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Only 18% Students From Tier-2 B-Schools Got Jobs; 220 B-schools Shut Down in 2013
Sluggish economy has taken its toll on second rung B-Schools across India. According to a Assocham survey, only 18 percent of MBA students have been able to get jobs at the end of their 2 years course in 2014.
That’s not all, even those…
Microsoft Most Attractive Employer In India; ICICI Best Known: Report
Randstad, a global staffing and HR solutions company have came out with a comprehensive report on Employer branding and Employee perceptions in India. The survey captured views over 2 lakh respondents for India’s largest employers (more…
Bloodbath Begins At IBM India; Workforce Axed & Humiliated
IBM is a 104 year company, having 4.35 lakh employees all over the world, with a very substantial presence in India. They have their offices in Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Gurgaon, Noida, Chandigarh, Indore,…
CII Launches Job Portal For Specially-abled People In Partnership With Monster
Stephen Hawking, the name evokes the image of a scientist in a wheelchair – specially-abled but extraordinarily brilliant. Back home, do you remember seeing some specially-abled people around you and wondering how they survive? And if they…
Wipro Launches Free Online Course FINPro: Corporate Readiness Program For Undergrads
The most pressing requirement of our contemporary education system is practical implementation of theoretical knowledge. Our teachers are teaching what is covered by the curriculum, which is often out-dated and out of sync with what the…
Indians LOVE Their Jobs, So Much That 18% Will Do It For Free!
Surveys throw up interesting results. Sometimes, so amazing, that you might actually doubt the authenticity of the one who has undertaken it. But when one of the world’s largest research company GfK joins hands with Monster Worldwide, Inc.,…
The New Economy – 5 Ways to Keep Your Employees Motivated Without Money
The definition of job has changed over the years. Way before, when there used to be Industrial Economy, an employee was as good as a machine part: easily replaceable and obedient. Employees used to do what they were told to, with zero…
India Inc Defies Slowdown, To Create 1.36 Lakh New Jobs; Pune Tops
There has been a widespread reporting of India’s economic woes and its systematic slowdown of growth. Both national as well as international media has slammed the Indian government for its short-sightedness regarding the nation’s economic…
HRD Ministry To Start 50 Free Educational Live DTH Channels, Raise it later to 1000!
Way back in the 1920s Thomas Alva Edison had predicted that one day, motion pictures would replace newspapers and books. Seems our Government woke to this prediction just now!
After being given a red signal for the HRD Ministry’s…
IIMs Beat London School of Economics In Global Rankings
Graduation courses in India are good but surely not the very best in the world, and we all had a doubt about that. But PG courses, especially in Management, are top-notch and the IIMs lead the pack in it. As of now, there are 13 IIMs and…
What A Shame…Only IISc Ranks In Top 500 Universities In The World!
It is a real shame that India does not have a single university in Top 300 according to Academic Ranking of World Universities. And the IITs that we tout so much about, not a single one makes its appearance in Top 500!
Indian Institute…
IT Sector Campus Recruitment May Come Down By 60% This Year: NASSCOM
IT Sector in India is not growing at the hectic pace that it did in the previous decade, but it has still been registering a decent growth in past couple of years. However, this growth is not translating into job creation, if the reports…
India To Achieve 80% Literacy Rate By 2015, Adult Education System Will Be Overhauled!
India has a literacy rate of 73 percent which means about 33 crore adults are still illiterate in India.
If HRD Minister’s statement is to be believed, India is hoping to achieve 80 percent literacy rate in period of next 2 years (2015).…
Indian Recruitment Trends 2013: Higher Budgets, Social Media Utilization & Internal Hiring!
HR managers across the world are constantly looking at adopting new and efficient recruitment practices to make sure that their organizations are able to acquire and retain talent. Having right human resources is probably the most important…
Linkedin Crosses 20 mln Users in India [Numbers & Insights]
Linkedin has now crossed 20 million users in India, the second largest after US. According to the official announcement, this number was crossed sometime earlier this month.
Sine June 2011, Linked has added 10 million users in India.…
6 Radical Ideas for Making Meetings More Productive!
Are you already dreading all the meetings that you are going to have to attend this week? Is the back of your notepad already filled with umpteen number of doodles of your boss, that you drew while you were trying not to doze off in those…
Why Indian Students Still Fear Taking Competitive Exams in digital platform?
As summer temperatures soar, the tensions of students rise proportionally. With competitive exams at the center for most of the aspirants looking for a good technical institute, giving exams efficiently is definitely the prime concern. One…
Transition to E-books in Schools: Will it happen?
The tablet prices have fallen like anything in the past few years. Be it because of the Indian tablet (Aakash) or because of the coming of oh-so-many cheap tablets in the market by Indian manufacturers, even the bigger companies like…
Stanford Launches Entrepreneurship Program in Bangalore…at Rs. 4.5 Lakh
Stanford has just announced its nine-week, part-time certificate program called “Stanford Ignite” that essentially teaches entrepreneurs and innovators how to formulate, develop, and commercialize their ideas.
Given the course content,…
More Indian women take GMAT, India third largest GMAT candidate base
More women are taking GMAT in India according to Graduate Management Admission Council's latest profile of candidates. A total of 30,213 candidates took the GMAT test in India in 2012 out of which 7,812 were women. 24.85% more number of…