Veterans of the Indian Armed Forces seeking to transition to civilian careers following their military service are being offered jobs by Careernet Prism. This is the diversity arm of talent solutions firm Careernet and this initiative is part of their ‘Diversity Career Fair’, a half virtual career fair scheduled for September 23, 2023. The career […]
The Q1 and Q2 of the calendar year 2023 (January–June) witnessed the most significant impact on hiring in the tech sector in India. Many organisations implemented hiring freezes and even laid off employees during this period, and talent acquisition reached an all-time low. The sector has also been suffering due to decreased demand from global […]
The $245-billion IT services outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar recruiter, is one of the biggest success stories to emerge from India. It typically absorbs 20-25 per cent of the 1.5 million engineering graduates in India every year. However, the halo is fading lately among freshers of second-tier colleges, where the behemoths usually hire en masse. […]
After layoffs, as employees are doing their best to find jobs, what are companies doing to ease this process? Enter outplacement solutions. Anshuman Das, CEO at Careernet, a talent solutions provider that has also been working with organisations to provide support in outplacement solutions, says as large, traditional companies grow and look at new strategic […]
Companies have the intent to hire people with varied sexual orientations, physical disabilities, and neuro diversities. However, only the top firms are walking the talk. A diverse workforce that represents people with varied sexual orientations, diverse races, ethnicities and those with disabilities is a must-have according to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDG). Though […]
The edtech sector has seen thousands of layoffs after it miscalculated its growth trajectory in the pandemic-led haze. Even startups in other segments have been impacted as the funding tap dried up. But Byju’s employees have it worse. Job insecurity looms like a constant threat. Despite this, they can’t just quit because the opportunities outside […]
India Inc’s efforts to foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace seem to be bearing fruit – slowly but surely. Even as Pride Month gets over, a Careernet Prism study on LGBTQ+ hiring in India covering employees from the community as well as D&I leaders reveals that 58% consider their organisations LGBTQ+ friendly and have […]
According to The Economic Times, almost half of Byju’s employees are seeking jobs elsewhere amid layoffs and financial troubles at the top edtech firm, but most of them are not finding takers amid a hiring slowdown in the edtech domain, recruiters told ET. Till last March, Byju’s had about 55,000 employees, according to earlier media […]
With investment taps turning dry and the global economy slowing, many companies in India have laid off people or declared their plans to do so. In all, 102 Indian start-ups have sacked some 27,100 people since the onset of the funding winter in 2022, with 9,781 of the people forced to look for work just […]
Over the years, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have emerged as a crucial part of India’s growth story, and talent plays a critical role in fuelling this upward trajectory. While the MSME sector is ready to employ close to 1 crore people over the next 3 to 4 years, it has various limitations in […]
