation shows […]

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Coca-Cola India President Sanket Ray on the Future of Workplace
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Coca-Cola India President Sanket Ray on the Future of Workplace

The pandemic has forced people to contemplate their work-life balance and be more aware of mental health and wellness, which is going to drive the trend of the hybrid workplace, Coca-Cola President for India and Southwest Asia, Sanket Ray said on Thursday. “What we are seeing is that over the last two years many of […]

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Freshers hiring to go up 7% points in the current quarter – TeamLease
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Freshers hiring to go up 7% points in the current quarter – TeamLease

According to TeamLease Employment Outlook (July- Sept, 2021), the hiring trends that took a beating and sunk by 86 percentage points from the previous half-year are showing signs of gradual improvement since Unlock 1.0. The report also says that the intent to hire freshers has increased by 7 per cent in the current quarter. Further, the […]

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Cognizant to hire 1 lakh experienced people and 30,000 freshers in 2021
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Cognizant to hire 1 lakh experienced people and 30,000 freshers in 2021

Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, yesterday has announced its second-quarter 2021 financial results. Revenue of $4.6 billion grew 14.6% year-over-year (12.0% in constant currency(1)) Digital revenue grew approximately 20% year-over-year $1.5 billion deployed on acquisitions, share repurchases and dividends year-to-date 2021 revenue growth guidance increased to 10.2-11.2%, or 9.0-10.0% in constant […]

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TCS is hiring freshers via NQT, apply before August 15, 2021
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TCS is hiring freshers via NQT, apply before August 15, 2021

TCS will be hiring more than 40,000 freshers from campuses in the country in the financial year 2021-22. The company has announced the exam date, 30th August 2021 onwards, and the last date to register 15th August 2021. Exams will be conducted by TCS iON which is a strategic unit of the Tata Consultancy Services. Candidates who clear the […]

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Accenture Offers Free 2-3 Weeks Digital Skills Courses
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Accenture Offers Free 2-3 Weeks Digital Skills Courses

Accenture Offers Free 2-3 Weeks Digital Skills Courses IT consulting and professional services company, Accenture offers 2-3 weeks of free digital skills programs that help to get the digital skills you need in Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Digital Marketing, etc. Accenture Digital Skills is a free, interactive series of courses that help and prepare […]

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HCL Technologies to onboard 30,000 freshers in FY23
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HCL Technologies to onboard 30,000 freshers in FY23

Noida headquartered IT Major HCL Technologies is planning to onboard 30,000 freshers in the financial year 2022-23 as company steps up its campus hiring as the demand and supply gap widens, said VV Apparao, CHRO, HCL Technologies. In 2020 we onboarded globally 14,600 freshers, and in 2021 we are targeting anywhere between 20,000 to 22,000 freshers, […]

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Aditya Birla Group to set up new plants in Punjab, will create 2100 jobs
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Aditya Birla Group to set up new plants in Punjab, will create 2100 jobs

Aditya Birla Group is making an investment of around Rs 1,000 crore in its recent foray into the paints segment and another Rs 500 crore in setting up a cement unit at Rajpura, Punjab. After handing over a land allotment letter for 61 acres land at a cost of Rs 147 crore in the recently developed Hi-Tech […]

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This global IT Company to hire 6,000 employees in FY 22
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This global IT Company to hire 6,000 employees in FY 22

Persistent Systems, a Pune headquartered global IT company plans to hire 6,000 employees in Financial Year 2021-22. The hiring plan includes a mix of 2,000 freshers and about 4,000 lateral employees. Persistent Systems has also hiked salaries from July onwards for its employees working in India by 8-10% and for those who are working in […]

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TCS iON offers a 15-day free digital certification program
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TCS iON offers a 15-day free digital certification program

TCS iON, a strategic business unit of Tata Consultancy Services offers a 15-day free digital certification program. This is has been named Career Edge for TCS ion digital learning hub platform. The job market today is fraught with challenges and is more competitive than ever before, requiring youth to put their best foot forward to […]

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