More than 7 lakh students went abroad to study in 2022. Over the last few years, the students aiming to go abroad faced pandemic or geopolitical crisis. But now the floodgates hav ... Read more
More than 7 lakh students went abroad to study in 2022. Over the last few years, the students aiming to go abroad faced pandemic or geopolitical crisis. But now the floodgates have opened. In today's episode of The Working Life, Akshay Chaturvedi , founder of edtech firm LeverageEdu, explains the trends and challenges in getting the admission seat abroad. Read more
How do traditional manufacturing firms overhaul their HR policies , adopt digital way of working when hit by Covid? Are they swift enough to ward off competition? Rajesh Uppal, Mem ... Read more
How do traditional manufacturing firms overhaul their HR policies , adopt digital way of working when hit by Covid? Are they swift enough to ward off competition? Rajesh Uppal, Member Executive Board, HR, for Maruti Suzuki explains how the automaker is trying to keep pace with changing times but not let go some of its ingrained traditional work culture . Read more
India Inc is scrambling to strategise its ESG targets and while green field projects , renewables are the buzzword, there is giant hurdle in front of them. Were are experts who un ... Read more
India Inc is scrambling to strategise its ESG targets and while green field projects , renewables are the buzzword, there is giant hurdle in front of them. Were are experts who understand ESG and green energy? Firms are recruiting from abroad, B-schools have started teaching the subject to create a future pipeline. Shantanu Srivastava, energy financial analyst at IEEFA South Asia explains the talent crisis in the sector. Read more
Artificial Intelligence is often used as an ominous term to indicate how many jobs will become redundant as profiles get automated. But Rituparna Chakraborty, co-founder and execut ... Read more
Artificial Intelligence is often used as an ominous term to indicate how many jobs will become redundant as profiles get automated. But Rituparna Chakraborty, co-founder and executive director of staffing firm TeamLease Services chalks out an ironic situation. She says that while certain profiles are more vulnerable than others, the employment opportunities remain immense. In this episode of The Working Life, Chakraborty explains that one does not have to be an engineer to understand AI or upskill themselves in this latest technology. The onus is on the government , corporates and us to start upskilling right from day one of entering a corporate. Read more
India Inc is returning to its workstations and that too willingly. In one of the major surprises across sectors, companies are noticing that they do not have to push their manpower ... Read more
India Inc is returning to its workstations and that too willingly. In one of the major surprises across sectors, companies are noticing that they do not have to push their manpower to attend physical office. The water cooler conversations are back and the office bays are buzzing with banter and chatter. In today's episode of The Working Life, Ruchee Anand, Senior Director, Talent & Learning Solutions at LinkedIn India explains the attraction of a workstation and how will policies and compensation change all over again as we head back to our offices Read more
Global tech and internet giants - Amazon, Meta, Google , Microsoft have retrenched thousands of employees adding to the recessionary waves not just in the West but even at home. In ... Read more
Global tech and internet giants - Amazon, Meta, Google , Microsoft have retrenched thousands of employees adding to the recessionary waves not just in the West but even at home. India Inc is also struggling to balance involuntary and voluntary attrition in order to achieve the exact workforce strength. In today's episode of the Working Life Roopank Chaudhary, Partner and Chief Commercial Officer Human Capital Solutions for consulting firm Aon explains the domino effect of these global layoffs. He chalks out how certain sectors have no option but to let go of employees in order to maintain healthy balance sheets and despite all efforts, voluntary attrition continues to remain a worrying trend. Read more
Diversity is complicated. India Inc has been trying for many years to get more women on its payrolls. But, an equal gender ratio remains a dream for most firms. However, corporates ... Read more
Diversity is complicated. India Inc has been trying for many years to get more women on its payrolls. But, an equal gender ratio remains a dream for most firms. However, corporates have forgotten that diversity is non-binary. There is the third gender. Tata Steel - a 100-year-old firm is attempting to erase biases in its workforce. In today's episode of The Working Life, Atrayee Sanyal Vice President of, human resource management and Amarjeet Singh, who is part of the Equipment Maintenance team at Tata Steel will chalk out what goes behind making a company look beyond gender. Read more
An interesting job profile and compensation aside, employees are demanding companies roll out insurance covers that go beyond basic healthcare. This includes insurance for mental h ... Read more
An interesting job profile and compensation aside, employees are demanding companies roll out insurance covers that go beyond basic healthcare. This includes insurance for mental health, infertility covers and a wider range of health benefits for parents, live-in partners that do not confirm to any kind of gender bias. Abhishek Poddar , CEO and co-founder of insurance company Plum breaks down how India Inc’s insurance benefits can attract and retain talent. Read more
The hybrid work regime has taken its toll on women who had to straddle home and work much more than their male counterparts. Diversity experts were alarmed to see that when markets ... Read more
The hybrid work regime has taken its toll on women who had to straddle home and work much more than their male counterparts. Diversity experts were alarmed to see that when markets opened up and the hiring frenzy happened, women backed out from switching jobs or asking for higher pay packets. In double-income families, the women were quitting and this was not just an urban phenomenon but a worrying trend across socio-economic strata. In today's episode of The Working Life, Rosa Abraham, assistant professor at Azim Premji University explains that between the glass ceilings and sticky floors, the gender ratio is more skewed than ever. Read more
What does it take to keep talent focused when rivals are ready with counter offers and employee costs are burgeoning? Wipro's CHRO Saurabh Govil discloses how HR teams of IT compan ... Read more
What does it take to keep talent focused when rivals are ready with counter offers and employee costs are burgeoning? Wipro's CHRO Saurabh Govil discloses how HR teams of IT companies waded through the hiring frenzy and then the lull, who is toughest to retain and can IT firms learn from their rivals. Read more
