Upskilling: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: May 2022

Employment

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May 21, 2022

Tata Motors Finance will train drivers in India

Tata Motors Finance, a Non-Banking finance company, has launched the project Akanksha its flagship s...

Industry

May 17, 2022

Tata Motors Finance will train drivers in India

Force Motors partners with ASDC to upskill dealership employees

Force Motors on Friday said it has tied up with the Automotive Skills Development Council ASDC to ...

Partnership

Apr 9, 2022

Force Motors partners with ASDC to upskill dealership employees

AICTE partners with Salesforce to upskill students with digital skills

Salesforce, the global leader in CRM has collaborated with thenbspAll India Council for Technical ...

Partnership

Apr 6, 2022

AICTE partners with Salesforce to upskill students with digital skills

Survey & Report

64% employees believe COVID-19 impacted reskilling, upskilling strategies

Covid-19 has had the greatest impact on employee reskilling and upskilling strategies, indicating a lack of clarity on future skills, said 64% of respondents in a survey. Nearly 68% of employees believed that the pandemic had a profound impact on organizational skills to interact with employees in a remote workplace. The report by ‘The State […]

Mar 31, 2022

Performance Appraisal

How Thomas Cook Talks About Upskilling at Performance Review

Not only at Thomas Cook but the world of work is changing. The pandemic has changed the way we work and the way we approach talent. Human resource departments and talent-management teams need to figure out how to meet evolving workforce demands, often with fewer resources. Sometimes the resources that are available are also not […]

Mar 4, 2022

Industry

TCS offers job-ready courses to students of the University of Kashmir

India’s largest IT major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced its partnership with the University of Kashmir to launch a program to improve the employability skills of students in Kashmir under its CSR initiative. Under this CSR initiative, the IT major will carry out its five initiatives Youth Employment Program (YEP), BridgeIT, goIT, Ignite My […]

Feb 27, 2022

Hiring

Infosys BPM to hire 400 people in Costa Rica by 2022

Infosys BPM, the business process management arm of Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced plans to hire 400 skilled customer services workers in Costa Rica. The new employees will join a workforce of highly skilled talent that operates at the cutting edge of innovation in the digital space and will […]

Feb 16, 2022

Survey & Report

Demand for digital skills surges as companies go for upskilling: Report

As industries across sectors are upskilling to bridge the emerging skill gap, a report has revealed that the demand for digital skills such as Java, Cloud, and Platform technologies has seen a surge since last quarter The demand for talent with digital skills such as testing, platform technologies, Java, Cloud Infra, and Data Analytics, among […]

Dec 18, 2021

Jobs

Govt of India launches DigiSaksham to enhance employability of youth

Minister for Labour and Employment, Shri Bhupender Yadav has launched DigiSaksham – a digital skills programme to enhance the employability of youth by imparting digital skills that are required in an increasingly technology driven era. This joint initiative with Microsoft India is an extension of the Government’s ongoing programs to support the youth from rural […]

Oct 1, 2021

Learning & Development

Do You Want to Remain Professionally Relevant in the Digital World?

Do You Want to Remain Professionally Relevant in the Digital World? There was a time when graduating from a reputable academic institution meant a warm welcome to a safe professional journey with a steady climb up the corporate ladder and ending in a respectable retirement from a grateful organization. However, as analog initiatives have increasingly […]

May 13, 2021

Jobs

PwC aims to hire 10,000 Black and Latinx students by 2026

PwC plans to hire 10,000 Black and Latinx college students over the next five years. The initiative is part of the accounting and consulting firm’s goal of reaching 35% Black and Latinx representation among its interns, entry-level hires, and experienced hires. PwC is seeking to build a workforce that more closely represents the diversity within higher education, […]

Apr 30, 2021

Human Resources

Cadila Global President HR on Reskilling & Upskilling Challenges in this year

In conversation with Sameer Nagarajan, Global President Human Resources, Cadila Pharmaceuticals on Skilling, Reskilling, and Upskilling Sameer is a senior HR professional with over 33 years of experience in leading the HR function while partnering businesses to growth and profitability. Prior to Cadila, he was working with Dabur International Limited as Executive Vice President, Human […]

Apr 26, 2021

Jobs

Microsoft targets 50,000 jobs with LinkedIn ‘re-skilling’ effort

Microsoft targets 50,000 jobs with LinkedIn ‘re-skilling’ effort Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that it aims to place 50,000 people in jobs that require technology skills as part of a broader push being undertaken with its professional networking website LinkedIn to help workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic move into new fields. The jobs will be in what Microsoft calls […]

Mar 31, 2021

Jobs

PwC collaborates with UNICEF and YuWaah! to upskill 300 Mn people in India

PwC India announces collaboration with UNICEF and YuWaah! to help bridge digital gap and help upskill 300 million young people in India over the next 10 years PwC India announced the launch of a strategic collaboration with UNICEF and YuWaah (Generation Unlimited in India) to help bridge the digital gap and help upskill 300 million young people […]

Dec 9, 2020

Jobs

Upskilling – A Win-Win Situation, says Dilipkumar Khandelwal, MD, Deutsche Bank

Upskilling – A Win-Win Situation: Dilipkumar Khandelwal, MD, Deutsche Bank Only learning organisations have what it takes to survive in the long run. The knowledge gained through an academic degree needs to be supplemented by relevant industry knowledge and skills over the course of our careers; hence, corporations are increasingly investing in upskilling their employees. […]

Dec 5, 2020