5 hiring trends to reinvent your recruiting strategy today!

The emerging code of work, fuelled by the pandemic, calls for a cohesive, transparent, and digital ecosystem to streamline talent acquisition and promote employee satisfaction.

Money Heist: A lesson for people managers

Taking inspiration from the popular show, HRs can enhance productivity by strategically planning agile goals, forming cohesive teams with defined key roles, and by providing decision empowerment.

How HRs can get inspiration from RJs in the virtual workplace?

For Indian women jobseekers, COVID has been a mixed blessing

Although the crisis has been economically harder for women than men, it has opened up opportunities that did not exist before the pandemic and is making employers and job seekers change their attitudes towards working from home.

How cool art thou?

Organisations which are branded as cool by its workforce tend to set benchmarks beyond their business, nurture their employees and have high agility towards changing scenarios.

IT-IIM candidates are still preferred for mid-level roles at India’s prominent startups

In the debate between pedigree and skill, companies do tend to prefer the IIT/IIM tag for creating aspirational values. However, the tide is changing and many have completely eliminated that requirement.

What leading HR heads say about landing your dream job during the coronavirus pandemic

Upskilling to the industry standards and communication have gained prominence for recruiters. Companies are focussing more on the candidate's self development initiatives.

Pharma, life sciences companies scale up hiring as production increases

The pharma industry continues to beat the Covid blues. Seventy percent of the hiring is in sales, followed by manufacturing and support roles

Lockdown led to 30% surge in resumes from job seekers: Recruitment firms

Professionals are proactively looking out for new positions as their companies are taking the restructuring route, either through complete layoffs or conversion to a gig workforce. This has made the job of recruiting companies easier as compared to pre lockdown times.

White-collar jobs and that sinking feeling

As the pain from covid-19 intensifies, the higher layers of India’s job pyramid are facing the heat. Moreover, as variable pay disappears, a few organizations are delaying a part of their fixed compensation and transforming into a gig workforce.

PeopleStrong rebrands its recruitment business as taggd

‘Taggd’ brings together Technology, Intelligence and Advisory for permanent hiring and aims to combine Data and Human Knowledge with the power to Choose the Right Talent

Silver lining for jobseekers as edtech, pharma, e-commerce, logistics sectors to continue hiring

With the government unlocking India, various companies have upped their hiring to accommodate the demand boom for their products and services. This has opened up plethora of opportunities for job seekers looking for a stable income.

OYO plans to hire 5,000 people in eight months

Owing to an expansion in its business with more hotels coming under its Umbrella, OYO is partnering with Peoplestrong to augment its workforce.

Ex-Aon hewitt CEO sandeep chaudhary joins recruitment firm taggd on advisory board

Sandeep Chaudhary will help chart Taggd’s growth strategy in India’s rising recruitment market.

Cautious hiring for India Inc in 2020: Report

According to India Skills Report 2020, 56% of employers are likely to increase hiring, although net hiring outlook declined from previous year.

Recruitment up at fund-rich logistics firms looking to expand turf

Market watchers say sector will be a big jobs driver with boost in infrastructure development, policies and tech; monthly salaries likely up to Rs 30,000-plus in peak season

Insights on India’s talent landscape as it gears up for a $5 trillion economy: India Skills Report 2020

The seventh edition of India Skills Report (2020), was launched recently. Key findings include that 56 percent of employers are likely to increase hiring next year; e-commerce and BFSI will lead hiring.

Covid-19 Impact: Companies looking to raise Variable Pay Component

As a response to the Covid-19 crisis, certain organisations are looking at a pay structure realignment with an increase in the variable component in salaries, particularly of those in middle and senior management, in order to link compensation more to performance.