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TechGig unveils the first-of-its-kind code contest in India for engineering students and graduates across India to show off their coding skills to 25+ top IT/Tech companies. The ‘Virtual Campus League’ creates a level playing where participating colleges and their talent gets a fair chance to showcase their talent within the industry August 22, 2017, New Delhi: The ‘talent v/s pedigree’ debate is more relevant in today’s time when an engineering student’s pedigree determines his chance for internship or interview with top IT employers. On the other hand, tech firms also want to reach out to the right talent straight from engineering colleges quickly. However, the right talent may be beyond their campus hiring strategy and gets limited to IITs only....

Organisation that has a meaningful and strong culture wherein employees’ well-being, job fit and leadership abilities and values are well taken care off has a competitive advantage in terms of employee engagement. 14th August 2017: According to TimesJobs survey, 60 per cent organisations claimed to have witnessed improved employee engagement levels compared to the last two years. For most (55 per cent) organisations the engagement levels have grown up by 10-15 per cent. Of these 55 per cent of the surveyed companies, 40 per cent said to have investment heavily in their culture. Overall, 90 per cent of the HR managers of these companies said that a focus on culture had improved their financial performance, as well. When asked about...

Nearly 40% India Inc. employees rate their top management’s skills as poor, 75% says the expectation of the management is unrealistic, finds the JobBuzz survey of over 900 employees. August 10, 2017: The top management acts as the anchor in the organisational hierarchy. Their duty is to protect the integrity of the organisation, so that it can survive for its own employees, the shareholders, suppliers and for the general good of the social and economic system within which it operates. In a survey by JobBuzz, a company rating platform powered by TimesJobs, we asked the lower hierarchy managers and employees to rate their top management. Below are the ratings for each segment and the expected scope of improvement. Rating the...

Interview preparations are a tough task, given the varied and weird nature of questions one could face in job interviews. Proper preparation and research is the key to excel. JobBuzz a company rating platform powered by TimesJobs reveals the most awkward questions asked in an interview. June 27, 2017 : Most people walk into a job interview expecting questions such as “tell me about yourself”, or “what are your strengths and weaknesses”, or “why do you think we should hire you”. And they burn the midnight oil to prepare how best to respond to such questions, but the truth is job interviews are at most times crazy and awkward, to say the least. A whopping 90% of the 820 employees...

Meet the Winners of TechGig Code Gladiators 2017 – A Historic Event of Global Proportions ‘It’s absolutely surreal winning the World’s Biggest Coding Contest. With thousands of experienced coders participating I didn’t expect to win this mega competition. I guess I am lucky, but I also feel at the end of the day it is my hard work that has finally paid off. The future of coding is very bright, and coding is definitely the skill to reckon with in the future,’ said Sameer Gulati, Code Gladiator 2017 Champion. June 23, 2017: Twenty year old Sameer’s victory, at the World Record Breaking Code Gladiators 2017, provided ample proof that a Tech Revolution is taking place where youth has overtaken experience,...

TechGig Code Gladiators smashes the world record set by Baidu in China by over 160% – creating The Biggest Programming Competition in History June 13, 2017: TechGig has proven that India is at the Top of the Global IT Industry, having won the Guinness World Record for the country by beating the likes of the USA and China to create the biggest programming event of the world! “TechGig Code Gladiators 2017” was organized by TechGig to identify the top competitive programmers and technology enthusiasts across India and the rest of the world. The contest registered 2,09,111 participants with the maximum participation from Bengaluru, India. The Guinness World Records citation declares “The largest computer programming competition was organized by TechGig (India)...

Hiring activities increased by 4% in May 2017 compared to the previous month. BPO/ITeS and BFSI were the top hiring sectors, according to the latest TimesJobs RecruiteX report. June 12, 2017 : Overall talent demand grew by 4% in May 2017 with BPO/ITeS and BFSI sectors posting a rise of 24% and 14% in talent demand, respectively. Automobiles and consulting services sectors also posted considerable rise in talent demand during the month. Senior professionals also posted a 5% rise in demand, reports the latest RecruiteX, the recruitment index by TimesJobs. "While there is no doubt that automation has led to job cuts in certain areas of the IT/ITeS sectors, we must not lose sight of the fact that new jobs...

A resume gets about a minute of a recruiter’s time – TimesJobs did a study to reveal the skills and experience that are critical in grabbing their attention and bagging the job. June 06, 2017: Hiring managers have a tough task of scanning through hundreds of resumes to find a suitable candidate for each job vacancy they need to fill. They have barely a minute to scan each resume before making a decision to make the shortlist. In order to better understand their criteria for shortlisting resumes and selecting the candidates, TimesJobs undertook a study with inputs from 690 hiring managers and recruiters to reveal what they look for in a resume. Be Specific to the Job “Even though, most...

Female Participation in India’s Biggest Coding Contest increases 148% over last year May 30, 2017: Coding is moving out of its male dominated stereotype and into an all-encompassing field where gender, background or geography plays no role in determining the opportunities available to a person. This year’s TechGig Code Gladiators 2017 has set a new record of over 47,000 women coders registering for the event. What is even more inspiring is that, over 29,000 women were able take on and complete some of the toughest coding challenges in India’s biggest coding arena, which is a whopping 148% increase over last year, where about 11,000 were able to complete the first round. In addition, there were 130 women coders who scored...

When 90% employees say that they want an option to work-from-home, what’s stopping India Inc. to embrace it? May 23, 2017: Work-from-home is one of the prime workplace debates lately and there exists a huge perception gap between employers and employees when it comes to having or not having a recognized work-from-home policy. According to a survey of over 1,100 employees and almost 800 employers by TimesJobs, nearly 60% organizations do not have a formal work-from-home policy. Incidentally, 75% employers are not even comfortable with this idea, whereas 90% employees are keen on having such a policy at work. “To survive in today’s competitive business world, companies need to transform from a command & control culture to an empower &...

69% of top scorers in Round 1 of India’s Biggest Coding Arena have less than 2 years of experience May 16, 2017: Over 2 Lakh coders who tried their best to win prizes worth Rs. 3 Crores, only the top 10K+ have made it to the Semi Finals, and only the top 200 will make it to the Grand Finale Hackathon to be held in Bangalore on June 09, 2017 ג€“ That’s a pass percentage of less than 0.1%, which makes this a selection 7X tougher than the Joint Entrance Examination of the IITs! Interestingly, while working professionals constituted 72% of the participants, but clearly youth overtook experience in the qualifying round with a whopping 69% of top scorers with...

Overall talent demand was up by 3% during April 2017, real estate posted a 7% rise in talent demand and the construction sector saw a 6% rise in demand. May 10, 2017: With the Government’s focus on providing affordable housing to India’s 1.3 billion citizens, the construction and real estate sector is gearing up for massive growth. This was evident with the Construction & Real Estate Industries posting the highest growth in demand for skilled professionals, as reported by the latest RecruiteX, the recruitment index by TimesJobs. While overall talent demand was up by 3% during April 2017, real estate posted a 7% rise in talent demand and the construction sector saw a 6% rise in demand. “Our RecruiteX report...

To help identify the next wave of top coders for their business expansion plans, Infosys has partnered with TechGig Code Gladiators – the undisputed leader in Coding Contests May 04, 2017: “Coding” at TechGig Code Gladiators is not just about writing an optimized code. It is more to do with innovation and problem-finding attitude. And this is exactly what excites Infosys CEO about TechGig Code Gladiators. Dr. Vishal Sikka, CEO and MD, Infosys, asserts on the fact that Code Gladiators is essential to discover the brightest coders and entrepreneurs. According to him, TechGig Code Gladiators will help him discover the talent he wants in Infosys. Speaking of their association with TechGig, Dr. Vishal Sikka, CEO & MD, Infosys explains "The...

A new study by TimesJobs reveals key aspirations related to jobseekers’ ‘dream job’. The result of 1,100 surveyed jobseekers shows that India is the dream job destination and for male jobseekers engineering is the dream profile while most female jobseekers aspire to become doctors or medical professionals. May 02, 2017: To provide deeper insights into what professionals desire in their “dream job”, TimesJobs conducted a study with inputs from over 1,100 jobseekers to accurately identify and articulate their career aspirations. India, My India India emerged as the clear winner of the dream destination for jobseekers looking for aspirational career opportunities. Almost 60% of jobseekers see getting their dream job in India and only about 40% seek their dream jobs abroad....

60% of the 660 professionals surveyed – research an organization before accepting their job offer. Further 35% of them rely on company review sites to do this research about the company, reveals JobBuzz. April 25, 2017: Today’s professionals no longer look for jobs, they are looking for career development and long-term growth. With a host of information channels available to them, they carefully review any job opportunity by scanning company reviews to assess the reputation of the organization and the career growth offered. Most professionals research companies online In a recent study conducted by the recently revamped JobBuzz, (a company rating platform powered by TimesJobs) the clear majority of working professionals agreed that whether one is at the beginning of...