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Updated on: May 2022
entomo names Prithvi Shergill as Group CEO-People Experience Business
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entomo names Prithvi Shergill as Group CEO-People Experience Business

As part of the restructuring, entomo (formerly KPISOFT) has announced Prithvi Shergill, its former digital business lead and co-founder as Group CEO to lead people experience business globally. His mandate will be to further accelerate the innovation in talent and performance management product evolution and client success through organization capability development, and market expansion in […]

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HCL elevates Srimathi Shivashankar as CVP & Head- EdTech Business
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HCL elevates Srimathi Shivashankar as CVP & Head- EdTech Business

India’s leading global information technology company HCL Technologies elevates Srimathi Shivashankar as Corporate Vice President and Head of HCL EdTech Business, effective April 2022. Prior to this, she was working as Corporate Vice President and the Program Director for New Vistas at HCL Technologies. She has an extensive experience of more than two decades in Business […]

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EPFO: Fraud Alert! Avoid these mistakes online else you will lose money
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EPFO: Fraud Alert! Avoid these mistakes online else you will lose money

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has warned its members not to share critical details about their EPF account, personal information, or OTP over the phone or online. EPFO has announced this due to the growing threat of EPF-related OTP scams and other issues, also to minimize fraud. A shared tweet stated, “EPFO never asks its […]

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Startups at Jammu and Kashmir are turning job seekers into employers
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Startups at Jammu and Kashmir are turning job seekers into employers

The creation of industry innovation clusters has encouraged a new generation of entrepreneurs to grow and create jobs for others. Startups from India are making their way into the global market. India now ranks third in the world in terms of innovation and start-ups after the US and China. Change has not come overnight, the […]

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Google is hiring in India, freshers, and remote job aspirants can also apply
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Google is hiring in India, freshers, and remote job aspirants can also apply

Search giant Google is hiring for various roles in India and across the globe. It is inviting job applications from experienced people and fresh talent, remote job aspirants can also apply. The company said on its advertisement page, “We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience focused on supporting […]

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Pine Labs appoints Amazon India’s ex-HR Head Vijayalakshmi as CPO
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Pine Labs appoints Amazon India’s ex-HR Head Vijayalakshmi as CPO

A leading merchant commerce platform, Pine Labs has appointed Vijayalakshmi Swaminathan as Chief People Officer. She takes over from Anu Mathew who will now transition into the role of the head of learning and development at Pine Labs. B Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs said, “Our people are our Strength. A high-performance workforce will accelerate the progress […]

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RIL-backed Fynd to hire over 1,200 engineers this year
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RIL-backed Fynd to hire over 1,200 engineers this year

RIL-backed omnichannel platform Fynd has said that it is planning to hire over 1,200 engineers this year. RIL-backed Fynd is looking forward to recruiting 30 percent of manpower from Ahmedabad. The main aim of the company is to capture the Ahmedabad market. The company is looking forward to utilizing the enormous pool of tech talent that prefers […]

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India Inc to see an average 8.13% salary hike this year, Report
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India Inc to see an average 8.13% salary hike this year, Report

The median salary increment this year is likely to be around 8.13 per cent as the country recovered from the after effects of pandemic-related disruptions, a report said. According to the ‘Jobs and Salary Primer Report for FY2022 by TeamLease’, unlike the last two years, this year most of the job roles from across sectors […]

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CG Corp Global appoints Harsh Arora as Head- HR
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CG Corp Global appoints Harsh Arora as Head- HR

A leading Nepal based multinational conglomerate, CG Corp Global has appointed Harsh Arora as Head- Human Resources Harsh has confirmed it through a social media post and said “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Head of HR at CG Corp Global!” In this role, she will be handling India, Bangladesh, Dubai, and […]

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Mphasis to hire 600 professionals in Mexico in the coming year
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Mphasis to hire 600 professionals in Mexico in the coming year

Mphasis, an Information Technology solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, today announced plans to recruit up to 600 employees for its Guadalajara operations in the coming year. The vacancies – which cover a range of functions from application development and infrastructure management (including telecoms and networking), to end-user and help desk support – […]

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India’s labour force increased by 8.8 million in April largest monthly rise
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India’s labour force increased by 8.8 million in April largest monthly rise

The labour force in India has increased by 8.8 million from 428.4 million in March 2022 to 437.2 million in April 2022. As per the CMIE, unemployment stood at 7.83% in April compared to 7.57% in March. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said, One of the largest monthly increases, with working-age people who were out of […]

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WhiteHat Jr employees resign after company asked them to work from office
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WhiteHat Jr employees resign after company asked them to work from office

The WhiteHat Jr, a platform that was acquired by BYJU’S in 2020 over 800 employees have resigned from the kid’s online coding learning Edtech start-up in the last two months after being asked to work from the office. This has come after the company has asked its employees to return to office within a month’s […]

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