IBM: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Oct 2023

Appointments

IBM announces senior leadership appointments

Oct 5, 2023

IBM to empower youth with future-ready with digital skills training

Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan presi...

Industry

Sep 29, 2023

IBM to empower youth with future-ready with digital skills training

IBM to train Million in AI with free, online courses on generative AI

To help close the global artificial intelligence AI skills gap, IBM announced a commitment to trai...

Industry

Sep 19, 2023

IBM to train Million in AI with free, online courses on generative AI

IBM Software mandates three-day work-from-office globally

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM Software has mandated return to office, tellin...

Work Model

Sep 12, 2023

IBM Software mandates three-day work-from-office globally

Industry

IBM SkillsBuild offers Free Courses including Artificial Intelligence

IBM SkillsBuild is offering multiple Free courses including Artificial Intelligence courses for students and educators. The company said on its page, “Power your future in tech with job skills, courses, and credentials—for free. Kick-start your tech journey with free courses and resources. Prepare your students for the workforce of the future.” The SkillsBuild is offering […]

Sep 4, 2023

C-Suite Move

HUL announces Neelam Dhawan as an Independent Director

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced the appointment of Neelam Dhawan (63) as an Independent Director on its Board, effective 1 August 2023, for five years. Ms. Dhawan is currently a Non-Executive Director at ICICI Bank Limited, Capita PLC, Fractal Analytics Pvt Ltd, Yatra Online Inc, and is the Chairperson of a startup, Capillary Technologies. She […]

Jul 25, 2023

Social Media

Woman lost job to ChatGPT, starts selling water at grocery stores

Emily Hanley lost her job due to ChatGPT. In order to her survival, she started selling water at grocery stores. According to Business Insider, Emily Hanley-a freelance writer said, “For the past several years I worked as a full-time freelance copywriter; I’d work on webpages, branded blogs, online articles, social-media captions, and email marketing campaigns.” “I […]

Jul 22, 2023

Industry

Deloitte, PwC, IBM set up offices in India’s smaller cities

The major firms including Deloitte, PwC, and IBM are stepping up investments in new Indian facilities away from bigger cities as global demand for cheaper back office operations. As per report, Ernst & Young in June said it expects multinationals to set up “global capability centres” for all types of industries in tier-2 cities such […]

Jul 13, 2023

Industry

IBM Offers Free Upskill Courses, Virtual Faculty Buildathon 2023

The Virtual Faculty Buildathon 2023 is designed to expand your horizon and equip you with practical and hands-on technical knowledge. With the help of technical Bootcamps, expert mentoring, and access to licensed software, IBM Cloud, self-learning courses, and many exciting benefits at no charge. Virtual Faculty Build-A-Thon is a project development activity where participants are […]

Jul 7, 2023

Employment

IBM with Defence Ministry to provide employment to ex-servicemen

Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM to engage ex-servicemen and to facilitate their seamless integration into the civilian workforce. Through this MoU, DGR will collaborate with IBM to tap into the rich talent pool of ex-servicemen for relevant job opportunities that may […]

Jun 28, 2023

Industry

Tata Power, Amazon India’s most attractive employers in 2023

Tata Power emerged as the most attractive employer brand in India in 2023, followed by Amazon and Tata Steel, according to research by HR organization Randstad India. The top 10 most attractive employer brands in India: The Randstad Employer Research Report 2023 is an independent survey that is a representative employer brand research based on […]

Jun 22, 2023

CHRO Move

Jubilant ropes in Cognizant India’s Shantanu Jha as Group CHRO

An Indian conglomerate, Jubilant Bhartia Group appoints Shantanu Jha as Group Chief Human Resources Officer. The Jubilant Bhartia Group is an Indian conglomerate with interests in pharmaceuticals, food services, agribusiness, energy, and other services. Shantanu is an experienced engineer turned HR leader with over 25 years of experience. His key areas of experience in Human […]

Jun 22, 2023

Industry

Apple restricts the use of ChatGPT by its employees

According to reports Reuters Apple, an American multinational technology company has restricted the use of ChatGPT and other external AI tools by its employees. The reason is that Apple develops similar technology. The company has also banned Microsoft-owned GitHub’s Copilot, which is used by developers to automate code writing. The company cautions as some unauthorized sensitive information […]

May 19, 2023

Compensation

IBM employee on Sick Leave for 15 years sued Co. for no pay rise

According to the reports of Livemint, An American multinational technology corporation, IBM employee has been on sick leave since 2008. He sued his company for discrimination because he did not receive a raise. He claimed, however, that he was a victim of ‘disability discrimination’ since his income had not been increased in the 15 years he […]

May 15, 2023

Industry

IBM CEO “Remote work can be hazardous to your career”

Recently, IBM Chief Arvind Krishna said that Remote work can be hazardous to your career. According to the reports of India Today, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said, “Remote work is more suitable for certain roles that require individual work. In the short term, you probably can be equally productive, but your career does suffer.” “Moving from […]

May 5, 2023

Industry

IBM to pause hiring, plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

IBM is planning to freeze the hiring for certain positions. The company expects that nearly 7,800 jobs could be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). CEO Arvind Krishna has specified that hiring specifically in back-office functions such as human resources will be suspended or slowed. The company aspects that 30% of non-customer-facing roles could be replaced […]

May 2, 2023