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  • US meltdown prompts LPOs to step up hiring (2008/09/29) New
  • Back office workers keeping their fingers crossed (2008/09/22) New
  • Logica to add around 1,300 employees over 18 months (2008/09/19) New
  • BPO firm Etech to add 5,000 jobs in India (2008/09/06) New
  • Nasscom plans to prepare ‘career guide’ (2008/09/03) New
  • Exit light on: IT cos sieve and churn as going gets tough (2008/09/01) New
  • Frontline Consulting Services plans to induct 1,000 engineers (2008/08/26)
  • Cybernet SlashSupport centre to hire more (2008/08/26)
  • AppLabs forays into testing consultancy services; hints adding more people (2008/08/23)
  • HCL Tech opens development centre in Sydney; to accommodate over 500 employees (2008/08/22)
  • Wait gets longer for IT hires as slowdown bites (2008/08/22)
  • Infy to train 6,000 under skill initiative (2008/08/10)
  • IT cos keep engg students guessing (2008/08/03)
  • IT majors see climb-down on manpower addition (2008/07/21)
  • TCS to hire more trainees (2008/07/18)
  • Applabs to hire more (2008/07/17)
  • SunGard to ramp up R&D; to hire 300 more (2008/07/15)
  • Hiring as planned, mostly from campuses (2008/07/12)
  • Placement services for mid-career professionals (2008/07/12)
  • AP asks IT cos to make space for minorities (2008/06/24)
  • Cognizant hiring (2008/06/21)
  • Nagarro to step up hiring (2008/06/20)
  • National Skills Registry a ‘great first step’ (2008/06/17)
  • ‘Rural BPO’ concept catches up (2008/06/16)
  • Evalueserve to add over 600 by June 2009 (2008/06/05)
  • Wipro HR programme to tide over talent crunch (2008/05/31)
  • Adea to recruit 500 more (2008/05/23)
  • eRevMax ramping up headcount at Kolkata centre (2008/05/21)
  • MphasiS to 3,600 seats this year (2008/05/15)
  • Collabera likely to double headcount in next few years (2008/05/09)
  • ‘IT, retail sectors emerging as two largest employers’ (2008/05/07)
  • Symphony Services expanding Indian operations (2008/05/02)
  • IT parks set to take off in Madurai -- Expected to generate employment for over 1 lakh professionals (2008/04/29)
  • Top 4 continue to hire more (2008/04/28)
  • Hiring may slow down in coming quarter (2008/04/25)
  • TCS to add 30,000 seats this fiscal (2008/04/24)
  • Accenture plans to hire 13,000 more here (2008/04/23)
  • TCS to hire 35,000 this fiscal (2008/04/22)
  • Wipro: Offers made to 17,500 freshers (2008/04/21)
  • Infosys to hire 8,000 less than last year (2008/04/16)
  • iMedX to raise headcount, eyes more acquisitions (2008/04/13)
  • Campus salaries in IT cos surge 17%: Survey (2008/04/12)
  • DenuoSource sets up second KPO centre (2008/04/04)
  • Less piracy, more jobs, says study (2008/04/04)
  • Canara Bank’s IT institute achieves high placement rate (2008/04/02)
  • Lionbridge to hire freelancers (2008/04/02)
  • Nokia plans to add 5,500 workers in India this year (2008/03/30)
  • IT hiring slowing down (2008/03/30)
  • Etihad Etisalat to hire 200 professionals by year-end (2008/03/26)
  • NetApp to hike headcount to 2,000 (2008/03/20)
  • TCS to raise headcount in emerging markets (2008/03/12)
  • Satyam to increase Oracle practice headcount (2008/03/12)
  • Satyam outsources some HR jobs (2008/03/10)
  • Campus recruitment to fall by 38% (2008/03/07)
  • Yahoo launches lab in Bangalore -- To seek out NRI doctorates (2008/03/05)
  • 24x7 Customer to add 3,500 more by next fiscal (2008/03/03)
  • IT companies put new campus recruits on bench (2008/03/01)
  • IT cos in ‘pick and choose’ mood (2008/02/28)
  • Sun Micro bullish on India; to significantly scale up APAC headcount (2008/02/26)
  • Cognizant to raise global headcount by 19,600 in 2008 (2008/02/23)
  • Satyam’s SEED to groom engineers (2008/02/21)
  • CSC to double headcount (2008/02/16)
  • Headstrong to hire more; hopes for demand pick-up (2008/02/15)
  • Capgemini creating capacity; upbeat (2008/02/15)
  • Half a million applications for H1B visa likely this year (2008/02/13)
  • TCS to hire 22,000 freshers (2008/02/12)
  • Now, recruiters take to psychometric tests (2008/02/12)
  • BT to focus more on advisory services; to hire 6,000 next year (2008/02/09)
  • Wipro to hire more freshers (2008/02/08)
  • Maveric Systems to invest $34 million more -- Equity dilution planned; to hire 200 more (2008/02/07)
  • Zylog invests Rs 30 cr in Chennai centre; plans to add more employees (2008/02/05)
  • Vision2K+Inc expands operations (2008/02/01)
  • IronPort to focus on R&D in India (2008/01/25)
  • TCS to place trainees at client sites overseas (2008/01/24)
  • Nasscom rolls out skills assessment test (2008/01/24)
  • IT cos go cautious on B-school hiring (2008/01/21)
  • IT biggies snap up 33,000 professionals in Dec quarter (2008/01/21)
  • Indian tech workforce is two million strong (2008/01/18)
  • TCS campus offers (2008/01/18)
  • 1,000 trained rural graduates to soon join BPO companies (2008/01/17)
  • Job outlook bright in ITeS, telecom sectors’ (2008/01/15)
  • North-East, emerging new recruitment stop (2008/01/08)
  • Need one? Need all? (2008/01/07)

    Marketing/Retailing

  • Domino’s slices attrition rates; gets staff to learn more (2008/08/29)
  • Spencer’s Retail to recruit 1,000 a month till year-end (2008/05/31)
  • ‘IT, retail sectors emerging as two largest employers’ (2008/05/07)
  • IPE to recruit, train fresh graduates for retail sector (2008/04/15)
  • Ma Foi to recruit expats in construction, retail sectors (2008/02/23)
  • Indian retailers, design firms scouting for talent from Europe (2008/01/03)

    Banking/Financial Services

  • SocGen to invest more, double headcount (2008/09/23) New
  • South Indian Bank lets offspring inherit their parent’s job (2008/09/22) New
  • ‘Financial sector faces dearth of qualified professionals’ (2008/08/18)
  • Bharti AXA General to hire 1,700 (2008/08/14)
  • Aviva Life to ramp up agency force (2008/07/16)
  • Public sector banks go on headhunting spree (2008/07/11)
  • Syndicate Bank recruit plan (2008/06/24)
  • YES Bank hires management pros (2008/05/14)
  • ICICI Bank may go slow on hiring, promotions (2008/04/24)
  • Vijaya Bank to continue recruiting from B-schools, engg colleges in small towns (2008/03/31)
  • HSBC Bank to hire 3,500 this year (2008/03/29)
  • PSU banks may scale up hiring by 30% next fiscal -- Over 20,000 posts likely to be filled up (2008/03/26)
  • Insurers hiring at brisk pace (2008/03/13)
  • Union Bank may double recruitments (2008/02/28)
  • Evolving new products woo youngsters to bank jobs: Lakshmi Vilas MD (2008/02/23)
  • Niche segments lure IIFT students (2008/02/10)
  • South Indian Bank on hiring spree (2008/02/05)

    Agriculture

  • Kerala taps labour from North (2008/06/02)
  • Labour shortage hits wheat harvest operations (2008/04/16)
  • Labour shortage continues to bug coffee estates (2008/03/12)
  • FMC plans to increase staff strength (2008/02/19)
  • Women workers leave cashew industry broken (2008/02/05)
  • Recruitment norms for technical posts eased (2008/01/18)

    Airlines

  • Domestic airlines clip staff strength (2008/09/23) New
  • US aerospace sector eyes India for engineers, scientists (2008/09/15) New
  • AI mulls sabbatical scheme for non-operational staff (2008/09/01) New
  • Copters calling pilots as plane dreams wane (2008/07/06)
  • Kingfisher to tie up with foreign schools for pilots (2008/02/12)

    Automobiles

  • Renault-Nissan will recruit 5,000 people in 3 years (2008/09/25) New
  • Auto cos tying up with ITIs to fight skill shortage (2008/08/15)
  • Maruti to triple engineers headcount (2008/03/28)

    Consulting

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers to double headcount in 3 years (2008/04/03)
  • Deloitte Consulting to grow India presence (2008/02/05)

    Consumer Electronics

  • LG unveils strategy to curb attrition (2008/08/08)
  • LG Electronics signs MoU with ITIs (2008/02/27)

    Education

  • Faculty crunch threatens Brand IIT (2008/03/07)

    Energy

  • Pvt power cos on the prowl for ex-NPCIL officers (2008/09/15) New
  • Lanco Infratech plans to add 4,000 more people (2008/05/22)
  • Areva T&D to hire over 1,200 this year (2008/05/22)

    Government/PSUs

  • AP Govt gives in-principle nod to regularise services of daily paid employees (2008/09/11) New
  • Govt sets fresh deadline for telecom officers (2008/09/01) New
  • All ministries must have legal draftsmen: Chidambaram (2008/08/21)
  • Hyderabad Metro to invite global bids to pick independent engineers (2008/08/15)
  • Rlys faces key talent flight (2008/07/21)
  • National Aerospace reels under talent crunch (2008/06/28)
  • APPSC’s Group I recruitment pattern attracts interest (2008/06/06)
  • Attrition major worry for DRDO labs (2008/03/11)
  • Niche segments lure IIFT students -- Public sector companies join race for talent (2008/02/10)
  • Recruitment norms for technical posts eased (2008/01/18)
  • AP to recruit 6,237 village revenue officers (2008/01/05)

    Hotels

  • ‘Hospitality industry facing manpower crunch’ (2008/01/22)

    Petroleum

  • Deep-sea divers raking in the moolah (2008/04/26)

    Pharmaceuticals

  • Biocon amongst world’s top employers in the sector (2008/09/23) New
  • Attrition fever grips pharma sector (2008/04/28)
  • Dr Reddy’s turns ‘women-friendly’ (2008/04/01)
  • Real estate, pharma cos’ hiring from ISB doubles (2008/03/31)
  • Ranbaxy plans to hire 400 scientists (2008/03/27)
  • ClinTec readying clinical research training plan (2008/01/23)

    Real Estate & Construction

  • More Chinese taking up jobs in infrastructure sector here (2008/06/16)
  • NAC to train 50,000 workers (2008/06/13)
  • Sterling Const offers training to farm hands (2008/06/04)
  • Now, red carpet welcome for civil engineers (2008/03/31)
  • Real estate, pharma cos’ hiring from ISB doubles (2008/03/31)
  • Ma Foi to recruit expats in construction, retail sectors (2008/02/23)
  • Maytas Infra, BITS tie up to offer courses (2008/02/16)
  • Reliance plans big for realty; goes headhunting (2008/02/07)

    Road Transport

  • Truckers can now handle burden better (2008/01/21)

    Roadways

  • Fewer hands at the wheel (2008/03/10)

    Science & Technology

  • DuPont plans to double manpower in India (2008/03/26)

    Shipping

  • Welcome foreign hand at the wheel (2008/07/28)
  • Govt clears proposal for Indian ships to have foreign officers (2008/07/11)
  • Pipavav Shipyard plans to hire Japanese professionals (2008/07/09)
  • Demand for merchant navy officers from India rising (2008/05/09)
  • Officers shortage hits shipping industry (2008/04/05)
  • ‘Global demand for Indian seafarers is high’ (2008/02/08)
  • ‘Come aboard’ call to seafarers (2008/02/04)

    Textiles

  • ‘Workers wanted’ at Bengal jute mills (2008/01/15)
  • Sarda Group plans training centre for jute products (2008/01/05)

    Trends

  • IIM students await word on pre-placement offers (2008/09/16) New
  • It’s still IT over manufacturing for engg students: CII (2008/08/09)
  • Using the Web to find talent (2008/07/07)
  • Indian talent in demand; seen as competitive threat (2008/06/25)
  • Reverse skills drain brings global execs to India (2008/06/23)
  • Employable talent -- They are beginning to look beyond IT space (2008/05/22)
  • CII study throws up concerns over skilled labour shortage (2008/04/15)
  • HR shortage — let’s wake up to the threat (2008/04/13)
  • Sharp rise in temp jobs, wages; qualification scores (2008/04/02)
  • US bars multiple H-1B filings for same worker (2008/03/21)
  • Australia woos skilled workers from India (2008/03/17)
  • Indian employers among most optimistic on hiring: Survey (2008/03/12)
  • Recruiters descend on IIMs; salary graph keeps rising (2008/03/11)
  • Rs 1-cr loss in engg exports costs 44 jobs: EEPC survey (2008/03/05)
  • The comeback women — a growing tribe (2008/01/07)
  • Hiring moves beyond realm of IT, ITeS (2008/01/02)
  • Rise in salaries will continue, say cos (2008/01/01)

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