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Updated on: Sep 2022
The Impact of Global Recession on Indias Job Market in FY
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The Impact of Global Recession on Indias Job Market in FY

Sep 2, 2022

Parag Bengali, Director, HR Finance, Bisleri on Recession Fear

In Conversation with Parag Bengali, Director HR amp Finance at Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd on...

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Sep 1, 2022
Parag Bengali, Director, HR Finance, Bisleri on Recession Fear

M plans for Job cuts layoffs 

According to Bloomberg, An American multinational conglomerate operating in the fields of industry, ...

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Sep 1, 2022
M plans for Job cuts layoffs 

S.V. Nathan on Impact of US Recession on Indian Job Market

In Conversation with S.V. Nathan, Partner, and Chief Talent Officer, Deloitte India on Impact of US ...

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Aug 30, 2022
S.V. Nathan on Impact of US Recession on Indian Job Market
Leading in a Slowing Economy
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Leading in a Slowing Economy

As per the World Economic Outlook published by IMF, the global growth is projected to slow down from an estimated 6.1 percent in 2021 to 3.6 percent in 2022 and 2023 and the trend is expected to follow in the medium term. After more than two years of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and […]

Aug 26, 2022
Role of CHROs in Economic Downturn
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Role of CHROs in Economic Downturn

The chief human resources officer (CHRO) and other HR professionals now play a more important role in helping CEOs manage workers now more than ever because of the issues of the pandemic and the economic downturn that has impacted businesses. This has given the perfect storm of cultural change, employee stress, business problem, and opportunity. […]

Aug 25, 2022
Meta slashes hiring plans in 2022
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Meta slashes hiring plans in 2022

The social media and technology company, Meta Platforms (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed the employees that the company has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year. The company has reduced its target for hiring engineers in 2022 to around 6,000-7,000, down from an initial plan to hire about 10,000 new engineers, […]

Jul 4, 2022
US economy will likely fall into a mild recession by end of 2022: Nomura
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US economy will likely fall into a mild recession by end of 2022: Nomura

The US economy will likely fall into a mild recession by the end of 2022 as the Federal Reserve raises rates to tame prices, according to economists at Nomura Holdings Inc.  Nomura warns that financial conditions will tighten further, consumers sentiment is souring, energy and food supply distortions have worsened and the global growth outlook […]

Jun 23, 2022
Spotify to slow its hiring by 25% due to Economic Uncertainty
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Spotify to slow its hiring by 25% due to Economic Uncertainty

Popular global audio streaming service, Spotify Technology Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek has informed the staff that the company will reduce its hiring by 25%. Daniel said, “Spotify would reduce hiring growth by 25%. The company would continue to still hire and grow, we are just going to slow that pace and be a bit […]

Jun 16, 2022
The Important Role of HR in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2021
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The Important Role of HR in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2021

The Important Role of HR in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2021 After a slowdown in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis and its impact on global economy most experts expect a strong increase of mergers & acquisitions in 2021 in many industries on national and international level. For this reason, it is appropriate to remember […]

Apr 1, 2021
The Impact of Recession on HR Practices
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The Impact of Recession on HR Practices

No one saw the recession coming- Gordon Ramsay Very apt to understand that nobody is or can be actually fully ready as we don’t see it coming. This is where and why HR has been more predictive, intuitive, and prepared to meet the need of time. It’s wise to PREPARE for the worst and sail […]

Feb 28, 2021
Dave Ulrich on 10 emerging leadership skillsets of the future
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Dave Ulrich on 10 emerging leadership skillsets of the future

In conversation with Dave Ulrich on 10 emerging leadership skillsets of the future Dave Ulrich, the Rensis Likert professor of business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and co-founder of The RBL Group. He has published over 200 articles and book chapters and over 30 books on organization, talent, leadership, and HR… He edited Human Resource […]

Sep 30, 2020
MakeMyTrip is laying off about 350 employees
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MakeMyTrip is laying off about 350 employees

MakeMyTrip announced that it is laying off about 350 employees due to the global travel ban because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gurugram based, online travel aggregator MakeMyTrip is laying off around 350 employees, or 10% of its workforce, citing business slowdown due to the global travel restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19. Group Executive […]

Jun 2, 2020
IBM confirms global layoffs, India employees hit with it too
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IBM confirms global layoffs, India employees hit with it too

IBM confirmed, it is cutting an unspecified number of jobs, but wouldn’t provide details related to location, departments, or the number of employees involved. The company framed it in terms of replacing people with more needed skills as it tries to regroup under new CEO Arvind Krishna. Several business media sites, including the Wall Street Journal and […]

May 23, 2020
HCL to pay bonuses, no pay cuts, honour existing offers
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HCL to pay bonuses, no pay cuts, honour existing offers

IT firm, HCL has emphatically declared that despite the slowdown, and the economic impact of coronavirus, they will pay all promised bonuses all 150,000 employees, will honour the nearly 15,000 job offers already made to freshers, and no salary cuts for any employee. Apparao VV, Chief Human Resources Officer, HCL said that HCL won’t roll […]

May 22, 2020
Keep Employee Morale High Amidst the Downturn
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Keep Employee Morale High Amidst the Downturn

From wildfires in Australia to the downward spiral of crude oil prices to COVID-19 outbreak – the year 2020 has given a rough start. All these events have managed to destabilize the global economy. These are the times to reassure employees of how their organization stands by them amidst all the chaos. Here are a […]

Apr 21, 2020