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Layoffs

After LinkedIn, KPMG lays off about of deal advisory staff in UK

Oct 18, 2023

LinkedIn lays off roles Read Email Sent to Employees

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn announced to sacking of employees across the engineering, product, tale...

Layoffs

Oct 17, 2023

LinkedIn lays off roles Read Email Sent to Employees

Companies Layoffs in , How Affected HR Recruitment Teams

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Layoffs

Oct 4, 2023

Freshworks Appoints Johanna Jackman as Chief People Officer

Freshworks Inc., has announced the appointment of Johanna Jackman as the companys new Chief People ...

CHRO Move

Aug 29, 2023

Freshworks Appoints Johanna Jackman as Chief People Officer

Survey & Report

AI surge: India is in the top 5 countries for AI talent, LinkedIn Report

LinkedIn’s new report reveals that people skilled in artificial intelligence (AI) in India went up by 14x in June 2023 compared to January 2016. India is in the top 5 countries for AI talent, alongside Singapore, Finland, Ireland, and Canada. The data shows the fastest diffusion of AI skills is happening in Singapore (20x), followed […]

Aug 24, 2023

Training

Microsoft announces new free AI skills initiative training course

Microsoft announced a new AI Skills Initiative to help people and communities around the world learn to harness the power of AI. The new initiative, part of Microsoft’s Skills for Jobs program, includes new, free coursework developed with LinkedIn; a new grant challenge with data.org for organizations to create new ways of training, upskilling and reskilling workers […]

Jun 30, 2023

Industry

15-year-old CEO is banned from LinkedIn; here’s the reason

Eric Zhu, 15 years old is a Co-Founder of Aviato and an investor with Bachmanity Capital. Despite this, he can’t have a LinkedIn profile because he is too young to meet LinkedIn’s minimum age requirement. The minimum age limit is at least 16 years old to register and create an account with the social media […]

Jun 17, 2023

Industry

Bengaluru landlord invests nearly ₹8 lakhs tenant’s startup

A Bengaluru tenant Pawan Gupta, the co-founder and CEO of a matrimony app called Betterhalf AI took to Twitter to highlight his story of how he found an unexpected investor. Pawan Gupta has revealed that his landlord has invested $10,000 (Rs 8.2 lakh approximately) in his AI-driven matrimonial app. The investor was nonother than Pawan […]

Jun 3, 2023

Layoffs

2 lakh techies lost their jobs in 2023; more likely to happen soon

The year 2023 has become the worst year for tech employees. In the current year, nearly 2 lakh tech employees from Big Tech firms to startups have been sacked to date globally. The major layoffs in May are as below:- Apparently, major tech companies are laying off employees exponentially due to economic uncertainties. The move […]

May 23, 2023

Layoffs

A woman secured a job at LinkedIn but was laid off before joining

Recently, LinkedIn, the world’s largest social media platform for professionals, announced cutting 716 positions and shutting down its jobs app in mainland China, the California-based company. Reportedly, the company has also discontinued Business Leadership Program. According to the profile on LinkedIn, One of the impacted freshers Lea Schuhmacher who has previously worked at LinkedIn as an […]

May 10, 2023

Layoffs

LinkedIn to cut 716 jobs and shut its China app

LinkedIn, the world’s largest social media platform for professionals, is cutting 716 positions and shutting down its jobs app in mainland China, the California-based company announced. The decision was made amid shifts in customer behavior and slower revenue growth, CEO Ryan Roslansky said Monday in a letter to employees. “As we guide LinkedIn through this rapidly changing landscape, […]

May 9, 2023

Industry

LinkedIn Top 25 best workplaces to grow your career in India

The professional social media platform LinkedIn has shared a list of the top 25 workplaces in India that are the best workplaces to grow a career. The list is backed by unique LinkedIn data measuring different elements of career progression. However, the list reveals companies like Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank, and Games24x7 that are helping their employees build […]

Apr 19, 2023

Industry

Overcoming job search struggles in Tech Industry: Engr experience

Muhammad Farhan a former Software Development at Zomato shared his experience on overcoming job search struggles in the tech industry job during the layoff wave. Muhammad Farhan shared a LinkedIn Post on overcoming his job search struggle, he had been on a job search since July 2022. Also Watch, What is Meaning of Career in 2023: […]

Mar 28, 2023

Industry

Man cleared Google interview but failed Tenant interview

A man named Ripu Daman Bhadoria took to LinkedIn and shared how he cleared a Google interview but failed a tenant interview in Bengaluru. Ripu Daman Bhadoria LinkedIn Post said, “𝖨 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗍𝗁𝖾 Google 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗂𝗇 𝖡𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖾. 𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾’𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐𝗌 “ “𝖫𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 (𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤), 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 […]

Mar 27, 2023

Industry

A woman re-applies to her own job on LinkedIn as it offered higher salary

A post by a woman named Kimberly Nguyen from New York City is going viral. She applied for the same job again after she realized that her company listed a significantly higher salary for the same role on LinkedIn. Kimberly Nguyen, a 25-year-old woman who is a user experience (UX) writer, shared a series of tweets regarding […]

Mar 14, 2023

Layoffs

LinkedIn sacks employees in recruitment department: Report

According to reports, a business and employment-focused social media platform, LinkedIn will sack employees in the recruitment department. However, LinkedIn has not commented on the exact number of employees affected by the layoffs. Recently in January, Global tech giant Microsoft announced that it would sack about 5 percent or 10,000 of its workforce amid a […]

Feb 14, 2023