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Updated on: Feb 2023

Compensation

Wipro cuts freshers pay by amid onboarding delays

Feb 21, 2023

Amazon delays the onboarding of graduates

According to reports, The e-commerce company, Amazon has delayed the joining dates for some universi...

Industry

Dec 17, 2022

Amazon delays the onboarding of graduates

Wipro to onboard freshers in phases

According to TOI, an Indian IT major, Wipro has sent a communication to campus recruits that it will...

Industry

Dec 9, 2022

Delay in onboarding has happened before- Ex- HCL CEO Vineet Nayar

While commenting on the delay in onboarding, former HCL Tech CEO Vineet Nayar said that delay in onb...

Industry

Nov 23, 2022

Delay in onboarding has happened before- Ex- HCL CEO Vineet Nayar

Industry

L&T onboards more than 3,000 fresh engineers

An Indian multinational conglomerate company, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has hired more than 3,000 graduate and postgraduate engineering trainees in the current financial year. The onboarding of the engineers is more than three-fold rise as against 1,067 trainees last fiscal. Executive Vice President & Head, Corporate Human Resource of L&T Group, C Jayakumar said, “It is […]

Nov 22, 2022

Industry

Accenture and Mindtree also delay onboarding fresh hires

A global technology consulting and services company, Mindtree has delayed the onboarding of employees by 10 months. The job claimant has been waiting for onboarding since January. Accenture reportedly confirmed hiring in April but is delaying the onboarding till 2023. According to reports, freshers who got the offer letter from the company earlier in the year […]

Oct 15, 2022

Industry

After Wipro-Infosys, Accenture also delays onboarding of freshers

A global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security, Accenture has delayed the onboarding of fresh hires to 2023. Due to this, freshers are now worried about their career gaps. An engineering graduate told Businessline, “I received my (Accenture) offer letter in the last week of April. My onboarding is being […]

Oct 8, 2022

Industry

Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra cancel offer letters of many freshers

IT majors of India Wipro, Infosys, and Tech Mahindra have revoked the offer letters issued to many freshers candidates. Initially, these companies delayed the onboarding process for several months. Students have received a letter stating that their employment letter is being revoked. The Tech companies have been revoked on grounds of failing certain eligibility criteria […]

Oct 3, 2022

Industry

Infosys, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra accused for delay in onboarding

The Job applicants have accused Infosys, HCL Tech, and Tech Mahindra for the delay in their onboarding process. It was earlier reported that Wipro had postponed the joining date of its more than 2000 students/employees, despite their compliance with its assessment guidelines. Post this Capgemini also delayed the onboarded IT professionals. Harpreet Singh Saluja, President […]

Sep 27, 2022

Industry

NITES goes to Labour Ministry against Wipro

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) on Saturday sought the prompt intervention of Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bhupendra Yadav to take necessary action against Wipro which has been postponing the joining date of its more than 2000 students/employees, despite their compliance with its assessment guidelines. “The joining of these employees was […]

Sep 26, 2022

Culture & Behaviour

Onboarding Experience That Can Be Catalyst to Retain New Hires

The old saying still holds true: “You never get a second chance to make the first impression”. Organizations year-on-year welcome new hires from the industry and from campus with an endeavour to create a workforce culture that is highly engaging and that resonates with the vision and goals of the organization. While there’s no second thought that […]

Aug 1, 2022

Talent Acquisition

Creating Hiring and Onboarding Experience That Matter

The last 2 years have been what I call years of “Tech HR Advancement with human-centric design”. Most organization and human resources function moved from traditional recruitment and onboarding techniques to new age, high-speed, tech-enabled platforms. Speed, Scale, and Security were fundamental pillars that required this shift to happen. Candidates are now yearning for that […]

Jul 28, 2022

Guest Appearance

Talya Bauer on Effective Employee Onboarding Model & Checklist

In Conversation With Talya Bauer, Cameron Professor of Management, Portland State University on Effective Employee Onboarding Model & Checklist Talya Bauer (Ph.D., Purdue University) is the Cameron Professor of Management at Portland State University. She is an award-winning researcher working in research areas across the employee life cycle including recruitment and selection, new employee onboarding, […]

Jul 27, 2022

Talent Acquisition

Key Onboarding Steps to Make a New Hire’s Experience

It is that time of the year when businesses aim to onboard fresh hires from campuses to strengthen their roots and the foundation and a lot has changed about what brings cheer to these new hires and makes them stay with the organization. As is clearly visible the expectations of employers are not the only […]

Jul 19, 2022

Jobs

Urban Company to onboard over 20,000 professionals this year

Urban Company to onboard over 20,000 professionals this year Home services marketplace Urban Company said it aims to onboard over 20,000 professionals on its platform this year to meet the strong growth in demand for various services post the lockdown. Currently, the company has more than 40,000 gig workers on its platform, of which over 35,000 are present in […]

Mar 25, 2021

C-Suite Move

Marc Llistosella CEO-designate will NOT join Tata Motors

Marc Llistosella CEO-designate of Tata Motors will not join company Marc Llistosella who was named as the new CEO & MD of Tata Motors effective from July 1, 2021 will not be joining the company, N Chandershekran, Chairman, Tata Motors, said in a surprise statement. The statement further added that Marc is not able to relocate to India for personal […]

Mar 20, 2021