WHITE COLLAR JOBS

A Budget poser: Will I be able to keep my job in 2021?

It would be safer to expect that jobs wouldn’t come flooding to a job seeker in the new year.

India Inc’s hiring intent boosted by Covid vaccine news

A study conducted by the recruitment and staffing services provider CIEL HR Services, covering 298 companies across 27 cities, shows that t...

Covid drives India Inc to boost gender diversity

Axis Bank, Infosys, Tata Steel, Vedanta, RPG Group, Dalmia Cement and Tata Chemicals among others have accelerated their search for female ...

Technically skilled gig workers in high demand

​​According to staffing company TeamLease Services, demand for technical gig workers increased by 20%-25% between April-November this year ...

Covid-19 is reshaping the job market in a big way. Are employees equipped for the new environment?

As digital transformations happened and the bottom of the pyramid workforce reduced, the number of people managing this workforce has reduc...

Digital training of blue-collar employees on the rise, says experts

A key challenge now that the blue-collar staff is coming back to workplaces is to provide them relevant infrastructure and time for learnin...

How companies are providing a protective shield to blue collar workers in these trying times

The country’s leading manufacturers including the likes of Hindustan Unilever, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Vedanta, and Hyundai Motors are goi...

Startup launches safety app for blue collar workers

The app offers contextualised safety training across nine job roles including delivery boys, police, health workers, drivers, maids, etc.

Bigger green shoots in white-collar job market

Capgemini, Whirlpool, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Philips, Nestle, Deloitte, Livspace, PepsiCo and Myntra were among the companies that told ET th...

The post-Covid resume: Hybrid workplaces will need employees to gain new technology and soft skills

As an increasing number of companies are looking at the option of hybrid workplaces — a blend of remote working and working from office — t...

View: How jobs were impacted due to lockdown

While salaried jobs have taken the biggest hit during the lockdown, it is not that this form of employment is more vulnerable compared to o...

As layoffs, pay cuts and gigification loom large, the road ahead looks bumpy for executives

Of course, daily wagers and migrant workers at the bottom of the pyramid have been hit hard. But what makes this crisis unique and grave is...

Gig bites off a large number of jobs as pandemic accelerates demand for freelancers

Demand for gig workers is on the rise as companies get increasingly familiar with work from home and look to cut fixed employee cost as wel...

Green shoots in jobs market, but complete recovery may take a year

Hiring has begun, and there is optimism among corporates in view of the festive season. IT and critical roles are in demand, but for an ove...

6.6 mn white collar professional jobs lost during May-August: CMIE

These include software engineers, physicians, teachers, accountants, analysts and the type, who are professionally qualified and are employ...

India's young white-collar workers are front-row in the firing line

People aged 15-24 years will be much harder hit than adults in the immediate crisis and face a higher risk of longer-term economic and soci...

Unlock 1.0: White-collar jobs for freshers gain pace

Companies hiring freshers include Accenture, Amazon, Wipro, Muthoot Finance, Ernst & Young Global Business Services, Tech Mahindra, Mphasis...